Dr Shainool Jiwa
Associate Professor
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Departments and units
Department of Academic Research -
Email
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Selected publications
- Bilotto, Gregory, Farhad Daftary, and Shainool Jiwa, eds. 2025. Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion. London: I.B. Tauris
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2023. The Fatimids 2: The Rule from Egypt, I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Jiwa Shainool. 2018The Fatimids: The Rise of a Muslim Empire, I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Daftary, Farhad, and Shainool Jiwa, eds. 2017, The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions, I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies,2017
- Daftary, Farhad, Amyn Sajoo, and Shainool Jiwa, eds. 2015. The Shi‘i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity, I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Full publication list
- Bilotto, Gregory, Farhad Daftary, and Shainool Jiwa, eds. 2025. Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2023. The Fatimids 2: The Rule from Egypt. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2018. The Fatimids: The Rise of a Muslim Empire. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris. Translated and published in Gujarati, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Urdu
- Daftary, Farhad, and Shainool Jiwa, eds. 2017. The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris
- Daftary, Farhad, Amyn Sajoo, and Shainool Jiwa, eds. 2015. The Shi‘i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris. Translated into Portuguese
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2013. The Founder of Cairo: An Ismaili Account of the Reign of the Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Muʿizz li-Din Allah. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2009. Towards a Shi‘i Mediterranean Empire: Fatimid Egypt and the Founding of Cairo: The Reign of the Imam-Caliph al-Muʿizz li-Din Allah from the Ittiʿaz al-Hunafaʾ by al-Maqrizi. London: IIS in association with I.B. Tauris
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2025. “The Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Qaʿim bi-Amrillah.” Encyclopaedia Islamica. 3rd ed.
- “The Reign of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah: Historiographical Considerations” in Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics and Religion, Ed. G Bilotto, F Daftary & S Jiwa (I B Tauris, London, 2025), pp. 45-66.
- “The Kalbids of Sicily: Stalwarts of Fatimid Ifriqiya” in Muslim Sicily: Encounters and Legacy, ed. N Alshaar (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2024), pp. 73-98. (Open Access)
- “Penning the Foundations: A Comparative Reading of Fatimid Origins Narratives with Abbasid and ʿIbadi texts,” in Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning: Essays in Honour of Carole Hillenbrand, ed. Ali Ansari (2022)
- Jiwa, Shainool. “al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh”. In K. Fleet, G. Krämer, D. Matringe, J. Nawas and D. J. Stewart (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam Three Online, Brill, (2018)
- “The Baghdad Manifesto: A Re-examination of Fatimid-Abbasid Rivalry,” in Daftary & Jiwa, (Ed.) The Fatimid Caliphate, IB Tauris, London (2017)
- “Kinship, Camaraderie and Contestation Fatimid Relations with the Ashraf in the fourth AH / tenth CE century.” Al-Masaq, Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean (2016)
- Introduction, People of the Prophet’s House: Artistic and Ritual Expressions of Shi‘i Islam, with F Suleman. (London, IIS in association with IB Tauris, 2015)
- “From Slaves to Supporters: The role of the Slavs in the Fatimid Mediterranean Empire in the Fourth/Tenth Century CE.” Pontifical Institute, Journal of Medieval Studies (2015)
- “Governance and Pluralism under the Fatimids (909-996 CE)”, in The Shi‘i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity, Ed. F Daftary, A Sajoo and S Jiwa, IB Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies (2015)
- “Fatimid Dynasty” with David Thomas. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Vol. 8, edited by Hans-Josef Klauck [et al.], 984-988. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014.
- “Al-‘Aziz bi’llah, the first Fatimid Caliph of Egypt.” The Encyclopedia Islamica. Ed. W Madelung & F Daftary, Brill (London, 2011)
- “Historical representations of a Fatimid Imam-caliph: Exploring al-Maqrizis’ and Idris’ writings on al-Muizz li Din Allah”. In Published proceedings of the International Conference on the Fatimids and the Mediterranean, Palermo, Italy (2009)
- “Inclusive Governance: A Fatimid illustration”, in Companion to the Muslim World, Ed, A Sajoo, IB Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies (2009)
- “Fatimid-Buyid diplomacy in the reign of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-‘Azīz billāh” Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford University, vol. 3, no. 1, pp.55-71. (1992)
- “The genesis of Ismaili da‘wa activities in the Yemen.” Bulletin of the British Society of Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), vol.15, no.1, pp. 50-63. (1988)
- “The initial destination of the Fatimid Caliphate: Yemen or the Maghrib?” Bulletin of the British Society of Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), vol.13, no.1, pp. 15-26. (1986)
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2026. The Fatimids: Portrait of a Dynasty. London, 2025. The Medieval Review, 26.05.08, May 2026
- Jiwa, Shainool. 2024. “The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue: By Marina Rustow, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2020, 598 Pp.” Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 35 (2): 209–11
- Review: Jiwa, Shainool. 2019. The Fatimids and Egypt: By Michael Brett, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2017, 339 pp. Religious Studies Review, Vol 46. No 1, March 2020