Ismail K. Poonawala, Ph.D.
Professor of Arabic

Office: 370 Humanities
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1511
310.206.1391 - phone
310.206.6456 - fax
poonawal@humnet.ucla.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D. UCLA, 1968.
M.A. Cairo, 1964.
M.A. Bombay, 1959.

PUBLICATIONS
Al Sultan al Khattab: Hayatuhu wa Shi'ruhu (1967).
Al Urjuza al Mukhtara by al Qadi al Nu'man, edited with notes and commentary (1970).
Biobibliography of Isma'ili Literature (1977).
The Formation of the State: From Hunayn Expedition to the Prophet's Death.
Annotated translation of Tabari's Ta'rikh (1990).

CURRENT RESEARCH
Quran interpretation Isma'ili doctrines.