It is a great pleasure for me to announce the release of a major contribution by Elaheh Mahboub Farimani to diplomatics, administrative history, and many other fields related to the study of the early modern Persianate world and Iran.

Please visit the link below to download the work from the UTokyo Repository.

With best regards,
Kazuo Morimoto

الهه محبوب فریمانی (تألیف)؛ کازوئو موری موتو (همکاری و مقدمه فارسی)، گونه شناسی اسناد آستان قدس در عصر صفوی، توکیو، 2026.

UTokyo Repository

On the book, see 
https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/history/middle-east-history/boundaries-belonging-sectarianism-and-statecraft-early-modern-ottoman-empire

ʿAzīz Nasafī and Ismailism

The first lecture of 2026 in our online series, “Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shīʿism” will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, February 18th at 15:30 CET:

The Emamzadeh Yahya Project: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary and Independent Research Initiative and Online Exhibition

with Keelan Overton

If you would like to attend, please register here: https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/register/MGNA8u2HT3Ca1RG5ubxtXA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the meeting.

To stay updated on upcoming events, learn more about our broader project, “Embodied Imamate: Mapping the Development of the Early Shīʿi Community 700–900 CE,” or watch recordings of previous lectures in this series, please visit our YouTube channel (Embodied Imamate) and our website: https://embodiedimamate.hcommons.org/.

For more information, click here.

Shaping the Dawn of Islam in Germany (1983-1989): Al-Fadschr, the Twelver Shiite Magazine of the Islamic Center Hamburg
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