The Sun Rises in the West: A Review Essay on Ismailism

Abstract

This review essay uses three books to explore some aspects of Ismailism. The books are THE FATIMIDS 2. THE RULE FROM EGYPT, by Shainool Jiwa. London/New York: I. B. Tauris / The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2023, pp. VIII + 240. ISBN: 9781780769486; COMMAND AND CREATION. A SHI‘I COSMOLOGICAL TREATISE. A Persian edition and English translation of Muḥammad al-Shahrastānī’s Majlis-i maktūb. Edited and Translated by Daryoush Mohammad Poor. London/New York: I. B. Tauris / The Institute of Ismaili Studies (Ismaili Texts and Translation Series, 25), 2021, pp. XVI + 138 + LXXXIV. ISBN: 9780755602971; and FAITH AND ETHICS: THE VISION OF THE ISMAILI IMAMAT, by M. Ali Lakhani. London/New York: I. B. Tauris / The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2018, pp. 1 colour illustration + XXIV + 248. ISBN: 9781788312486.