Farhad Daftary

Farhad Daftary ( * 1938; persian فرهاد دفترى / Farhad Daftari ) is a specialist on the Islamic Religious Community of Ismailitentums Islamic scholar.

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

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

He is a consulting editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor ( with Wilferd Madelung ) of Encyclopaedia Islamica (s) and editor in chief of the book series Ismaili Heritage Series and the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series.

Publications (selection)

  • The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0
  • The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismailis, 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 ( Online)
  • 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
  • Intellectual Traditions in Islam, I.B. 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 at Islamic City, University of Washington Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-898592-28-0
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