Mir-Kasimov O. Words of Power. Ḥurūfi Teachings between Shi’ism and Sufism in Medieval Islam. The Original Doctrine of Faḍl Allāh
Astarābādī. Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2014.
When, in the mid-1990s, I came to Paris with a small book of Imad al-Dīn Nasīmī's poetry in my pocket, I could not have known that it
would take me on a long and surprising journey. In fact, I nearly
forgot this book for the next few years, overtaken by work on another
project...
On November 21‒23, 2024, the 2nd All-Russia conference of young orientalists “Army and military traditions of the Near East” will be held at the IOM RAS and the HSE (Saint Petersburg). The conference program is now available.