{"product_id":"the-banquet-of-the-brethren-rahim-gholami-9780755654772","title":"The Banquet of the Brethren: An Ismaili Guide to Spiritual Hermeneutics: Part 2 an English Translation of Nasir-I Khusraw's Khwan Al-Ikhwan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. It 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rahim Gholami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0755654773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780755654772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Rahim Gholami","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48174887043327,"sku":"9780755654772","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15772d7e-c642-42d5-88bf-fab6b5a55f22.jpg?v=1771331172","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-banquet-of-the-brethren-rahim-gholami-9780755654772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}