Dr Hakim Elnazarov
Head of the Central Asian Studies Unit
Books
Elnazarov H. (co-editor with N. Ostler) Endangered Languages and History, (FEL, England, 2009).
Elnazarov H. (co-editor with S. Prozorov), Russian Scholars on Ismailism (Nestor – Historia, St. Petersburg, 2014).
Elnazarov H. (ed.), Ismaili of Central Asia. An Historical Survey (forthcoming).
Chief editor of the IIS publications in Russian and Tajik, including The Essays on the History of the Ismailis (in Russian), Wladimir Ivanov, tr. N. Terletsky, (St. Petersburg, 2011), The Nasirean Ethics (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Nasir al-Din Tusi (in Russian), tr. U. Ghaforova. (Dushanbe, 2014); A Guide to Nasir-i Khusraw's Philosophical and Literary Heritage (in Tajik), R. Nazariev, Sh. Nazaramonov, (Dushanbe, 2015); Architectural Odyssey: The Safarname of Nasir-i Khusraw (in Russian) by M. Mamadnazarov, (Moscow, 2017); second edition of Philosophical Ismailism (in Russian) by Kh. Dodikhudoev, (St. Petersburg, 2022), etc.
Book Chapters (selected)
Elnazarov H, 'Endangered Languages of Central Asia. Prospects for Development in the New Milennium', in Endangered Languages in the 21st Century, eds. E. Derhemi, Ch. Moseley, (Routledge, 2023)
Elnazarov H, ‘Promotion of Endangered Languages by Diasporic Communities. The Case of the Speakers of the Pamiri Languages in Moscow, Russia’ in Endangered Languages and Diaspora, ed. E. Derhemi, (Mediaprint, Albania, 2021).
Elnazarov H, (co-author with S. Niyozov and S. Aksakolov) ‘Islamic Education in Post-Soviet Tajikistan: A field of contestations’, in Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century, eds. D. Ashraf, Mir A. Tajik, and S. Niyozov. (Lexington Books, 2016).
Elnazarov H, ‘Endangered Languages of the Pamirs and Hindu Kush in the Works of the Russian and British Explorers during the Colonial Period’ in Language Colonization and Endangerment: Long-term Effects, Echoes and Reactions eds. N. Ostler and P. Mohanty, (FEL, England, 2016).
Elnazarov H, ‘The Luminous Lamp: The Practice of Chiragh-i rawshan among the Ismailis of Central Asia’ in The Study of Shi’i Islam. History, Theology and Law, eds. F. Daftary and G. Miskinzoda, (I.B. Tauris Publishers, London, 2014).
Elnazarov H, ‘The Russian Pioneers of Modern Scholarship on the Ismailis of Central Asia’ in Russian Scholars on Ismailis, eds. S. Prozorov, A. Elnazarov, (Nestor – Historia, St. Petersburg, 2014).
Elnazarov H, 'Nizari Ismailis of Central Asia', (co-author with S. Aksakolov) in A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community, ed. F. Daftary, (I.B. Taurus in association with the IIS, 2010)
