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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Imamate"”.
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Al-Jāḥiẓ’s Treatises on the Imamate
… treatises dealing with the debates on the imamate held in the first decades on the third/ninth century. This PhD dissertation is devoted to the study of these treatises on the imamate in their entirety, not only of those sections which scholars have identified as part of a doctrine on the …
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The metamorphosis of authority: a case study of the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate
… of the institutions of the Nizārī Ismaili imamate during the time of the present Ismaili Imam, Shāh Karīm al-Ḥusaynī, Aga Khan IV, as the 49th hereditary living Imam of Shiʿi Nizārī Ismaili Muslims, particularly addressing the formation of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the …
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Urban pattern and architecture of traditional Omani foothill settlements: al-Ḥamrā and Birkat al-Mawz
… The two oasis towns evolved during the Yaariba Imamate (mid-17th century CE onwards) and served the purpose of harnessing the tribal support of two important groups in the process of consolidation – the Abriyīn and the Banī Riyām. This thesis argues that the two settlements – new towns by Omani …