A Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, Vol. 1: Ismaili History, Thought and Literature

Of the hundreds of Persian manuscripts preserved at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, many have long remained unknown or little studied.This open-access volume presents the first comprehensive catalogue of the Ismaili texts in this important collection, bringing previously inaccessible sources to light and opening new avenues of research in Ismaili studies and the study of the Iranian world. The catalogue introduces a range of hitherto unidentified authors central to the Ismaili history of the Iranian lands accompanied by concise biographical sketches.Each manuscript is described in detail, with information on provenance, scribes, and related codicological features, offering much-needed insight into these primary sources.The entries are organised in two main sections: the first devoted to monographs (single, titled works), and the second to anthologies of miscellaneous texts bound together, or majmu?as. In total, 126 manuscripts are examined, spanning a broad historical arc from the Fa