Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
Associate Professor
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Departments and units
Department of Academic Research Shi'i Studies -
Email
omir-kasimov@iis.ac.uk -
Extension
2796
Books (sole author)
- Words of Power: 畍ur笛f朝 Teachings between Shi平ism and Sufism. The Original 畍ur笛f朝 Doctrine of Fa畍l All偵h Astar偵b偵d朝. London and New York, I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, (Shi平i Heritage, 3), 2015. Now.
- Christian Apocalyptic Texts in Islamic Messianic Discourse, Brill, (History of Christian Muslim Relationships, 30), Leiden and Boston, 2017.
Books (academic editor)
- Intellectual Interactions in Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread,油I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies (Shii Heritage series), London, 2020.
- (Co-edited with M.A. Amir-Moezzi, M. De Cillis and D. De Smet),油,油Brepols, Turnhout, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies (UK) and cole Pratique des Hautes tudes (France), 2016.
- ,油Boston – Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization 105), 2013.
- (Co-edited with D. De Smet),油Les Nu畊ayris et les Druzes, deux communaut辿壊油辿sot辿rique壊油la p辿riph辿rie doctrinale de lislam,油thematic issue of the粥姻温恢庄界温油58/1-2 (2011).
Books (translations)
- (Co-translated with M. De Cillis), M.A. Amir-Moezzi,油The Proof of God: Shi平i Mysticism in the Work of al-Kulayn朝(9th-10th centuries),油B. Tauris, IISShii Heritage Series,油2023.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
- Use of Diagrams in the 畍ur笛f朝 and Nuq畊av朝 Manuscripts, and Possible Links between the 畍ur笛f朝 Verbal and the Bektashi Visual Iconographies, G.M. Martini (ed.),油Visualizing Sufism: Studies on Graphic Representations in Sufi Literature (13thto 16thCentury),油Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2023, pp. 192-230.
- N顎援畊a厩庄壊, SafavidsA major Shi’i dynasty which ruled Persia (1501-1732 CE), and was succeeded by the Afsharids. (See also Qizilbash, Safawiyya.) and Shi平ism in 9th/15th 11th/17thCenturies, in F. Daftary and J. Esots (eds.),油The Renaissance of Sh朝平朝Islam in the 15th17thCenturies: Facets of Thought and Practice,油B. Tauris (Shi平i Heritage) in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2022, pp. 131-175.
- Ni平matull偵h朝 Manuscripts in the Holdings of the Institute of Ismaili Studies,油Texts, Scribes and Transmission: Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond,油W. A. Momin (ed.), I.B. Tauris, London, 2022, pp. 331-346.
- Connaissance divine et action messianique: la figure de 平Al朝 dans les milieux mystiques et messianiques (5竪馨艶/11竪馨艶– 10竪馨艶/16竪馨艶si竪cles), M.A. Amir-Moezzi,油Ali, le secret bien gard辿,油CNRS Editions, Paris, 2020, pp. 325-352.Translated into Englishas Divine Knowledge and Messianic Action: The Figure of 平Al朝 in Mystical and Messianic Circles (5th/11th-10th/16thCenturies), M.A. Amir-Moezzi,油Ali, The Well-Guarded Secret: Figures of the First Master in Shi平i Spirituality,油Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2023, pp. 265-287.Translated into Italianas Conoscenza divina e azione messianica: la figura di 平Al朝 negli ambienti mistici e messianici (secoli V/XI-X/XVI) in M.A. Amir-Moezzi,油Ali segreto,油Rome: Istituto per lOriente C.A. Nallino, 2022, pp. 299-323.
- Victims or Rivals? The Persecution of the 畍ur笛f朝s and its Possible Reasons, in L. Lewisohn and R. Tabandeh (eds.),油Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World,油Jordan Centre for Persian Studies, Irvin (CA), 2020, pp. 239-257.
- The Niz偵r朝 Ismaili theory of theqiy偵maand the post-Mongol Iranian messianism,Intellectual Interactions in Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread,油O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), I.B. Tauris (Shi平i Heritage) in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2019, pp. 323-352.
- Introduction,油Intellectual Interactions in Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread,油O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), I.B. Tauris (Shi平i Heritage) in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2019, pp. 1-9.
- The Occult Sciences in Messianic Discourse: Science of Letters, Alchemy and Astrology in the Works of Fa畍l All偵h Astar偵b偵d朝,油Occult Sciences in Pre-Modern Islamic Culture(Beiruter Texte und Studien 138),油N. El-Bizri and E. Orthmann (eds.), Orient Institut Beirut and American University of Beirut, Ergon Verlag, Beirut, 2018, pp. 201-221.
- Jesus as Eschatological Saviour in Islam: An Example of the Positive Apologetic Interpretation of the Christian Apocalyptic Texts in an Islamic Messianic Milieu,油Intellectual History of the Islamicate World6 (2018), pp. 332-358.
- “Paradise is at the Feet of Mothers: the 畍ur笛f朝 Road,油Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam,油S. G端nther and B.T. Lawson (eds.), 2 vols., Leiden Boston, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization, 136), 2017, vol. 1, pp. 701-734.
- Esoteric Messianic Currents Between Sufism and Shi平ism in 7th/13th油-9th/15th Centuries,Esoteric Shi平a: Its Origins and Developments,油M.A. Amir-Moezzi, M. De Cillis, D. De Smet and O. Mir-Kasimov (eds.), Brepols, Turnhout (Shi平i Heritage and BEHE), 2016, pp. 643-664.
- Mo誰se et le Verbe primordial: la figure de Mo誰se dans leJ偵vid偵n-n偵馨温油de Fa畍lall偵h Astar偵b偵d朝 (m. 796/1394), D. Aigle and F. Briquel Chatonnet (eds.),油Figures de Mo誰se, Paris, Editions de Boccard (Orient & Mediterranee 18), 2015, p. 305-320.
- Takf朝r and Messianism: the 畍ur笛f朝 Case,油Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: ADiachronic Perspective on Takf朝r,油C. Adang, H. Ansari, M. Fierro, S. Schmidtke (eds.), Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization, 123), 2016, p. 189-212.
- L辿pist辿mologie et lanthropologie mystique dans le J偵wid偵n-n偵ma-yi kab朝r de Fa畍lall偵h Astar偵b偵d朝 (m. 796/1394) ,油Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook,油5 (2014), p. 332-351.
- The Word of Descent and the Word of Ascent: Canonical and Extra-Canonical Texts in the Spectrum of the Sacred in Islam, D. De Smet and M. A. Amir-Moezzi (eds.),油Controverses sur les 辿critures canoniques de l’islam,油Paris, Les 辿ditions du Cerf, 2014, pp. 297-336.
- Le turc (on semantic evolution of selected concepts in Turkish language),油Tour du monde de Concepts,油P. Legendre (ed.), Paris, Fayard (Poids et Mesures du Monde), 2014, p. 389-418.
- Umm朝s versus Im偵ms in 畍ur笛f朝 Prophetology: An Attempt at a Sunni/Sh朝平朝 Synthesis?,油Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam,油O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), Boston – Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization), 2013, p. 221-246.Translated into Azerbaijani a壊油Hurufi peymbrlik tlimind 端mmi-imami qar脹lamas脹: S端nni-i sintezin chd,油Nsimi vHurufilik Q姻恢油就rq端稼温壊鉛脹脹稼糸温油(Nasimi and Hurufism in Western Scholarship),油Aida Qas脹mova (tr.), Baku, 2022, pp. 189-221.
- Introduction: Conflicting Synergy of Patterns of Religious Authority in Islam,油Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam,油O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), Boston – Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization 105), 2013, p. 1-20.
- La lecture par les 畍ur笛f朝 de l辿pisode biblique de la Table bris辿e,油A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations,油A. Meddeb and B. Stora (eds.), Paris, Albin Michel Princeton University Press (electronic edition), 2013, p. 502-506.
- Historical Development of the Paradox of Likeness between Divine and Human as Source of Religious Knowledge in Islam (in Russian),油Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook,油3 (2012), p. 331-352.
- Techniques de garde du secret en Islam,油Revue de lHistoire des Religions,油228/2 (2011), p. 265-287.
- Le Journal des r棚ves de Fa畍lall偵h Astar偵b偵d朝: 辿dition et traduction annot辿e,油Studia Iranica,油38/2, 2009, p. 249-304.
- Study of the Early 畍ur笛f朝 Texts: the Foundational Work of Fa畍lall偵h Astar偵b偵d朝,油Revue de l’Histoire des Religion壊油(Paris), 226 (2009/2),油p. 246-260.
- Some Specific Features of the 畍ur笛f朝 Interpretation of the Qur幣anic and Biblical Episodes Related to Moses,油Journal of Qur’anic Studies, 10/1 (2008), p. 21-49.
- Deux textes 畍ur笛f朝:J偵vd偵n-n偵馨艶油de Fa畍lall偵h Astar偵b偵d朝 et l’un de ses commentaires,油Ma畍ram-n偵馨艶油de Seyyid Is畍ツq,油Studia Iranica,油t. 35/2 (2006), p. 203-235.
- Les d辿riv辿s de la racineR畍M: Homme, Femme et Connaissance dans leJ偵vd偵n-n偵馨艶油de Fa畍lall偵h Astar偵b偵d朝,油Journal Asiatique2007/1, p. 9-33.
- 畍こ椣笛韓庄霞霞温,Encyclopaedia of Islam,油3rdedition, 2016/2, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 139-144.
- Astar偵b偵d朝, Fa畍l All偵h,油Encyclopaedia of Islam,油3rdedition, 2015/1, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 35-43.
- Les hur短fi壊油: un mouvement messianique fond辿 sur la science des lettres, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),油100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,油Breal (France), 2015, p. 150-151.
- Le bektachis馨艶油: un ordre h辿t辿rodoxe au sein de lEmpire ottoman, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),油100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,油Breal (France), 2015, p. 152-153.
- Le r担le social et politique des bektachis, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),油100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,油Breal (France), 2015, p. 154-155.
- La naqshbandiyya: un important ordre mystique sunnite, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),油100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,油Breal (France), 2015, p. 156-157.
- La naqshbandiyya: r辿novations l辿poque moderne et contemporaine, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),油100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,油Breal (France), 2015, p. 158-159.
- ,油Encyclopaedia Iranica, Columbia University, New York (ed. E. Yarshater), online publication.
- J偵vd偵n-n偵ma,油Encyclopaedia Iranica,油Columbia University, New York (ed. E. Yarshater), vol. 14/6, 2008, p. 603-605.
- Fa畍l All偵h Astar偵b偵d朝,油Christian-Muslim Relations 500 1600, A Bibliographical History,油Brill Online Reference Works, 2018.
- J偵vd偵n-n偵ma-yi Kab朝r,油Christian-Muslim Relations 500 1600, A Bibliographical History,油Brill Online Reference Works, 2018
- Hurufiyya,油The Encyclopedia of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja平far al-畊偵diq (d. 765), as his successor.,油F. Daftary (ed.), forthcoming.
- Nuqtaviyya,油The Encyclopedia of the Ismailis,油F. Daftary (ed.), forthcoming.
- Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, translation from French of the酷看姻艶敬看姻糸油by Christian Jambet, in 畍asan-i Ma畍m笛d-i K偵tib,油Spiritual Exegesis: A Medieval Ismaili Treatise on Resurrection,油ed. and tr. by S.J. Badakhchani, London, I.B. Tauris/IIS, 2017.
- Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, translation from French of the article of Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, The Tafs朝r of al-畍ibar朝 (d. 286/899). Quranic exegesis and early Shiite esotericism,油The Study of Shii Islam, ed. F. Daftary and G. Miskinzoda, London, I.B. Tauris/IIS, 2014, pp. 113-134.
- Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, translation from French of Introduction to Part VIII, Philosophy and Intellectual Traditions by D. De Smet,油The Study of Shii Islam, ed. F. Daftary and G. Miskinzoda, London, I.B. Tauris/IIS, 2014, pp. 545-561.
Book reviews
- Todd Lawson,油Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur幣an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion.London New York, Routledge 2012 (Iranian Studies 12), inZeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenl辰ndischen Gesellschaft,油165/1 (2015), pp. 231-233.
- Le Sh朝平isme im偵mite quarante ans apr竪s: hommageEtan Kohlberg,油M.A. Amir-Moezzi, M.M. Bar-Asher, S. Hopkins (eds.), Brepols, Turnhout, 2009, inRevue de lHistoire des Religions,油230/3 (2013), p. 417-418.
- Yaron Friedman,油The Nu畊ayr朝–平Alaw朝s. An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria,油Leiden – Boston, Brill, 2010, in粥姻温恢庄界温油60/1-2 (2013),油p. 222-225
- Josef van Ess,油Der Eine und das Andere, Beobachtungen an islamischen h辰resiographischen Texten,油Walter de Gruyter, Berlin – New York, 2011, inLe bulletin critique des annales islamologiques,油27 (2011), p. 40-41
- William F. Tucker,油Mahdis and Millenarians: Sh朝平ite Extremists in Early Muslim Iraq,油Cambridge University Press, 2008, inLe bulletin critique des annales islamologiques,油25 (2009), p. 49-50
- Yves Porter,油Les Iraniens,Paris, 2006 inLe bulletin critique des annales islamologiques,油24 (2008), p. 109-111
- Shahzad Bashir,油Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis.Oneworld, Oxford, 2005 inAbstracta Iranica,vol. 28 (2005), p. 155-156
- K偵mil Mu畊a広af偵 al-Shayb朝,油Al-畊ila bayna al-ta畊awwuf wa al-tashayyu平,油2 vol., Beirut, 1982 ibid.
- Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (dir.),油Dictionnaire du Coran,油Paris, 2007,油ibid.
- Daniel De Smet,油,Paris 2012,油Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la M辿diterran辿e,油141 (2017), online edition.
- Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread, conference report,油Shii Studies Review1 (2017), pp. 257-260.
- ,油Annuaire de lEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Religieuses, R辿sum辿s des conf辿rences et des travaux, academic year 2008/2009, t. 117 (2011), p. 151-156.
- ,油Annuaire EPHE, Sciences Religieuses, academic year 2009/2010, t. 118 (2011), p. 101-105.
- ,Annuaire de lEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Religieuses, R辿sum辿s des conf辿rences et des travaux, academic year 2016/2017, t. 125 (2018), pp. 379-394.