A list of our scholarship award alumni and their research areas
2020
Imran Visram (Theology and Religion, the University of Oxford)
Thesis: Preservation and Migration of the Indo-Ismaili Ginn Tradition
Karam Alkatlabe ( Architecture, Cambridge University)
Thesis: Rebuilding Syria: What is the Future of Housing and Informal Settlements in Post-war Damascus in light of the Current Reconstruction Process?
2019
Qurratulain Faheem (Anthropology, University of Sussex)
Thesis:油Exploring the Variant Perceptions of the Human Body in Muslim Diverse Communities and its Impact on their Approaches Towards Organ Transplantation Exploring the Variant Perceptions of the Human Body in Muslim Diverse Communities and its Impact on their Approaches Towards Organ Transplantation
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