Farhad Daftary

Farhad Daftary
Born	1983
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Co-director and Head
Academic work
Institutions	Department of Academic Research and Publications, Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS)

Farhad Daftary is the co-director and Head of department of Academic Research and Publications, Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS), London.

Biography

Dr. Farhan Daftary, born in 1938, is an Iranian writer and expert of Shia Studies, who currently lives in London, where he settled after visiting various places including Italy and United States for educational and research purposes.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics, California, Berkeley, 1971
• Master of Arts (MA), American University, Washington DC
• Bachelor of Arts (BA), American University, Washington DC

Career

• Co-Director and Head of Department of Academic Research and Publications, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 1992 – Present

Academic Activities

• Consulting Editor of the Encyclopædia Iranica
• General Editor of Ismaili Heritage Series
• General Editor of Shi’i Heritage Series
• General Editor of the Ismail Texts and Translation Series

Books

• The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press, 1992
• The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismaʻilis, I.B. Tauris, 1994
• A short history of the Ismailis, Edinburgh University Press, 1998
• Ismaili literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies, I.B.Tauris, 2004
• Ismailis in medieval Muslim societies, I.B.Tauris, 2005
• The Ismailis: An Illustrated History, Azimuth Editions, 2008
• The Shi’i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity, I.B. Tauris; Sew edition, 2015
• The Ismaili Imams: A Biographical History, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

Honors

• A Festschrift named “Fortresses of the Intellect” was written by a plethora of Ismaili Scholars and published by I. B. Tauris in Association with IIS in 2011 to honor Dr. Farhad Daftary

Source

• The institute of Islamic studies