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ABOUT
Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor is a lecturer and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He completed his PhD in 2012 at the University of Westminster’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages in Political and Social Studies. His book titled "Authority without Territory: the Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) is an assessment of the emerging models of authority and leadership developments in modern Ismailism. His research interests include Ismaili studies, Shi?i studies, contemporary Muslim politics and the intellectual history of Muslims.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
Islamic Studies
Persian
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Islamic Thought
Democratization
Development
Modern
19th-21st Centuries
7th-13th Centuries
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Specialties
Ismaili History
Ismaili Philosophy
Politics And International Relations
Languages
Persian (native)
English (advanced)
Arabic (intermediate)
French (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2012
| Politics
| University of Westmimster
MA
| 2004
| Politics
| University of Westmimster
Abstracts
Manifestation and Concealment in Ismailism: Hermeneutics of Revival
The Contemporary Ismaili Imamate and Sayyid Musa al-Sadr Foundation: A Comparative Review
Ismaili Genres of Taʾwīl: Examples of Evolution
Allegory and Metaphor: Multiple Genres of Muslim Exegesis of the Qurʾān
