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In Russia, or U.S.S.R., Ismaili villages are only found in the valley of the river Panj which, after its confluence with Wakhsh, or Wakhshab, forms the mighty Oxus or Amu-Darya river of Central Asia. These Ismailis are often wrongly called "Pamir Ismailis", not because they inhabit the plateau of the "Roof of the World", Pamir, but because they reside on its borders, in the gorges which open into the valley of Panj. Only few Qirgniz nomad tribes who with their flocks roam the cold and arid expanse of the Pamir tableland, deserve to be called the real inhabitants of the place.

By: Rai Shamshudin G. Tejpar

'Jamat Khana' means 'A house designated as a place of worship in which a congregation gathers for prayers'.

'Jamat Khana' for us also means 'House of ALI and NABI' for it is our faith that the NOOR (LIGHT) of Hazar Imam is present there is all It's Glory.

Holy Qur'an says: -

"(This Lamp is found) in house which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him at morning and evening".
Sura Nur (XXIV) - Ayat 36.

(From 'Glorious Qur'an' translated by Marmaduke Pickthall)

JAMATKHANA
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com

THIS WRITE-UP INCLUDES FOLLOWING TOPICS
JAMATKHANA
SUFIC KHANQAH
QIBLA - Direction
WUZU or Cleanliness
DARKHANA (headquarters)
ISMAILI CENTRES
JAMATKHANA

KARACHI, the biggest city of Pakistan is the Alexander’s haven, the Liverpool of Sub-continent or the Croydon of the East. It is the only city in the world, which became known over thirty times. Crochey, Krotchey Bay, Carnjee, Koratchey, Currachee, Kurrachee and Karachi are its notable appellations, the last however being an official according to The Imperial Gazetteer of India. When Iran did the Greeks under Alexander conquer in the 4th century B.C., the whole Sind came under his supremacy.

The Nikkah Khutbah starts with the following. Please see the attached PDF for the full text.

I SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH
FROM THE ACCURSED SATAN
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
Praise be to Allāh, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; the All-Merciful, the
All- Compassionate, Master of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship and to
You alone we pray for succour. Guide us to the Straight Path, the path of those
upon whom You have bestowed Your grace; not of the ones who have incurred
your wrath, nor those who go astray. (1:1-7)

Anas bin Malik related that the Prophet said, “The good-fortune increases in the house
(bayt or khana) where the Koranic verses are recited.”
(Itqan, 1: 137 by Jalaluddin Suyuti)

KORANIC VERSES IN HOLY DUA
(INTERPRETATIONS)

By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com
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Alhamdu lil-lahi Rab-bil A’lameen, Ar-Rahmanir-Raheem, Ma’liki Yawmid-din, Iyyaaka na’budu wa iyaaka nastaeen, Ihadinas-Siratal Mustaqeem, Siratal-Lazeena an’amta alayhim, Ghairil Maghzoobi alayhim walaz zaal-leen (Sura Fatiha)

English version: http://heritage.ismaili.net/node/38259

Ce livre illustré est un livre complet expliquant la véritable signification du Roza et de la Dasond dans l’Ismaélisme. Le but du livre est de produire un travail écrit dans un esprit de véritable loyauté envers les saints farmâns et les ginâns, qui approfondira considérablement la compréhension des paroles des Imams et des Pirs à ce sujet.

VOIR TEXTE ENTIER EN FORMAT PDF A LA FIN DE CETTE PAGE.

RÉSUMÉ ET TRADUIT EN FRANÇAIS AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS. “Le Risala dar Haqiqat-i Din, Traité sur le Vrai Sens de la Religion” de Pir Shâhbûddin Shâh est un incontournable dans la littérature religieuse Ismailie. On y trouve tout ce qu’il y a à savoir sur notre foi et sur la vie, beaucoup plus que ce à quoi on pourrait s’attendre. Pir Shâhbûddin Shah l’avait écrit pour et à la demande des Ismailis avant sa mort.  

This article presents an overview of research on the corpus of eighteenth to twentieth century manuscripts from south of the Indus valley in Khojkī Sindhī script. After a general introduction to the significance of these manuscripts, we will first look at how researchers have approached the problem of the origins of the “Khojkī Sindhī” script and its relation to the religious tradition of the Khoja merchant caste of Sindh and Gujarat. Then, we systematically present

“Now let me talk about a third matter which is a consequence of the collapse of the communist world. At the time of communism the practices of the faith was not encouraged, it was actively dissuaded.” (Mawlana Hazar Imam: Surat, 10th Nov., 1992)
“The third consequence of the collapse of the communist world is a number of newly independent countries, in some of which a jamat is there. There we have a jamat in Afghanistan, we have a jamat in Tajikistan, and we have a jamat in other countries which after fifty years of imprisonment in a dogma are finding their independence.”

Aswan, there we can hardly see any cultivated land. The hills and rocks are not only on both sides of the Nile River, but also form its bed and island. Granite, mostly red, is everywhere, parts of which still keep their original color, while other parts, exposed to the effect of the water and the sun, have become dark and covered with a smooth glaze like enamel. Those who have enjoyed such a view while sailing opposite Aswan or in going up-steam or downstream to the Dam, can never forget it.

When "The Times", London, made some unfair allegations against Islam and the Muslims in a leading article in October 1951, Mowlana Sultan Muhammed Shah sent a spirited reply to the newspaper, which was published in its issue of November 6, 1951. He explained that it was because of the spirit of tolerance of Islam that even the smallest Christian and Jewish minorities survived and kept all their doctrines during the thousand years of Muslim rule.

I came in touch with the Ismailis for the first time in Persia, in February 1912. The world was quite different then. No one imagined that the Great World War I, with all its misery and suffering, was just round the corner. Persia was still living in her ancestral mediaeval style, and her affairs were largely going on in their traditional ways, as they were going on for centuries.

NIYYAT OR INTENTION

By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com

By Nazim Daredia

THE WORK:

This Granth, also known as Pandave jo Parab, was composed by Sayyed Imam Shah and contains 578 verses. It has virtually the same theme as Buddh Avatar of Pir Sadardin. The Granth continues the story of the Pandavas after the win the war against their cousins turned enemies the Kurus. Concurrently it narrates the coming of the ninth Avatar in the form which came to be known as Buddh who saves the Pandavas from deviating from their true faith.

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