Institute of Ismaili Studies

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Karim Aga Khan IV.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies (Abbreviation IIS ; "Institute for Ismaili Studies") was founded in 1977 in London , United Kingdom . The research and educational institution forms a spiritual center for the Ismailis (Ismailis) religious community, which is scattered all over the world and whose head is the Aga Khan (currently Karim Aga Khan IV. ).

History and Development

The institute was founded in London in 1977 .

According to its own information, it was founded with the aim of improving research and knowledge about historical and contemporary Muslim cultures and societies and promoting a better understanding of their relationships with other societies and beliefs. Within the Islamic tradition, the institute's programs aim to promote research in areas to which relatively little attention has been paid so far. These include the intellectual and literary expressions of Shia in general and Ismailism in particular. The institute works with various institutions. For example, in the graduate education program with McGill University , the University of London 's Institute of Education, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the University of Jordan and faculty members at a number of universities in the UK and elsewhere.

The institute works closely with the London-based Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (ISMC) at Aga Khan University ( Karachi , Pakistan ).

Leading personalities of the institute (IIS) are Shams Vellani and Farhad Daftary , the latter as director of the Department of Academic Research and Publications (DARP).

The IIS had a branch in Paris .

Library

A scientific library is attached to the institute, which also has many manuscripts , including religious texts in Khojki script .

Publications

The institute publishes various series of monographs with texts and translations of the great Ismaili classics, including the Ismaili Heritage Series and Ismaili Texts and Translations Series as well as the Shiʿi heritage series and the Qur'anic studies series .

See also

literature

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ About us (IIS) - accessed May 10, 2017
  2. ↑ Both are signatories to the Amman Message ( Amman Message ).
  3. ↑ cf. Delia Cortese's catalog: Ismaili and other Arabic Manuscripts. A descriptive catalog of manuscripts in the library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies. IB Tauris, London 2000.

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '34 "  N , 0 ° 8' 6.8"  W.