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Elyor E. Karimov (Uzbek: Elyor Erikovich Karimov, Russian: Эльёр Эрикович Каримов, Karimov,
Ė. Ė. (Ėlʹër Ėrikovich);[1]
born February 10, 1964) is an Uzbekistani orientalist and scholar of
Islamic, Central Eurasian Studies and Diplomatics.
Elyor Karimov
Born February 10, 1964
Tashkent, USSR
Residence Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Nationality Uzbekistani
Fields Islamic Studies, Central Eurasian Studies, Diplomatics
Institutions Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
Alma mater Tashkent State University
Notable awards
1996 Hirayama/UNESCO Silk Roads Fellowship
1999 Bourse Diderot by Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme
2009 Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Academic career

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Elyor Karimov graduated from the Tashkent State University (Faculty of Oriental Studies) in 1986.
He is a holder of a graduate degree in History and Area Studies (1986) and Ph.D. (1990) in
Medieval History ('"Role, place and social positions of clergy of Maverannahr in 15th century") and
a Habilitation/Postdoctoral Studies (1998) in History of Islam in Central Asia ("Sufi tariqats in
Central Asia of 12th – 15th centuries").
Since 1986 he has worked in the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. He has been Head of
Department of Medieval History at the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan since 1998. He was
elected a Chairman of Uzbek National Society of Young Scholars in 1999.
He received a residential fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in
2009.[2]
Elyor Karimov has collaborated with UNESCO since 1996 when he was awarded the
Hirayama/UNESCO Silk Roads Fellowship. Karimov participated at the International Symposium on
the Silk Roads in Xi’an (China), organized on the occasion of the United Nations Year for Cultural
Heritage and the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention organized by UNESCO in
November 2002.[3]
Elyor Karimov one of the authors of multi­volume History of Civilizations of Central Asia , published
by UNESCO,[4]
member of the annual “Сolloque international Soufisme, Culture et Musique ‘‘les
Routes de la Foi’’, founded by UNESCO in Algeria from 2005.
He is a Member of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register Sub­Committee from 2014 (located
in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France).[5]
Karimov is formally affiliated with the Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, but is
effectively an independent scholar, living most of the time in the United Arab Emirates.
He has been granted with EB1­A as Scholar of Extraordinary Ability in 2016.
Elyor Karimov is an expert in the History of Civilization and Culture in Central Asia and the Middle
East with numerous research publications in this field. His research is unique in that he uses both
written and oral sources and combines approaches, which lie at the intersection of history, religious
studies, and anthropology. His knowledge of Persian and Chaghatai has positioned him well for
critically assessing the study of social history in Islamic Central Asia. His publications in English,
Uzbek, and Russian address a spectrum of themes: Islam in early modern Central Asia; elucidation
of legal documents from qazi courts; studies of contemporary shrines and their keepers; a social
history of women and family in Central Asia.

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Religion Made Official: a Comprehensive Collection of Documents from the State Archives of
Soviet Uzbekistan, 1920s – 1960s. [with David Abramson] / “Institut Francais d’Etude sur l’Asie
Centrale”, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2009.
The Kubraviya Waqf (17th­19th Centuries): Written Sources on the Late History of the Kubravi
Sufi Brotherhood in Central Asia / Tashkent, “Fan” Publishers: 2008, 280 p. [in English, Uzbek and
Russian]
Library of Congress Online Catalog
Book Review by Alexandre Papas (CNRS, Paris): Central Eurasian Reader: A Biennial Journal
of Critical Bibliography and Epistemology of Central Eurasian Studies / Verlag: Klaus Schwar,
Berlin; Band: Vol.2; 2010.
Qadhiy Documents and Khan’s yarliqs of the Khiva Khanate of 17th ­ the beginning of 20th
centuries / Tashkent, “Fan” Publishers: 2007, 224 p. (French), (Russian)
Library of Congress Online Catalog : Book review by Maria Szuppe (CNRS, Paris)
Sacred Sites, Profane Ideologies: Religious Pilgrimage and the Uzbek State [with David
Abramson] // Everyday Life in Central Asia Past and Present, edited by Jeff Sahadeo and Russell
Zanca. Indiana University Press: 2007, pp. 319–338
The Jews of Bukhara: the End of a Doubly Minoritary Space­Time (1897­1918) . [with
Catherine Poujol] // Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, n° 107­110 ­ Identités
confessionnelles et espace urbain, septembre 2005: pp. 351–374 (French)
History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid­
nineteenth century. Vol. 5. UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 2003. pp. 760–768
New Collections of Sources on Khorazm’s History of the XVII – the Beginning of the XX
Century // UNESCO International Symposium on the Silk Roads, 2002. Presentation Paper. Xi’an,
China 2002: pp. 193–197
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Achievements (AD 750 ­ 15th Century). Vol. 4 (Part
2), Chapter 2, Part 3. UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 2000. pp. 81–85
Sufi Brotherhoods in the 15th Century Central Asia // Bamberger Zentralasienstudien:
Konferenzakten / ESCAS IV, Bamberg 8–12 October 1991, Ingeborg Baldauf; Michael Friederich
(Hrsq.), Berlin: Schwarz, 1994, pp. 241–248
Notable works
References

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1. ^ LC Online Catalog ­ Titles List
2. ^ Elyor Karimov ­ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
3. ^ New Collections of Sources on Khorazm’s History of the XVII – the Beginning of the XX
Century / UNESCO International Symposium on the Silk Roads 2002. Presentation Paper. Xi’an,
China 2002. pp 193­197
4. ^ UNESCO Collection of History of Civilizations of Central Asia ­ Authors
5. ^ Register Sub­Committee