{"product_id":"the-banquet-of-the-brethren","title":"Banquet of the Brethren","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Ismaili missionary and poet, Nasir-i Khusraw (d. after 462), wrote \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Banquet of the Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e) when he was living in his remote mountain refuge of Yumgan in Badakhshan. \u003c\/b\u003eIt is a work of philosophical theology and a reflection of the learning of the age consisting of a sequence of dynamic arguments for divine unicity (\u003ci\u003etawhid\u003c\/i\u003e), the authority of the Prophet Muhammad, his legatee, 'Ali b. Abi Talib, and his descendants, the imams from the line of Isma'il b. Ja'far al-Sadiq. Originally written in Persian, \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e includes a precis of ideas found in a work by an earlier \u003ci\u003eda'i\u003c\/i\u003e, Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani (d. ca.361), the \u003ci\u003eKitab al-Yanabi'\u003c\/i\u003e, which Nasir-i Khusraw recast and then extended in 100 chapters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The current publication is an English translation, which is the first translation of \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-Ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e in any language outside the Persian milieu. It includes an extensive introduction that discusses \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of both Nasir-i Khusraw’s other works and al-Sijistani’s \u003ci\u003eKitab al-Yanabi'\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the role of \u003ci\u003eta'wil\u003c\/i\u003e (allegorical or esoteric interpretation) in the Ismaili understanding of the message of the Revelation. This makes the work of Nasir-i Khusraw further available to a wider audience and opens up for the reader the intellectual world of the 5th century in all its sophistication and variety.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250189521240,"sku":"9780755654765","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780755654765_0300f744-227b-4e18-ac7a-2f65fad706c9.jpg?v=1780406116","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-banquet-of-the-brethren","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}