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I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. The Kitab al-Kashf is one of the earliest Ismaili texts to have reached the present day. Transmitted by the Tayybi Ismaili tradition, it is composed of six treatises, most of which, as this open access study and first English translation argues, go back to the early years of the Fatimid rule. The importance of this work is predicated upon the unique insight it offers on the early stages of the elaboration of Ismaili doctrine. A number of parallels with Twelver Shi'i, as well as ghulat and Nusayri sources, are highlighted throughout this study, which, by contrast, allow for the identification of specifically Ismaili themes and doctrines, before and after the rise to power of the Fatimids. The Kashf is thus an essential witness to the way early Ismailism, while drawing from a pool of themes common to several Shi'i trends, nevertheless formed its own distinctive identity. Since it was edited by Rudolf Strothmann for the first time in 1952, the Kashf has attracted the attention of several generations of scholars, but did not benefit from a full annotated translation and extensive study highlighting its structure and aims until now. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Preface -- Introduction -- I. General Presentation -- II. The Historical Significance of the Kitab al-'Alim wa'l-ghulam A. The Literary Form of the Text B. Sufism and Esoteric Shi'ism C. Early Islailism and the pre-Fatimid Da'wa D. Later Musta'li Ismailism -- III. Ja'far b. Mansur al-Yaman and His Writings -- IV. Reading a Qur'anic Dialogue -- V. Manuscripts and Edition -- Notes to the Introduction The Book of the Master and the Disciple (English Translation) -- Notes to the Translation -- Bibliography -- Index to English -- Parts Kitab al-'Alim wa'l-ghulam (Arabic Text and Indices).

It was the second 'Abbãsid Caliph Abû Ja'far al-Mansûr, who was the first to formulate a complete, integrative ideological system about the sacredness of the caliphal institution and of the caliph himself. Unlike his predecessors, whether Rãshidis or Umayyads, whose caliphate had never been considered as a heavenly divine affair, Abu Ja'far wanted his one to be pertaining to the realm of religion, and his person as a caliph to be surrounded by an aura of holiness. To this effect, he incorporated in his ideological system diverse elements that had never been put together before. Religion-like claims, concepts of a mythical nature and inherited ancient Arab traditions were combined together to incubate his theory about the caliphate. Although this was intended primarily to inhance his legitimacy in ruling and confronting his antagonists of the different colors and sects, this ideological system initiated by al-Mansûr found its way into some aspects of the political Islamic thought in which the caliphal institution has been by and large one of the religious terms and concepts that strongly echoes Abû Ja'far's opinions.

Nach einer Einleitung zur Bevölkerung und räumlichen Gliederung des Jemen Anhandlung ausgewählter Geschichtsabschnitte, u.a. die Altertümer des Jemen; äthiopische Kriegszüge in den Jemen; Islamisierung; Jemen unter den Abbasiden; die osmanische Herrschaft; Herrschaft der Imame; ausführliches Register zu Ereignissen und Orten. (Das vorliegende Exemplar hat zahlreiche vertauschte Seiten und ist nicht vollständig.) (DÜI-Faa)