The ''Encyclopaedia Islamica'' is an encyclopedia on

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...

and

Iranian studies Iranian studies ( fa, ايران‌شناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...

published by Brill, comprising a projected 16-volume translation of selected articles from the new Persian ''Dā'erat-ol-Ma'āref-e Bozorg-e Eslāmi'' ( fa, دائرةالمعارف بزرگ اسلامی, "''The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia''"), supplemented by additional articles written in English by scholars affiliated with the

Institute of Ismaili Studies The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) is a research institute in London, United Kingdom. It aims to promote the study of Muslim cultures and societies, both historical and contemporary, in order to foster a greater understanding of their relat ...

.Mousa al-Reza Wahdati
Review of Encyclopaedia Islamica Volume 3
(Adab – al-Bāb al-Ḥādī ͑ashar) ed. by Farhad Daftary, Wilferd Madelung. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. Volume 8, Number 1, Winter 2015. pp. 107–109.Suzanne M. Estelle-Holmer
Review of Wilferd Madelung and Farhad Daftary, eds. Encyclopaedia Islamica
Vol. 1: ‘Aba’- Abu Hanifa. Theological Librarianship. An Online Journal of the American Theological Library Association. Volume 2, Number 2 • December 2009. pp. 103–104. The Persian-language project has been led by Kazem Mousavi-Bojnourdi since 1983, when the

Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (Center for Iranian and Islamic Studies) (CGIE) is a major iranian research institute with the task of researching and publishing general and topical encyclopedias about Iranian and Islamic culture. ...

was established in Teheran for the purpose of constituting a scientific committee to oversee its creation.Bauden, Frédéric
Review of Encyclopaedia Islamica
volume 1 (A-Abū Ḥanīfa), éd. Farhad Daftary et Wilferd Madelung. Moyen Age (Le). CXIX(2), pp. 465–466 (In French). The project, which provides comprehensive coverage of Shia Islam has sparked considerable interest in the Islamic world and is being consulted by many Persian-speaking scholars of Islamic studies. As of 2016, the encyclopedia is at the ninth letter of the

Persian alphabet The Persian alphabet ( fa, الفبای فارسی, Alefbâye Fârsi) is a writing system that is a version of the Arabic script used for the Persian language spoken in Iran (Iranian Persian, Western Persian) and Afghanistan (Dari, Dari Persi ...

and its 22nd completed volume. Brill's ''Encyclopaedia Islamica'', which is edited by

Farhad Daftary Farhad Daftary ( fa, فرهاد دفترى; born 1938 in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Iranian-British Islamic scholar who is co-director and head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. ...

and Wilferd Madelung, is currently at its fifth volume. It was begun in 2008 and is expected to be completed in 2023. It is intended for advanced graduate students and scholars who require meticulous documentation.

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Official Persian text of the first 24 volumes
official website
The official announcement at Brill Publication with a preview

Translation by The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Encyclopedias of Islam Persian encyclopedias English-language encyclopedias Iranian online encyclopedias Iranian books 21st-century encyclopedias {{islam-book-stub

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