Publications
Published scholarly work, editions, articles, chapters, digital contributions and selected public scholarship, arranged chronologically, followed by Corpus Coranicum catalogue contributions and conference papers and invited presentations.
Publications
Newest to oldest · one bibliographic entry per published workدرآمدی به رویکرد فرهنگی و مذهبی آل بویه با توجه بر مراسم عید غدیر
An Introduction to the Buyids’ Cultural and Religious Approach with Regard to the Eid al-Ghadir Ceremony. In غدیر در گستره تاریخ (مجموعه مقالات), 2026.
View publication →Recreation of Sacred Shrines: A Historical-Social Study of the Practices of Recreating Shiʿi Shrines in the Culture of the Indian Subcontinent
Published in the collected conference papers of the International Workshop on Exploring Aspects of the Material Heritage of Shiʿism, University of Isfahan, 2025.
Imām ʿAlī Library (المكتبة الروضة الحيدرية): 1
Syed Hussain Murtaza / S. Muhammad Naqavi. Digital facsimile edition of MS 1, Library of the Holy Shrine of Imam ʿAli, Najaf. In Manuscripta Coranica, Corpus Coranicum, edited by Michael Marx, 2024.
View digital edition →أصول الإسلام الشيعي وتطوره المبكر
S. H. M. Jafri, The Origins and Early Development of Shiʿi Islam. Arabic translation, introduction and editing with Emad al-Helali. Baghdad: Dar Adnan Publications, 2024.
History of the Musafirid Dynasty Based on Numismatic Evidence
Seyyed Masoud Shahmoradi and S. Muhammad Naqavi. Historicus 71, no. 4 (2023): 23–46.
View record →Introduction of the Autograph Manuscript of al-Shirʿat al-Tasmiyat by Mir Muhammad Baqir Damad
Ketab Guzar, nos. 8–9 (2023).
Hurdles in Women Education in Pakistan and the Religious Concepts
Syeda Aliya Fatima, Shahzada Khurrum Khan Alavi, and S. Muhammad Naqavi. International Review of Social Sciences 9, no. 6 (June 2021).
Hakim-e Ummat Allama Syed Kalb-e Sadiq Naqvi
Hakim-e Ummat Number, Lucknow, February 2021. Obituary essay.
بلند قامت بیٹی
HumSub, 2016.
Documents and Literature in the Prophetic Period of Islam
Lahore: Izhar Sons, 2010.
Kitab al-Durrah al-Maknunah (The Book of the Hidden Pearl)
Jabir ibn Hayyan. Arabic translation by Ahmad Y. al-Hasan; edited by S. Muhammad Naqavi. Karachi: Murtazavi Library, 2010.
Waqf Deeds of Imam ʿAli
Persian translation. Qom: Meysam Tammar Publications, 2003.
Corpus Coranicum — Online Catalogue Contributions
Contributions to the documentation and cataloguing of Qurʾanic manuscript collections.
Central Library Bahawalpur (Bahawalpur, PK)
View collection →Fakir Khana Museum (Lahore, PK)
View collection →Lahore Museum (Lahore, PK)
View collection →Āstān-e Quds-e Razavī Collection, Shrine of Imam Reza (Mashhad, IR)
View collection →Imām ʿAlī Library (المكتبة الروضة الحيدرية) (Najaf, IQ)
View collection →Conference Papers & Invited Presentations
Religious Geography of Iran Based on the Coinage of the Ilkhanid and Timurid Periods
International Workshop on Material Culture Studies in Historical Research, University of Zanjan, Iran, 13 July 2026.
Recreation of Sacred Shrines: A Historical-Social Study of the Practices of Recreating Shiʿi Shrines in the Culture of the Indian Subcontinent
International Workshop on Exploring Aspects of the Material Heritage of Shiʿism, University of Isfahan, Iran, 8 September 2025. Published proceedings listed above.
The Significance of Numismatic Studies in the Reconstruction of Islamic History, with a Focus on the Development of Shiʿism
Specialized Symposium, Central Library & Museum of the Holy Shrine of Imam Raza, Mashhad, Iran, 17 May 2025.
Research Approaches in Iran and Germany and Their Differences with Pakistan
Guest lecture, Ziauddin College of Media Sciences, Karachi, 8 May 2025.
Ahl al-Bayt as a Benchmark in Character Building
Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, 14 April 2025.
Relics and Science: Carbon Dating Manuscripts of the Qur’an Attributed to Religious Authorities, Results and Further Analysis
Accepted for the IQSA Annual Meeting, London, 15–18 July 2024, hosted by the Institute of Ismaili Studies at the Aga Khan Centre. Accepted; not listed as presented.
Reading Coins as Manuscripts: The Importance of Islamic Numismatics for Other Fields of Islamic History
Qurʾan Manuscripts, Past and Present: Cataloging and Digital Tools, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin / Corpus Coranicum / Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, Berlin, September 2023.
An Introduction to the Cultural and Religious Policies of the Buyid Dynasty, with Special Reference to Ghadir Festivities
Al-Ghadir International Conference. Persian.
Variant Readings of the Qurʾan in Shiʿi Sources: Tafsir al-Qummi
Reading the Rasm II, Corpus Coranicum, BBAW, Berlin, Germany, December 2019.
Qurʾanic Manuscripts Attributed to the Shiʿi Imams
Reading the Rasm, Leiden University / Corpus Coranicum, Leiden, Netherlands, December 2018.
Inquiries and Questions about Some Manuscripts and Documents from the First Islamic Century
Collegium Coranicum 13, BBAW, Berlin, Germany, 3 May 2017.