Encyclopaedia Islamica Volume 8

Ḥabīb Al-ʿajamī - Al-Ḥuwayzī
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-54127-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Persian, Band 8, 1204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 265 mm, Gewicht: 1125 g

Reihe: Encyclopaedia Islamica

The 16 volume Encyclopaedia Islamica is due to become one of the major comprehensive reference works on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature is the attention given to aspects of Islamic heritage—particularly Shi'ism—which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madelung, Wilferd

Daftary, Farhad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Wilferd Madelung has made significant contributions to scholarship on mediaeval Islamic movements, including Twelver Shi‘ism, Zaydism and Ismailism. He is a former Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow with The Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Farhad Daftary is Associate Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He is an authority on Mediaeval Islam and Ismaili studies, consulting Editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd edition).