Dr Yahia Baiza
Senior Research Associate

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Departments and units
Central Asian Studies Unit -
Email
ybaiza@iis.ac.uk -
Extension
2793 -
Academic Support
09:30 - 17:30 -
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Area of Focus
Education, History, Afghanistan Studies, Diaspora and Refugee Studies, Manuscript Studies, Politics, Islam, Spirituality
Current Research and Forthcoming Projects:
Dr Baiza is currently working on
- Transnational Migration and Cross-Cultural Identity: A Case Study of Afghanistan Ismaili Community in Germany
- a number of books titled The Hazara IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (d. 765), as his successor. of Afghanistan and Their History and Education in Troubled Times: A Global Pluralist Response (Edited Volume).
- He is also focusing on the Persian handwritten manuscript Maẓhar al-ajāʾib of Shaykh Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār.