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Hidoyatullo Shozodamamadov was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: Ismaili hermeneutic interpretation (喧硃尨滄蘋梭The elucidation of the inner or esoteric meaning, b��廜虹n , from the literal wording or apparent meaning of a text, ritual or religious prescription.) in anti-Ismaili Polemical Literature

Saad Barcha, a GPISH graduate from the class of 2025 and originally from Hunza, is a recipient of the Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship and is currently pursuing his PhD in Music at the University of Oxford.

Guldastasho Alibakhshov was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London.

Thesis: Rebuilding Diasporic Community: Memory and Identity in the Tajik-Ismaili Diaspora in Russia.

Muhammad Salim was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

Thesis: The Impact of Digital Communication Technologies on the Socio-Religious Experiences of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim Community.

Farhan Feroz Ali was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London.

Thesis:泭Translating echoes divine, or socio-sensorial experiences at Bhitshah���s shrine.

Anika Kabani was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

Thesis:泭Negotiating Muslimness: Humanitarian Legal Regimes and the Shaping of the Muslim Subject.

Abdul Wahid Khan was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

Thesis:泭The Blessings of the Commons for the Local Community (and More-than-Humans) of Chitral, Pakistan: An Apocalypse of a Culturalscape and Muslims��� Approaches to Climate Change.

Uzair Ibrahim was awarded the 敁珗曄部 Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.

Thesis:泭Amid Worlds Seen and Unseen: A Genealogy of History, Tradition, and Memory in South Asian Sh蘋尪蘋 Islam

This thesis will build on his MA, situating the commemoration of the martyrdom of泭Imam泭Hussain and his family within the broader intellectual history of Islamic occult and metaphysical thought.