Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK, where his research areas include contemporary societies in post-Communist Central Asia, their history, religion and nationalism. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL), having studies at Khorog State University in Tajikistan. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Institute of Ismaili Studies and the University of Oxford (2004). He has authored Transition in Central Asia: Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (2014) and he co-edited, with Professor Carole Faucher, the volume Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia: Mountain Communities of Pamir (2018).

• PrefaceAbbreviationsNotes on Transliteration and NamesCHAPTER I: The History of Ismailism in Central AsiaEarly Ismaili History in Central AsiaActivities of the Ismaili Da'wa in Central AsiaThe History of Ismailism in BadakhshanNasir-i Khusraw and the Ismailis of BadakhshanBadakhshani Ismailis during Alamut periodTaqiyya and the Ismailis in the Post-Alamut eraThe Hudud al-Din in the Context of Central AsiaThe Concepts of Pir and Pirship in Central AsiaThe Political History of BadakhshanThe Russian Revolution and the Panjebhai MovementThe Ismaili Community in the Soviet EraThe Ismaili Community in Post-Soviet EraCHAPTER II: The Study of Ismailism by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet ScholarsThe Ismailis under Russian and Soviet RuleIsmailism in Soviet StudiesSoviet Scholars on IsmailismManuscripts Discovered in BadakhshanIsmailism in Post-Soviet StudiesOutline of the Activities and Projects Conducted by Manuscript OfficePost-Soviet Scholars on IsmailismReferencesCHAPTER III: Bibliography of Works by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholars

Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK, where his research areas include contemporary societies in post-Communist Central Asia, their history, religion and nationalism. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL), having studies at Khorog State University in Tajikistan. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Institute of Ismaili Studies and the University of Oxford (2004). He has authored Transition in Central Asia: Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (2014) and he co-edited, with Professor Carole Faucher, the volume Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia: Mountain Communities of Pamir (2018).

• PrefaceAbbreviationsNotes on Transliteration and NamesCHAPTER I: The History of Ismailism in Central AsiaEarly Ismaili History in Central AsiaActivities of the Ismaili Da'wa in Central AsiaThe History of Ismailism in BadakhshanNasir-i Khusraw and the Ismailis of BadakhshanBadakhshani Ismailis during Alamut periodTaqiyya and the Ismailis in the Post-Alamut eraThe Hudud al-Din in the Context of Central AsiaThe Concepts of Pir and Pirship in Central AsiaThe Political History of BadakhshanThe Russian Revolution and the Panjebhai MovementThe Ismaili Community in the Soviet EraThe Ismaili Community in Post-Soviet EraCHAPTER II: The Study of Ismailism by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet ScholarsThe Ismailis under Russian and Soviet RuleIsmailism in Soviet StudiesSoviet Scholars on IsmailismManuscripts Discovered in BadakhshanIsmailism in Post-Soviet StudiesOutline of the Activities and Projects Conducted by Manuscript OfficePost-Soviet Scholars on IsmailismReferencesCHAPTER III: Bibliography of Works by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholars

Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK, where his research areas include contemporary societies in post-Communist Central Asia, their history, religion and nationalism. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL), having studies at Khorog State University in Tajikistan. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Institute of Ismaili Studies and the University of Oxford (2004). He has authored Transition in Central Asia: Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (2014) and he co-edited, with Professor Carole Faucher, the volume Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia: Mountain Communities of Pamir (2018).

• PrefaceAbbreviationsNotes on Transliteration and NamesCHAPTER I: The History of Ismailism in Central AsiaEarly Ismaili History in Central AsiaActivities of the Ismaili Da'wa in Central AsiaThe History of Ismailism in BadakhshanNasir-i Khusraw and the Ismailis of BadakhshanBadakhshani Ismailis during Alamut periodTaqiyya and the Ismailis in the Post-Alamut eraThe Hudud al-Din in the Context of Central AsiaThe Concepts of Pir and Pirship in Central AsiaThe Political History of BadakhshanThe Russian Revolution and the Panjebhai MovementThe Ismaili Community in the Soviet EraThe Ismaili Community in Post-Soviet EraCHAPTER II: The Study of Ismailism by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet ScholarsThe Ismailis under Russian and Soviet RuleIsmailism in Soviet StudiesSoviet Scholars on IsmailismManuscripts Discovered in BadakhshanIsmailism in Post-Soviet StudiesOutline of the Activities and Projects Conducted by Manuscript OfficePost-Soviet Scholars on IsmailismReferencesCHAPTER III: Bibliography of Works by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholars