Chorshanbe Goibnazarov holds the position of Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the UCA’s School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Development. He teaches Cultural Studies courses at the Khorog and Naryn Campuses of the university. Goibnazarov earned his Ph.D. in Central Asian and Cultural Studies from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and holds a Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures from the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations at the Aga Khan University in London, UK. He has been honored with prestigious awards including the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Program Funding for archival research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2023, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar fellowship at the Music Department of Harvard University for the 2019-2020 academic year, and an Excellence Initiative, German Research Foundation (DFG) doctoral fellowship of Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies in 2010. Prior to joining UCA, Goibnazarov dedicated six years to teaching English at the Health Promotion Training Unit of the Aga Khan Health Service (AKHS) in Tajikistan and worked as a Research Assistant in the Secondary Teaching Education Programme, Department of Curriculum Studies, at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Alongside his teaching responsibilities, he holds the role of Liaison Officer of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) for Tajikistan.

Chorshanbe Goibnazarov, uniquely qualified as a musical anthropologist and a Wakhi cultural insider, provides a perspective on music and poetry in the Pamir mountains that remains unmatched in its sensitivity and sensibility. A valuable contribution to the study of music and poetry in Ismaili religious contexts in Tajikistan and beyond, this work is sure to inspire students and scholars of oral arts in the Persianate world.

• List of Figures AcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration and TranslationIntroduction1. Situating Qasīda-khonī in the Cultural History of Tajik Badakhshan2. Learning, Practicing and Performing Qasīda-khonī3. Performative Texts in the Qasīda-khonī4. Mourning Rituals and Weddings: The Traditional Contexts of Qasīda-khonī5. New Contexts: The Effect of Religious Globalisation and National PoliticsEpilogueReferencesIndex

Chorshanbe Goibnazarov holds the position of Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the UCA’s School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Development. He teaches Cultural Studies courses at the Khorog and Naryn Campuses of the university. Goibnazarov earned his Ph.D. in Central Asian and Cultural Studies from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and holds a Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures from the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations at the Aga Khan University in London, UK. He has been honored with prestigious awards including the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Program Funding for archival research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2023, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar fellowship at the Music Department of Harvard University for the 2019-2020 academic year, and an Excellence Initiative, German Research Foundation (DFG) doctoral fellowship of Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies in 2010. Prior to joining UCA, Goibnazarov dedicated six years to teaching English at the Health Promotion Training Unit of the Aga Khan Health Service (AKHS) in Tajikistan and worked as a Research Assistant in the Secondary Teaching Education Programme, Department of Curriculum Studies, at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Alongside his teaching responsibilities, he holds the role of Liaison Officer of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) for Tajikistan.

Chorshanbe Goibnazarov, uniquely qualified as a musical anthropologist and a Wakhi cultural insider, provides a perspective on music and poetry in the Pamir mountains that remains unmatched in its sensitivity and sensibility. A valuable contribution to the study of music and poetry in Ismaili religious contexts in Tajikistan and beyond, this work is sure to inspire students and scholars of oral arts in the Persianate world.

• List of Figures AcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration and TranslationIntroduction1. Situating Qasīda-khonī in the Cultural History of Tajik Badakhshan2. Learning, Practicing and Performing Qasīda-khonī3. Performative Texts in the Qasīda-khonī4. Mourning Rituals and Weddings: The Traditional Contexts of Qasīda-khonī5. New Contexts: The Effect of Religious Globalisation and National PoliticsEpilogueReferencesIndex

Chorshanbe Goibnazarov holds the position of Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the UCA’s School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Development. He teaches Cultural Studies courses at the Khorog and Naryn Campuses of the university. Goibnazarov earned his Ph.D. in Central Asian and Cultural Studies from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and holds a Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures from the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations at the Aga Khan University in London, UK. He has been honored with prestigious awards including the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Program Funding for archival research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2023, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar fellowship at the Music Department of Harvard University for the 2019-2020 academic year, and an Excellence Initiative, German Research Foundation (DFG) doctoral fellowship of Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies in 2010. Prior to joining UCA, Goibnazarov dedicated six years to teaching English at the Health Promotion Training Unit of the Aga Khan Health Service (AKHS) in Tajikistan and worked as a Research Assistant in the Secondary Teaching Education Programme, Department of Curriculum Studies, at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Alongside his teaching responsibilities, he holds the role of Liaison Officer of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) for Tajikistan.

Chorshanbe Goibnazarov, uniquely qualified as a musical anthropologist and a Wakhi cultural insider, provides a perspective on music and poetry in the Pamir mountains that remains unmatched in its sensitivity and sensibility. A valuable contribution to the study of music and poetry in Ismaili religious contexts in Tajikistan and beyond, this work is sure to inspire students and scholars of oral arts in the Persianate world.

• List of Figures AcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration and TranslationIntroduction1. Situating Qasīda-khonī in the Cultural History of Tajik Badakhshan2. Learning, Practicing and Performing Qasīda-khonī3. Performative Texts in the Qasīda-khonī4. Mourning Rituals and Weddings: The Traditional Contexts of Qasīda-khonī5. New Contexts: The Effect of Religious Globalisation and National PoliticsEpilogueReferencesIndex