Vladimir Alexeyevich Ivanov

Vladimir Alekseevich Ivanov (also Wladimir Ivanow; November 3, 1886- June 19, 1970) was a Russian orientalist. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and died in Tehran, Iran. His work on Ismailism has opened new doors for the modern researchers on Islam. He graduated in 1907 and joined the faculty of Oriental Languages of the University of St. Petersburg.

Bibliography

• The Importance of Studying Ismailism
• The Gabri Dialect Spoken by the Zoroastrians of Persia (1940)
• Wladimir Ivanow, Ismaili tradition concerning the rise of the Fatimids (1942)
• The Alleged Founder of Ismailism (1946)
• On the Recognition of the Imam: Or Fasl Dar Bayan-i Shinakht-i Imam (1947)
• Nāṣir-i Khusraw and Ismailism (1948)
• Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī (translation)
• Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1951, with M. Hidayat Hosain, M. Mahfuz-ul-Haq, M. Ishaque)
• Studies in early Pesian Ismailism (1955)
• Problems in Nasir-i Khusraw's Biography (1956)