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Twelver Shiite Martyrologies in Turkic: The Politics of Translation and Ritual in Early Modern Iran

The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Twelver Shiite Martyrologies in Turkic: The Politics of Translation and Ritual in Early Modern Iran on March 2, 2024. The talk will discuss the political, social, and ritual function of Turkic in early modern Iran through the genre of martyrology. […]

Debating Islam at the Court of the Great Mughal

The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Debating Islam at the Court of the Great Mughal on February 22, 2025. How did Muslims in early modern South Asia debate what constituted correct Muslim practice? This presentation explores the intersection of politics and piety by examining religious debates around the arrival of a […]

Translating Persian, Universalizing Islam: The Case of Rumi’s “Moses and the Shepherd”

The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Translating Persian, Universalizing Islam: The Case of Rumi’s “Moses and the Shepherd” on March 8, 2025. The tale of Moses and the Shepherd is one of the best-known stories from Rumi’s Masnavi. In this lecture, Austin O’Malley examines how the episode has been translated and […]