The E J W Gibb Memorial Trust

The Gibb Memorial Trust was founded in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a scholar who devoted his life to researching the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs. His particular interest was the poetry of Ottoman Turkey, the fruits of which were published, mostly posthumously, in the six-volume History of Ottoman Poetry. This has been reprinted several times and is available from the Trust.

The objectives of the Gibb Memorial Trust are to promote the study and advancement of the areas of Gibb’s interest. This is done through the preparation of scholarly publications, and through the awarding of scholarships to researchers working in the field.

Gibb Trust News

The Trustees of the Gibb Memorial Trust express their deep sorrow at the death of fellow trustee Prof Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (26 February 1963 – 18 December 2023) and their condolences to his family

Publishing Partnership with Edinburgh University Press

Jun 16, 2022

The Gibb Memorial Trust is pleased to announce its new publishing partnership with Edinburgh University Press, a leading publisher in the field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. From 2022 the Trust’s publications will be distributed by Edinburgh University Press and new works will appear under the joint imprint of both presses. For further details see www.euppublishing.com

Publishing Partnership with Edinburgh University Press

Jun 16, 2022

The Gibb Memorial Trust is pleased to announce its new publishing partnership with Edinburgh University Press, a leading publisher in the field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. From 2022 the Trust’s publications will be distributed by Edinburgh University Press and new works will appear under the joint imprint of both presses. For further details see www.euppublishing.com

Latest Releases

Shiʿite Legal Theory: Sources and Commentaries

Kumail Rajani & Robert Gleave (editors)

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A Short History of the Gibb Memorial Trust and its Trustees: A Century of Oriental Scholarship

Charles Melville (editor)

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Faḍāʾil-i Balkh

Arezou Azad(Author); Edmund Herzig(Author); Ali Mir-Ansari(Editor)

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The Portrait of Abū l-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī

Emily Selove (Editor), Geert Jan van Gelder (Editor)

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Mázandarán and Astarábád

H. L. Rabino; Charles Melville

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The 1820 Russian Survey of the Khanate of Shirvan

George A. Bournoutian

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Ethics and Poetry in Sixth-Century Arabia Gibb Trust

Ethics and Poetry in Sixth-Century Arabia

Nadia Jamil

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A Chronicle of the Reign of Shah ‘Abbas

Fazli Beg Khuzani Isfahani

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Publishing Partnership with Edinburgh University Press

by | Jun 16, 2022 |

The Gibb Memorial Trust is pleased to announce its new publishing partnership with Edinburgh University Press, a leading publisher in the field of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. From 2022 the Trust's publications will be distributed by Edinburgh University Press...

2019 scholarship recipients announced

by | Aug 29, 2019 |

The E.J.W.Gibb Centenary scholarship of £2,000 was awarded to Ruhollah Nasrollahi D.Phil. Oriental Studies (Modern Iran) at the Oriental Institute University of Oxford. The Alexander Morton Memorial Scholarship of £3,000 was shared by William Rees Hofmann, PhD candidate in Music, School of Arts, SOAS University of London, and Farshad Sonboldel, PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews in Modern Languages (Persian Literature and Culture).

Recent Reprints

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí

E J W Gibb’s ‘A History of Ottoman Poetry’