The First Aga Khan: Memoirs of the 46th Ismaili Imam: A Persian Edition and English translation of Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Ḥusaynī's ʿIbrat-afzā (Ismaili Texts and Translations)
By Daniel Beben.
Description
Hasan Ali Shah, also known as Muhammad Hasan al-Husayni and, more generally, as the Aga Khan (1804– 1881), was the 46th Imam of the Niziri Ismailis and the first Ismaili Imam to bear the title of Aga Khan, bestowed on him by the contemporary Qajar monarch of Persia. This book is the first English translation of his memoirs, the 'Ibrat-afza, 'A Book of Exhortation, or Example', and includes a new edition of the Persian text and a detailed introduction to the work and its context. The 'Ibrat-afza was composed in the year 1851, following the Ismaili Imam's depart...
ISBN(s)
1788315057, 9781788315050
