The Banquet of the Brethren
An Ismaili Guide to Spiritual Hermeneutics: Part 2 An English translation of Nasir-i Khusraw’s Khwan al-ikhwan
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- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2027
Summary
The Ismaili missionary and poet, Nasir-i Khusraw (d. after 462), wrote Khwan al-ikhwan (The Banquet of the Brethren) when he was living in his remote mountain refuge of Yumgan in Badakhshan. It is a work of philosophical theology and a reflection of the learning of the age consisting of a sequence of dynamic arguments for divine unicity (tawhid), the authority of the Prophet Muhammad, his legatee, ‘Ali b. Abi Talib, and his descendants, the imams from the line of Is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755654765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755654765 |
| Author: | Rahim Gholami |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Ismaili Texts and Translations |
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Rahim Gholami
Rahim Gholami is Research Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK. He received his PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter in 2021.
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