Shaykh Tusi: An Annotated Bibliography
Shaykh Tusi was one of the most prominent Muslim theologians and jurists in the fifth century AH. Fifty-four works have been attributed to him, of which only 30 works are available and 24 works are missing. His works are mainly concerned with the following seven topics: theology, jurisprudence, hadiths, rijal, Quranic studies, and principles of jurisprudence, and supplications. The present research includes two parts: first, a descriptive bibliography of primary works by Tusi; and second, a bibliography of contemporary secondary literature on Tusi and his works.
Testimonials
Ahab Bdaiwi
University Lecturer
Arabic and Medieval Philosophy
and Late Antique Intellectual History
School of Humanities
Leiden University
“This is a much welcomed contribution to the studies of al-Shaykh al-Tusi, arguably the most innovative and towering Shiʿi thinker in the medieval period. The author does well to survey and annotate recent and not so recent works on al-Tusi’s life, thought, and ideas in context. This work is a major development in the burgeoning sub-fi eld of Shiʿi studies in Europe and will undoubtedly be of immense benefit to researchers and scholars in the field.”
Robert Gleave
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
University of Exeter
“This is a very well extremely useful resource for all of us who study the history of Shiite Islam in general and Shaykh Tusi in particular. Careful, detailed and well-referenced, this will be an important resource for many years.”
Andrew J Newman
Personal Chair of Islamic Studies and Persian
Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Edinburgh
“The Mufid Academic Seminary is to be very greatly thanked for this annotated bibliography for Shaykh Ṭūsī. It is a superb contribution to the fi eld of Islamic studies generally and Shī`ī studies in particular. The inclusion of references to Arabic and Persian-language secondary sources is especially welcome. This is an excellent follow-up to Shaykh Mufīd, An Annotated Bibliography. Both belong on any list of essential reference works! More please!”
Shaykh Mufid: An Annotated Bibliography
Abu ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Nuʿmān al-ʿUkbarī al-Baghdādī, known as al-Shaykh al-Mufīd and Ibn al-Muʿallim (336–413 AH/948–1022 CE) was one of the most prominent Muslim theologians and jurists in the fourth century AH (tenth centuries CE). 254 works have been attributed to him, of which only 69 works are available and 185 works are missing. His works are mainly concerned with the following six topics: theology, jurisprudence, hadith, history, Quranic studies, and principles of jurisprudence.
The present research includes two parts: first, a descriptive bibliography of primary works by Mufīd (i.e., written by Mufīd himself, dictated by him, or selected from his works); and second, a bibliography of contemporary secondary literature on Mufīd and his works.
The book begins with the methodology of this research, followed by four parts. In the Methodology part, we elaborate on the details of how the research into primary and secondary sources was carried out and cite the references for the research. We also introduce earlier bibliographies of Mufīd’s works by other researchers.
Testimonials
Cyrus Ali Zargar
Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor
University of Central Florida
“This carefully-researched volume on al-Shyakh al-Mufid (d. 413/1022) is the first of its kind. No other English-language book, or any book for that matter, provides this level of depth on al-Mufid’s life, works, and place in Islamic studies. Shaykh Mufid: An Annotated Bibliography draws from multiple primary and secondary sources, in Arabic, Persian, and European languages, to present a complete picture of the current state of scholarship regarding a figure who might be considered Twelver Shi’i Islam’s most important theologian.”
Liyakat Takim
McMaster University, Canada
“This book has brilliantly captured and enumerated the writings of Shaykh al-Mufid, an important Shi’i scholar of the tenth and eleventh centuries. Most of his works have remained untouched by Western scholarship on Islam. This book will be of great benefit to all scholars of Shi’i Islam.”
Mohammad H. Faghfoory
Professor and Director
Graduate Program in Islamic Studies
George Washington University
“This book is the first serious step to introduce Shaykh al-Mufid’s immense contributions to Islamic-Shi’a studies. Those who were involved in preparing and annotating this bibliography, and especially the editors must be congratulated for producing such a useful tool for further study on Islamic intellectual tradition in general and the Shi’a scholarly legacy in particular.”