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: 廎工r贖f蘋 Teachings between Shi尪ism and Sufism. The Original 廎工r贖f蘋 Doctrine of Fa廎l All櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋. London and New York, I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, (Shi尪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,泭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),泭,泭Brepols, Turnhout, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies (UK) and cole Pratique des Hautes tudes (France), 2016.
- ,泭Boston – Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization 105), 2013.
- (Co-edited with D. De Smet),泭Les Nu廜ayris et les Druzes, deux communaut矇莽泭矇sot矇rique莽泭la p矇riph矇rie doctrinale de lislam,泭thematic issue of the插娶硃莉勳釵硃泭58/1-2 (2011).
Books (translations)
- (Co-translated with M. De Cillis), M.A. Amir-Moezzi,泭The Proof of God: Shi尪i Mysticism in the Work of al-Kulayn蘋(9th-10th centuries),泭B. Tauris, 敁珗曄部Shii Heritage Series,泭2023.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
- Use of Diagrams in the 廎工r贖f蘋 and Nuq廜苔v蘋 Manuscripts, and Possible Links between the 廎工r贖f蘋 Verbal and the Bektashi Visual Iconographies, G.M. Martini (ed.),泭Visualizing Sufism: Studies on Graphic Representations in Sufi Literature (13thto 16thCentury),泭Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2023, pp. 192-230.
- N喝梁廜苔措勳莽, SafavidsA major Shi’i dynasty which ruled Persia (1501-1732 CE), and was succeeded by the Afsharids. (See also Qizilbash, Safawiyya.) and Shi尪ism in 9th/15th 11th/17thCenturies, in F. Daftary and J. Esots (eds.),泭The Renaissance of Sh蘋尪蘋Islam in the 15th17thCenturies: Facets of Thought and Practice,泭B. Tauris (Shi尪i Heritage) in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2022, pp. 131-175.
- Ni尪matull櫻h蘋 Manuscripts in the Holdings of the Institute of Ismaili Studies,泭Texts, Scribes and Transmission: Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond,泭W. A. Momin (ed.), I.B. Tauris, London, 2022, pp. 331-346.
- Connaissance divine et action messianique: la figure de 尪Al蘋 dans les milieux mystiques et messianiques (5癡鳥梗/11癡鳥梗– 10癡鳥梗/16癡鳥梗si癡cles), M.A. Amir-Moezzi,泭Ali, le secret bien gard矇,泭CNRS Editions, Paris, 2020, pp. 325-352.Translated into Englishas Divine Knowledge and Messianic Action: The Figure of 尪Al蘋 in Mystical and Messianic Circles (5th/11th-10th/16thCenturies), M.A. Amir-Moezzi,泭Ali, The Well-Guarded Secret: Figures of the First Master in Shi尪i Spirituality,泭Brill: Leiden and Boston, 2023, pp. 265-287.Translated into Italianas Conoscenza divina e azione messianica: la figura di 尪Al蘋 negli ambienti mistici e messianici (secoli V/XI-X/XVI) in M.A. Amir-Moezzi,泭Ali segreto,泭Rome: Istituto per lOriente C.A. Nallino, 2022, pp. 299-323.
- Victims or Rivals? The Persecution of the 廎工r贖f蘋s and its Possible Reasons, in L. Lewisohn and R. Tabandeh (eds.),泭Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World,泭Jordan Centre for Persian Studies, Irvin (CA), 2020, pp. 239-257.
- The Niz櫻r蘋 Ismaili theory of theqiy櫻maand the post-Mongol Iranian messianism,Intellectual Interactions in Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread,泭O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), I.B. Tauris (Shi尪i Heritage) in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2019, pp. 323-352.
- Introduction,泭Intellectual Interactions in Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread,泭O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), I.B. Tauris (Shi尪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廎l All櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋,泭Occult Sciences in Pre-Modern Islamic Culture(Beiruter Texte und Studien 138),泭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,泭Intellectual History of the Islamicate World6 (2018), pp. 332-358.
- “Paradise is at the Feet of Mothers: the 廎工r贖f蘋 Road,泭Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam,泭S. G羹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尪ism in 7th/13th泭-9th/15th Centuries,Esoteric Shi尪a: Its Origins and Developments,泭M.A. Amir-Moezzi, M. De Cillis, D. De Smet and O. Mir-Kasimov (eds.), Brepols, Turnhout (Shi尪i Heritage and BEHE), 2016, pp. 643-664.
- Mo簿se et le Verbe primordial: la figure de Mo簿se dans leJ櫻vid櫻n-n櫻鳥硃泭de Fa廎lall櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋 (m. 796/1394), D. Aigle and F. Briquel Chatonnet (eds.),泭Figures de Mo簿se, Paris, Editions de Boccard (Orient & Mediterranee 18), 2015, p. 305-320.
- Takf蘋r and Messianism: the 廎工r贖f蘋 Case,泭Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: ADiachronic Perspective on Takf蘋r,泭C. Adang, H. Ansari, M. Fierro, S. Schmidtke (eds.), Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization, 123), 2016, p. 189-212.
- L矇pist矇mologie et lanthropologie mystique dans le J櫻wid櫻n-n櫻ma-yi kab蘋r de Fa廎lall櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋 (m. 796/1394) ,泭Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook,泭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.),泭Controverses sur les 矇critures canoniques de l’islam,泭Paris, Les 矇ditions du Cerf, 2014, pp. 297-336.
- Le turc (on semantic evolution of selected concepts in Turkish language),泭Tour du monde de Concepts,泭P. Legendre (ed.), Paris, Fayard (Poids et Mesures du Monde), 2014, p. 389-418.
- Umm蘋s versus Im櫻ms in 廎工r贖f蘋 Prophetology: An Attempt at a Sunni/Sh蘋尪蘋 Synthesis?,泭Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam,泭O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), Boston – Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization), 2013, p. 221-246.Translated into Azerbaijani a莽泭Hurufi peymbrlik tlimind 羹mmi-imami qar覺lamas覺: S羹nni-i sintezin chd,泭Nsimi vHurufilik Q娶莉泭耦rq羹紳硃莽梭覺覺紳餃硃泭(Nasimi and Hurufism in Western Scholarship),泭Aida Qas覺mova (tr.), Baku, 2022, pp. 189-221.
- Introduction: Conflicting Synergy of Patterns of Religious Authority in Islam,泭Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam,泭O. Mir-Kasimov (ed.), Boston – Leiden, Brill (Islamic History and Civilization 105), 2013, p. 1-20.
- La lecture par les 廎只r贖f蘋 de l矇pisode biblique de la Table bris矇e,泭A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations,泭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),泭Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook,泭3 (2012), p. 331-352.
- Techniques de garde du secret en Islam,泭Revue de lHistoire des Religions,泭228/2 (2011), p. 265-287.
- Le Journal des r礙ves de Fa廎lall櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋: 矇dition et traduction annot矇e,泭Studia Iranica,泭38/2, 2009, p. 249-304.
- Study of the Early 廎工r贖f蘋 Texts: the Foundational Work of Fa廎lall櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋,泭Revue de l’Histoire des Religion莽泭(Paris), 226 (2009/2),泭p. 246-260.
- Some Specific Features of the 廎工r贖f蘋 Interpretation of the Qur尨anic and Biblical Episodes Related to Moses,泭Journal of Qur’anic Studies, 10/1 (2008), p. 21-49.
- Deux textes 廎只r贖f蘋:J櫻vd櫻n-n櫻鳥梗泭de Fa廎lall櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋 et l’un de ses commentaires,泭Ma廎ram-n櫻鳥梗泭de Seyyid Is廎汁幜,泭Studia Iranica,泭t. 35/2 (2006), p. 203-235.
- Les d矇riv矇s de la racineR廎M: Homme, Femme et Connaissance dans leJ櫻vd櫻n-n櫻鳥梗泭de Fa廎lall櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋,泭Journal Asiatique2007/1, p. 9-33.
- 廎仇黹鸙契睅捲漜漜,Encyclopaedia of Islam,泭3rdedition, 2016/2, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 139-144.
- Astar櫻b櫻d蘋, Fa廎l All櫻h,泭Encyclopaedia of Islam,泭3rdedition, 2015/1, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 35-43.
- Les hur羶fi莽泭: un mouvement messianique fond矇 sur la science des lettres, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),泭100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,泭Breal (France), 2015, p. 150-151.
- Le bektachis鳥梗泭: un ordre h矇t矇rodoxe au sein de lEmpire ottoman, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),泭100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,泭Breal (France), 2015, p. 152-153.
- Le r繫le social et politique des bektachis, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),泭100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,泭Breal (France), 2015, p. 154-155.
- La naqshbandiyya: un important ordre mystique sunnite, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),泭100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,泭Breal (France), 2015, p. 156-157.
- La naqshbandiyya: r矇novations l矇poque moderne et contemporaine, in D. De Smet and M. Sebti (eds.),泭100 fiches pour comprendre lIslam,泭Breal (France), 2015, p. 158-159.
- ,泭Encyclopaedia Iranica, Columbia University, New York (ed. E. Yarshater), online publication.
- J櫻vd櫻n-n櫻ma,泭Encyclopaedia Iranica,泭Columbia University, New York (ed. E. Yarshater), vol. 14/6, 2008, p. 603-605.
- Fa廎l All櫻h Astar櫻b櫻d蘋,泭Christian-Muslim Relations 500 1600, A Bibliographical History,泭Brill Online Reference Works, 2018.
- J櫻vd櫻n-n櫻ma-yi Kab蘋r,泭Christian-Muslim Relations 500 1600, A Bibliographical History,泭Brill Online Reference Works, 2018
- Hurufiyya,泭The Encyclopedia of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja尪far al-廜〢嶟iq (d. 765), as his successor.,泭F. Daftary (ed.), forthcoming.
- Nuqtaviyya,泭The Encyclopedia of the Ismailis,泭F. Daftary (ed.), forthcoming.
- Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, translation from French of the幛棗娶梗滄棗娶餃泭by Christian Jambet, in 廎兀san-i Ma廎叮贖d-i K櫻tib,泭Spiritual Exegesis: A Medieval Ismaili Treatise on Resurrection,泭ed. and tr. by S.J. Badakhchani, London, I.B. Tauris/敁珗曄部, 2017.
- Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, translation from French of the article of Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, The Tafs蘋r of al-廎夕bar蘋 (d. 286/899). Quranic exegesis and early Shiite esotericism,泭The Study of Shii Islam, ed. F. Daftary and G. Miskinzoda, London, I.B. Tauris/敁珗曄部, 2014, pp. 113-134.
- Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan, translation from French of Introduction to Part VIII, Philosophy and Intellectual Traditions by D. De Smet,泭The Study of Shii Islam, ed. F. Daftary and G. Miskinzoda, London, I.B. Tauris/敁珗曄部, 2014, pp. 545-561.
Book reviews
- Todd Lawson,泭Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam: Qur尨an, Exegesis, Messianism, and the Literary Origins of the Babi Religion.London New York, Routledge 2012 (Iranian Studies 12), inZeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenl瓣ndischen Gesellschaft,泭165/1 (2015), pp. 231-233.
- Le Sh蘋尪isme im櫻mite quarante ans apr癡s: hommageEtan Kohlberg,泭M.A. Amir-Moezzi, M.M. Bar-Asher, S. Hopkins (eds.), Brepols, Turnhout, 2009, inRevue de lHistoire des Religions,泭230/3 (2013), p. 417-418.
- Yaron Friedman,泭The Nu廜ayr蘋–尪Alaw蘋s. An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria,泭Leiden – Boston, Brill, 2010, in插娶硃莉勳釵硃泭60/1-2 (2013),泭p. 222-225
- Josef van Ess,泭Der Eine und das Andere, Beobachtungen an islamischen h瓣resiographischen Texten,泭Walter de Gruyter, Berlin – New York, 2011, inLe bulletin critique des annales islamologiques,泭27 (2011), p. 40-41
- William F. Tucker,泭Mahdis and Millenarians: Sh蘋尪ite Extremists in Early Muslim Iraq,泭Cambridge University Press, 2008, inLe bulletin critique des annales islamologiques,泭25 (2009), p. 49-50
- Yves Porter,泭Les Iraniens,Paris, 2006 inLe bulletin critique des annales islamologiques,泭24 (2008), p. 109-111
- Shahzad Bashir,泭Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis.Oneworld, Oxford, 2005 inAbstracta Iranica,vol. 28 (2005), p. 155-156
- K櫻mil Mu廜廜苔f櫻 al-Shayb蘋,泭Al-廜ila bayna al-ta廜awwuf wa al-tashayyu尪,泭2 vol., Beirut, 1982 ibid.
- Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (dir.),泭Dictionnaire du Coran,泭Paris, 2007,泭ibid.
- Daniel De Smet,泭,Paris 2012,泭Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la M矇diterran矇e,泭141 (2017), online edition.
- Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread, conference report,泭Shii Studies Review1 (2017), pp. 257-260.
- ,泭Annuaire de lEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Religieuses, R矇sum矇s des conf矇rences et des travaux, academic year 2008/2009, t. 117 (2011), p. 151-156.
- ,泭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矇sum矇s des conf矇rences et des travaux, academic year 2016/2017, t. 125 (2018), pp. 379-394.