Farhad Daftary

Farhad Daftary (* 1938 ; Persian فرهاد دفترى, DMG Farhad Daftari ) is a to the Islamic denomination of Ismailitentums specialized Islam scientists .

Daftary earned his Ph.D. 1971 at the University of California, Berkeley . He is Vice Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London .

He is the author of an important history of Ismailis, The Isma'ilis: their history and doctrines . His basic introduction, Brief History of the Ismailis, was published in German . His books have been translated into Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu , Gujarati, and several European languages.

He is the consultant editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica , co-editor (with Wilferd Madelung ) of Encyclopaedia Islamica and chief editor of the two book series Ismaili Heritage Series and Ismaili Texts and Translations Series . He was one of the signatories to the Amman Embassy .

Publications (selection)

author

• The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0
• The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismaʻilis, IB Tauris, 1994, ISBN 978-1-85043-705-5
• A short history of the Ismailis, Edinburgh University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7486-0687-0
• Ismaili literature, IBTauris, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85043-439-9
• Ismailis in medieval Muslim societies, IBTauris, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84511-091-8
• with Zulfikar Hirji: The Ismailis: An Illustrated History, Azimuth Editions, 2008, ISBN 978-1-898592-26-6

editor

• Intellectual Traditions in Islam, IB Tauris, 2001, ISBN 978-1-86064-760-4
• Mediaeval Isma'ili History and Thought, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-521-00310-0
• with Josef Meri : Culture and memory in medieval Islam: essays in honor of Wilferd Madelung, IB Tauris, 2003, ISBN 978-1-86064-859-5
• with Elizabeth Fernea, Azim Nanji: Living in Historic Cairo: Past and Present in an Islamic City, University of Washington Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-898592-28-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Farhad Daftary in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iranica: consulting