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

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

Envisioning a Shi’i Utopia: A Critical Edition of Himam al-Thawaqib

Author: Maryam MoazzenYear: 2026ISBN: 9781399565943Language: English408p, H2340 x W156 (mm) Preface Part I: Context, Author, and TextIntroduction1. Life and Works of Alī Naqī Kamarehī2: Himam al-thawāqib: Structure and Core Themes3: Annotated translations of the Key...
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Ottoman Poets and Poetics in the Sixteenth Century Introducing Asik Çelebi’s and Latifi’s Biographical Dictionaries

Editor: Kristof D'hulsterYear: 2025ISBN: 9781399537612Language: English416p, H234 x W156 (mm) List of FiguresAcknowledgementsNotes on Conventions Introduction: Reading Ottoman Biographical Dictionaries in Translation Part I. Aşık Çelebi and His Tezkire 1. The Author...
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Persianate Prose and the Making of Malay Muslim Literature

Majid Daneshgar

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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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Latest News and Publications

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...

Recent Reprints

The Mathnawí of Jaláluʾddín Rúmí

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