A list of our scholarship award alumni and their research areas
2018
Sadiq S. Habib油(Religious Studies, SOAS)
Thesis:油Identity Processes Among Emerging Adult IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja平far al-畊diq (d. 765), as his successor. in Europe and North America – A Study in Integral Anthropology
2017
Taushif Kara油(History, University of Cambridge)
Thesis:油Colonial Born?: Migration, Memory, and Islam for the Khoja of East Africa
2016
Amaan Merali油(Oriental Studies, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油The油Ottomans油and the Ismailis (1887-1914): Imperial Perceptions of an Inter-Imperial Community
Azzam Al-Kassir油(Politics, Birkbeck, University of London)
Thesis:油Continuity and Change in the Thought and Praxis of Salafi-Jihadism: Reading into the writings of the ideologues and Strategists of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria
Muhammad Dost Khan油(History, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Thesis:油Historicising Perceptions Of The West In Pakistans Political Discourse
2015
Aslisho Qurboniev油(Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)
Thesis:油The Organisation of Learning and Knowledge Transmission in Egypt and Ifr朝qiyya under the F畊imids: Institutions, Patronage, Networks and Practices
2014
Karim Javan油(Religious Studies, SOAS)
Thesis:油Qiyama in Ismaili Histories
2013
Rahim Gholami油(Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter)
Thesis:油Ismaili Neoplatinism in two Fatimid texts: A comparative study of al-Sijistani’s al-Yanabi and Nasir Khusraw’s Khwan al-ikhwan with an annotated English translation of Khwan al-ikhwan
Shumaila Hemani油(Ethnomusicology, University of Alberta)
Thesis:油Singing the Shah-jo-Raag in Pakistan and India
2012
Zulfiqar Khimani油(Sociology, University of Cambridge)
Thesis:油Transnational Religious Belonging: The Case of Nizari Ismaili Muslims
2011
Zarangez Karimova油(Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter)
Thesis:油The Structure and Content Analysis of the Three Sh朝塀朝 畍ad朝th Works: Kitb al-jami` al-Wf朝, Wasil al- Sh朝併a il ahd朝th al-shar朝併a and Bihr al-Anwr
Ula Zeir油(Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh)
Thesis:油SalamiyyaA city in central Syria, which was the residence of several early Ismaili imams in the pre-Fatimid period.: A City of the Ismailis in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Ottoman Syria (1839-1918)
2010
Laila Kadiwal油(Sociology, University of Sussex)
Thesis:油Religious Pluralism in Ismaili Muslim Religious Education: From difference to diversity
Sorbon Mavlonazarov油(Anthropology, Durham University)
Thesis:油Changes and Continuity in Shrines Visitation in Badakhshan: A Case Study of Wakhan Valley
2009
Zamira Dildorbekova油(Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter)
Thesis:油The Dynamics of Islam and Modernity in Tajikistan: Contemporary Ismaili Discourse
Shayesteh Ghofrani油(Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter)
Thesis:油Comparative analysis of the Concept of油Wilaya油in Shi’ism and油Sufism油in the Formative Period
2008
Sultonbek Aksakolov油(History, SOAS)
Thesis:油Islam in Soviet Tajikistan: State Policy and the Practice of Religion from 1950-1985
Shaftolu Gulamadov油(Religious Studies, University of Toronto)
Thesis:油The Ethical Dimension of the Ismaili Tradition of Badakhshan
Amier Saidula油(Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh)
Thesis:油A Last Refuge: National Law, Traditional Dispute Resolution and Tajik Survival in Xinjiang Today
2007
Zouhal Avzalshoeva油(Law, University of Sussex)
Thesis:油Nobody beats an obedient woman’: state and non-state responses to violence against women in Tajikistan
Rafiq Rahim Ajani油(Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter)
Thesis:油The Development of the Mystical Theology and Ethics of Rindi in Persian Poetry from the Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries
Sharaf Oshurbekov油(Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of York, Toronto)
Thesis:油Contested Spaces and Contested Meanings: Ismaili Muslim Places of worship in Badakhshan region
Sabrina Datoo油(History, University of Chicago)
Thesis:油Fashioning Muslim Life: Yunani Medicine and Muslim Liberalism in Colonial India c. 1880 1930
Aly Kassam-Remtulla油(Education, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Institutional intent and implications
2006
Shiraz Hajani油(South Asian Languages and Civilisations, University of Chicago)
Thesis:油The Great Resurrection Reconstructing油AlamutFortress of the Nizari Ismailis in northern Iran, which fell to the Mongols in 654 AH/1256 CE.
Wafi Momin油(South Asian Languages and Civilisations, University of Chicago)
Thesis:油The Formation of Satpanth Ismaili Tradition in South Asia
2005
Zulfiya Ashurmamadova油(Education, University of London)
Thesis:油Financing Education in Tajikistan: Tradition and Transition
Jamil Kassam油(Near Eastern Languages and Civilisations, University of Chicago)
Thesis:油The油Nizaris油during the Safavid Period
Nourmamadcho Nourmamadchoev油(History, SOAS)
Thesis:油The Ismailis of Badakhshan: History, Politics and Religion from 1500 to 1750
2004
Maryam Rezaee油(Politics, University of York)
Thesis:油Women and Higher Education: An Analysis of Womens Development, Empowerment, and Class Position with Special Reference to the Ismaili Women of Iran
Karim Gillani油(Music and Religious Studies, University of Alberta)
Thesis:油Sound and Recitation of Khoja Ismaili Ginans: Tradition and Transformation
Otambek Mastibekov油(Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS)
Thesis:油Leadership and Authority of Ismailis: A Case Study of Badakhshani Community in Tajikistan
2003
Arif油Jamal油(Law, University College London)
Thesis:油Liberal Theory and Islam: (Re) Imagining a Muslim Public Square
Marodsilton Mubarokshoeva油(Education, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油Universities in Muslim Context: Concepts, Challenges, and Opportunities
Nacim Pak油(Anthropology of Media, SOAS)
Thesis:油Shi’i Expressions of Religion and Spirituality in Iranian Cinema
2002
Yahia Baiza油(Education, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油Education in Afghanistan, 1901-2006: Developments, Influences and Legacies
Abdulmamad Iloliev油(Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge)
Thesis:油Poetic Expression of Pamiri Ismalism: The Life and Thought of Mubarak-i Wakhani, a Nineteenth-century Mystic Poet and Religious Scholar
Vafo Navkarov油(Philosophy, University College London)
Thesis:油Justice, Persons & Institutions
2001
Amin Mahdavi油(Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh)
Thesis:油An Event-Driven Distribution Model for Automatic Insertion of Illustrations in Narrative Discourse: A Study Based on the Shahnama Narrative
Gurdofarid Miskinzoda油(Islamic Studies, SOAS)
Thesis:油On the Margins of SiraFrom Arabic, lit. way of life, way of acting, conduct; as a literary genre, sira means a biography and times of an individual. In the Muslim context, the sira typically…: Mughulta’i (689-762/1290-1361) and His Place in the Development of油Sira油Literature
Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad油(Social Anthropology and Media Studies, SOAS)
Thesis:油Post Revolutionary Iranian Cinema: Ideology and Cinematic Critique
2000
Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga油(Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油Weaving social life. Moroccan Rural Textiles, People and Changing Values
1999
Omar Ali-de-Unzaga油(Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge)
Thesis:油The Use of the Qur’an in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa
1998
Laila Halani油(Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油Discourses of Religion and Development: Agency, Empowerment and Choices for Muslim Women in Gujerat, India
Fahmida Suleman油(Islamic Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油The Lion, the Hare and Lustre Ware: Studies in the Iconography of Lustre Ceramics from F畊imid Egypt (969 – 1171 CE)
1997
Zulfikar Hirji油(Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford)
Thesis:油The Co construction of Space and Relatedness Amongst Swahili speaking Muslims of the Indian Ocean: Zanzibar, Mombasa and Muscat