The Master and the Disciple: An Early Islamic Spiritual Dialogue on Conversion Kitab al-'alim wa'l-ghulam (Ismaili Texts and Translations) - Hardcover

Morris, James R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860647812 ISBN 13: 9781860647819

Publisher: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies, 2002

Synopsis

This key source for pre-Fatimid Ismaili history includes a fully annotated translation and Arabic critical edition of one of the earliest surviving Ismaili Shi'i writings, Kitåb al-'Ålim wa'l-ghulåm by the Yemeni author Ja'far Ibn Manßúr al-Yaman. The book is unique because it provides the most elaborate example available of the narrated dramatic dialogues form in Arabic literature. It also vividly illustrates the processes by which early esoteric Shi'i ideas and institutions eventually contributed to the evolution of more familiar forms of Sufism in the Islamic West.

About this title

About the Author

James Morris is Professor and Chair of Islamic Studies and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Exeter.

Review

""...a unique source for pre-Fatimid thought and history...""--V.L., Midddle East Journal

Edition details

• Publisher: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1860647812
• ISBN 13: 9781860647819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256