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Rahim Gholami
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Rahim Gholami is a Research Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK. He received his PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter, UK, in 2021. He has translated over 100 articles for Encyclopaedia Islamica (2008- ), an abridged and edited translation of the Persian Da'irat al- Ma'arif-i Buzurg-i Islami, which is a comprehensive reference work on the Muslim world, with a focus on Shi'i Islam. His research interests include Shi'i esoterism and poetics, Ismaili intellectual traditions, and esoteric hermeneutics and literature.