The ''Encyclopaedia Islamica'' is an encyclopedia on Islamic 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 ...

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, 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 relatio ...

.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 Seyyed Mohammad-Kazem Mousavi-Bojnourdi (born 1942 in Najaf, Iraq) is an Iranian historian, theologian and writer. He was the curator of the National Library of Iran from 1997 to 2005 and founder of Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia ...

since 1983, when the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia 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 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 Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung FBA (b. December 26, 1930 in Stuttgart) is a German-British author and scholar of Islamic history. Life After World War II, the adolescent Wilferd accompanied his parents to the USA where his father Georg Hans Made ...

, 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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