Mohammad Amir Hakimi Parsa

A historian of the Turco-Persianate world, M.A.H. Parsa (“Amir”) is currently engaged in researching the coalescence of Arabic, Persian, and Turkic traditions in the Islamic world from the beginning of the medieval period to the rise of nation-states in the twentieth century.

In particular, he is interested in how pre-industrial societies in Iran and the wider Turco-Persianate world discussed collective identity before the advent of nationalism. Having attained his BSc in Mathematics at Royal Holloway, University of London, Amir transitioned to studying Islamic history at SOAS. In 2022 he completed his doctorate on eighteenth-century imperial Iran while teaching world history at the SOAS History Department.

In Fall 2022 he joined New York University (London campus) as a lecturer, and is offering two courses on Islamic history. Amir has two upcoming books: The Turk-o-Tajik World: Coalescence of Arabic, Turkic, and Persian Spheres (I.B. Tauris), and Imperial Iran: Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation c. 1720-1750, (Cambridge University Press).

History of Islamic Empires, Iranian Civilisation, Turco-Perso-Arabic Contacts, Shia Studies

https://soas.academia.edu/MAHParsa