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Bio

Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah, FRHistS, is a Research Fellow (2021-24), School of History, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Shivan has traveled throughout the Islamic world, from Morocco to Malaysia. He was educated at Columbia University and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D. in Middle Eastern & Islamic History). He studied Persian at the University of Tehran and Arabic at Damascus University. Before 15 August 2021, Shivan traveled regularly to Afghanistan. Shivan is the author of peer-reviewed articles on Islamic history, Sufism, Shiʿism, Wahhabism, Afghanistan, Iran, Mongols, Tamerlane and the Timurid dynasty; on counterinsurgency, al-Qaida, and the Taliban movements of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Shivan has two academic monographs in print: "The Sufi Saint of Jam" and "A History of Herat, from Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane." He was elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2021 (Twitter @S_Mahendrarajah)