Ismaili Texts and Translations

• A Code of Conduct: A Treatise on the Etiquette of the Fatimid Ismaili Mission

• Edited by: Verena Klemm | Translated by: Paul E. Walker
• 18 Dec 2011
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

• Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms Reconciled by Nasir-i Khusraw

• Edited and translated by: Eric Ormsby
• 30 May 2012
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

• Creating and Resurrection: an Early Muslim Perspective on Divine Unity and Cosmology

• Edited by: Herman Landolt | Translated by: Herman Landolt
• 18 Dec 2012
• Hardback
• Price: £39.50

Known as an 'intellectual missionary' of Fatimid Ismailism, Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani was one of the most creative and original thinkers of the vibrant cultural climate of tenth-century Islam. This title presents a translation of his "Kashf al-Maojub" (lit 'the unveiling of the veiled').

• Degrees of Excellence: A Fatimid Treatise on Leadership in Islam

• Author: Arzina R. Lalani
• 30 Nov 2009
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

One of the distinguished scholars of his time, Ahmad b Ibrahim al-Naysaburi lived during the height of Fatimid rule in Egypt. He came from Nishapur, the centre of the Ismaili da'wa in Khurasan, a thriving centre of learning particularly noted for its use of rationalistic philosophy. This work studies this scholar of the early 5th/11th century.

• Expressions of Islam: Nasir-i Khusraw's Interpretation of Fatimid Doctrines

• Edited by: Faquir M. Hunzai
• 30 Mar 2012
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

Contains the ta'wil (esoteric interpretations) of a range of Islamic religious commandments such as prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and more.

• Founding the Fatimid State

• Author: Hamid Haji
• 26 May 2006
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

Reflects the social and political conditions which prevailed when the Fatimids began to consolidate their rule. This book, a translation of the "Iftitah al-Da'wa", is an important primary source for understanding the emergence of the Fatimid state in the early years of the tenth century.

• Inside the Immaculate Portal: A History from Early Fatimid Archives

• Author: Mansur Al-Azizi Al-Jawdhari | Edited and translated by: Hamid Haji
• 01 Mar 2012
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

• Master of the Age: An Islamic Treatise on the Necessity of the Imamate

• Author: Paul Walker
• 24 Oct 2007
• Hardback
• Price: £39.50

About 405/1015 Ismaili da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani composed a treatise he called Lights to Illuminate the Proof of the Imamate (al-Masabih fi ithbat al-imama) in the bold hope of convincing Fakhr al-Mulk, the Shi'i wazir of the Buyids in Baghdad, to abandon the Abbasids and support the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim. This work offers a translation.

• Mount of Knowledge, Sword of Eloquence: Poems of an Ismaili Muslim from Fatimid Cairo

• Author: M. Adra
• 01 Apr 2011
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

A distinguished scholar, author and statesman, al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi (1000-1078 CE) lived during one of the most turbulent periods in Islamic history. This work covers a range of political and religious issues, from al-Mu'ayyad's intellectual disputations to devotions in praise of the Prophet Muhammad and his family.

• Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams

• Author: Paul Walker
• 28 Feb 2009
• Hardback
• Price: £29.50

The Fatimid empire flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. The sacred dimension of their rulers was manifested when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons, or khutbas, to their subjects. This book offers a history of the festival sermons and explores their key themes and rhetorical strategies.