This section contains essays and links about our Fatimid Islamic heritage, our community and culture, and religious knowledge and philosophies/beliefs. Please contribute to this collection if you have any material that would be appropriate. Note that no tawwil or haqiqat material can be posted publicly without raza - this section is not intended to serve as a substitute for traditional sabaq classes, but rather a supplement to them. I strongly encourage you to contact your local amilsaheb to inquire further if you have questions.

These articles are reprinted with kind permission in their entirety from the Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed), copyright 1995 and may not be reproduced elsewhere. They are hosted on the NextGen server and are the property of the OUP.

Bohras

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

al-Jami'ah al-Sayfiyah

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

Sayyidna Muhammad Burhanuddin TUS

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

Qur'an Audio Archive

a NextGen site

Ayat 49:13

Ayat 9:18

Masdar Al-vahy Al-Qur'an (Inspiration of Al-Qur'an)

courtesy of Huzaifa Kapadia

The Miraculous Qur'an

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

On the Use of Translations of the Qur'an

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

AbduAllah Yusufali

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

DBIR Qur'an Tilawat section

Ideals of the Islamic State

by Taher Bhaisaheb Ezzuddin

Al Jamea tus-Saifiyah, Karachi

courtesy of Shaikh Moiz M. Qurbanhusain Galiakotwala

Al-Dai-el-Fatimi & Architecture

by Tasneem bahen Palanpurwala

The Changing Perception Of Islam In American Pluralistic Society

courtesy of Iqbal Mutabanna

Islamic Terminology

by Iqbal Mutabanna

Valuable Source books of Fatimi History

courtesy of Sakina Goolamabbas

Selections from Al-Akhbar/Chicago Jamaat Newsletter

by Tasneem Palanpurwala

Short History Of The Dawoodi Bohras

courtesy of Huzefa Kapadia

Short History of Dawoodi Bohras (Part II)

courtesy of Huzefa Kapadia

Dawoodi Bohra Web Encyclopedia

by Iqbal Mutabanna

Dawoodi Bohra links and Downloads

by Mufadal Shaikh Mustafa Gomberawalla

Irshadaat

translated by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

Adads of Arabic letters

by Mulla Zakir Haveliwala

Al-Ilm - The Noble Heritage

"Al-Burhan", vol.8

Coin of King Offa - Mercia, England

courtesy of Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

About the Dawoodi Bohras

by Mulla Aamer Sheikh Husain Jamali

Commentary on 'A Philosophic Discourse'

by Dr. Y. Najmuddin, D. Litt

Lent Reflections

by Shaikh Mustafa Abdulhussein

Ruby: The King of Gems

courtesy of Al-Burhan magazine, Vol. 6

Linking Trade and Religion

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 19th March 1979

Al-Mutlaqa-Al-Fatemi-Al-Ilmi

Islamic Calendar & World Salaat Timings program (v4.0)

by Imran Hussein

Date Exchange: online Hijri/Gregorian date conversion

by Sualeh Fatehi

Hijri/Urus Mubarak Calendar program

by Hatim Motiwala

Worldwide Magnetic Declinations: International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF)

Canadian National Geophysical Laboratory

Sun Rise/Set & Twilight Timings Table for one Year (US locations only)

US Naval Observatory

Sun Rise/Set & Twilight Timings Table for one Day (US and World-wide)

US Naval Observatory

Longitude and Latitude for Cities Worldwide

Astrodienst Atlas Online

Upcoming and Recent Eclipses of the Sun and Moon

US Naval Observatory

Lunar Eclipse Computer

US Naval Observatory

Phases of the Moon 1990-2005

US Naval Observatory

Geometric Calculation of Qibla Direction

by Shaikh Husain Jamali

Pre-Calculated Qibla Directions for U.S. and Canadian Jamaats

by Shaikh Husain Jamali

Pre-Calculated Qibla Directions for Jamaats Worldwide

by Shaikh Husain Jamali

Qibla Bearings for cities worldwide

by Sualeh Fatehi

Qibla: on-line calculation of direction to Mecca for any location worldwide

by Sualeh Fatehi

Qibla Direction Calculator

by Mufaddal Borsadwala