Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, UK. He has previously published Regime Transition in Central Asia (2014) and Central Asian Ismailis (2022). He co-edited a volume with Carole Faucher, Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia (2019), and edited the volume The Tajiks: History, Culture, and Identity (forthcoming, 2026). His research interests include Central Asian Ismailis, with a focus on the historical and cultural context of Khurasan, as well as the history of Islam and the social and political development of the entire region.

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• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAbbreviationsNotes on TransliterationIntroduction – Dagikhudo DagievPART ONE: SUFISM IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS 1. The Treatise of Ibrahim Qavghani: A Newly Found Source on the Yasawi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia from the 16th or Early 17th Century – Devin DeWeese2. The Mystic as Theurgist? A Theme in the Sufism of Najm al-Din Kubra – Toby Mayer3. A Sufi Revival in Contemporary Khurasan-i Ra?avi: The Transregional Networks of the Naqshbandiyya, the Qadiriyya, and the Chishtiyya – Alexandre PapasPART TWO: SUFI–ISMAILI CULTURAL INTERACTIONS4. Spiritual Dance of the Badakhshani Ismailis through the Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi – Otambek Mastibekov5. Mubarak-i Wakhani: A Sufi–Ismaili Musician from Badakhshan – Chorshanbe Goibnazarov6. ‘Sacred Spaces’ Turned into Museums: Transformation of Shrine Culture in Tajikistan – Abdulmamad IlolievPART THREE: STUDYING ISMAILI SOURCES AND RE-INTERPRETING THE DA?WA NARRATIVES 7. Na?ir-i Khusraw and ?asan-i ?abba?: Their Relationship and the Varieties of the Nizari Da?wa in Badakhshan – Daniel Beben8. Aspects of the Life and Literature of The Ismaili Da?wa in Khurasan during the Anjudan Revival – Karim Javan9. Schisms and their Effect on the Ismaili Communities of Badakhshan – Nourmamadcho NourmamadchoevPART FOUR: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL DEBATES RELATED TO ISMAILI DOCTRINES 10. Some Notes on Major 10th-Century Ismaili Authors from Khurasan and the East: al-Nasafi, al-Sijistani, and Abu Tammam – Paul Walker11. The Nizari Reception of Avicennism: Na?ir al-Din al-?usi between Avicennism and Ismailism – Maxime Delpierre12. Misrepresentations of Nizari Ismaili Doctrines in Qajar Literature – Daryoush Mohammad PoorPART FIVE: PERSIAN AND SUFI TERMINOLOGY AS CULTURAL VEHICLES IN GREATER KHURASAN13. The Persian Discourse of Na?ir-i Khusraw as a Cultural Code for Badakhshan: Cognitive and Lexical Perspectives – Leyli R. Dodykhudoeva14. The Study of Sufism and Sufi Literature in the Work of Evgenii Eduardovich Bertel's – Dagikhudo Dagiev

Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, UK. He has previously published Regime Transition in Central Asia (2014) and Central Asian Ismailis (2022). He co-edited a volume with Carole Faucher, Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia (2019), and edited the volume The Tajiks: History, Culture, and Identity (forthcoming, 2026). His research interests include Central Asian Ismailis, with a focus on the historical and cultural context of Khurasan, as well as the history of Islam and the social and political development of the entire region.

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• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAbbreviationsNotes on TransliterationIntroduction – Dagikhudo DagievPART ONE: SUFISM IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS 1. The Treatise of Ibrahim Qavghani: A Newly Found Source on the Yasawi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia from the 16th or Early 17th Century – Devin DeWeese2. The Mystic as Theurgist? A Theme in the Sufism of Najm al-Din Kubra – Toby Mayer3. A Sufi Revival in Contemporary Khurasan-i Ra?avi: The Transregional Networks of the Naqshbandiyya, the Qadiriyya, and the Chishtiyya – Alexandre PapasPART TWO: SUFI–ISMAILI CULTURAL INTERACTIONS4. Spiritual Dance of the Badakhshani Ismailis through the Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi – Otambek Mastibekov5. Mubarak-i Wakhani: A Sufi–Ismaili Musician from Badakhshan – Chorshanbe Goibnazarov6. ‘Sacred Spaces’ Turned into Museums: Transformation of Shrine Culture in Tajikistan – Abdulmamad IlolievPART THREE: STUDYING ISMAILI SOURCES AND RE-INTERPRETING THE DA?WA NARRATIVES 7. Na?ir-i Khusraw and ?asan-i ?abba?: Their Relationship and the Varieties of the Nizari Da?wa in Badakhshan – Daniel Beben8. Aspects of the Life and Literature of The Ismaili Da?wa in Khurasan during the Anjudan Revival – Karim Javan9. Schisms and their Effect on the Ismaili Communities of Badakhshan – Nourmamadcho NourmamadchoevPART FOUR: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL DEBATES RELATED TO ISMAILI DOCTRINES 10. Some Notes on Major 10th-Century Ismaili Authors from Khurasan and the East: al-Nasafi, al-Sijistani, and Abu Tammam – Paul Walker11. The Nizari Reception of Avicennism: Na?ir al-Din al-?usi between Avicennism and Ismailism – Maxime Delpierre12. Misrepresentations of Nizari Ismaili Doctrines in Qajar Literature – Daryoush Mohammad PoorPART FIVE: PERSIAN AND SUFI TERMINOLOGY AS CULTURAL VEHICLES IN GREATER KHURASAN13. The Persian Discourse of Na?ir-i Khusraw as a Cultural Code for Badakhshan: Cognitive and Lexical Perspectives – Leyli R. Dodykhudoeva14. The Study of Sufism and Sufi Literature in the Work of Evgenii Eduardovich Bertel's – Dagikhudo Dagiev

Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, UK. He has previously published Regime Transition in Central Asia (2014) and Central Asian Ismailis (2022). He co-edited a volume with Carole Faucher, Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia (2019), and edited the volume The Tajiks: History, Culture, and Identity (forthcoming, 2026). His research interests include Central Asian Ismailis, with a focus on the historical and cultural context of Khurasan, as well as the history of Islam and the social and political development of the entire region.

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• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAbbreviationsNotes on TransliterationIntroduction – Dagikhudo DagievPART ONE: SUFISM IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS 1. The Treatise of Ibrahim Qavghani: A Newly Found Source on the Yasawi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia from the 16th or Early 17th Century – Devin DeWeese2. The Mystic as Theurgist? A Theme in the Sufism of Najm al-Din Kubra – Toby Mayer3. A Sufi Revival in Contemporary Khurasan-i Ra?avi: The Transregional Networks of the Naqshbandiyya, the Qadiriyya, and the Chishtiyya – Alexandre PapasPART TWO: SUFI–ISMAILI CULTURAL INTERACTIONS4. Spiritual Dance of the Badakhshani Ismailis through the Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi – Otambek Mastibekov5. Mubarak-i Wakhani: A Sufi–Ismaili Musician from Badakhshan – Chorshanbe Goibnazarov6. ‘Sacred Spaces’ Turned into Museums: Transformation of Shrine Culture in Tajikistan – Abdulmamad IlolievPART THREE: STUDYING ISMAILI SOURCES AND RE-INTERPRETING THE DA?WA NARRATIVES 7. Na?ir-i Khusraw and ?asan-i ?abba?: Their Relationship and the Varieties of the Nizari Da?wa in Badakhshan – Daniel Beben8. Aspects of the Life and Literature of The Ismaili Da?wa in Khurasan during the Anjudan Revival – Karim Javan9. Schisms and their Effect on the Ismaili Communities of Badakhshan – Nourmamadcho NourmamadchoevPART FOUR: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL DEBATES RELATED TO ISMAILI DOCTRINES 10. Some Notes on Major 10th-Century Ismaili Authors from Khurasan and the East: al-Nasafi, al-Sijistani, and Abu Tammam – Paul Walker11. The Nizari Reception of Avicennism: Na?ir al-Din al-?usi between Avicennism and Ismailism – Maxime Delpierre12. Misrepresentations of Nizari Ismaili Doctrines in Qajar Literature – Daryoush Mohammad PoorPART FIVE: PERSIAN AND SUFI TERMINOLOGY AS CULTURAL VEHICLES IN GREATER KHURASAN13. The Persian Discourse of Na?ir-i Khusraw as a Cultural Code for Badakhshan: Cognitive and Lexical Perspectives – Leyli R. Dodykhudoeva14. The Study of Sufism and Sufi Literature in the Work of Evgenii Eduardovich Bertel's – Dagikhudo Dagiev