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The Gawhar Shād Waqf Deed: Public Works and the Commonweal by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

“…This article is about the 829/1426 charitable trust deed (waqfiyya) of the Gawhar Shād Mosque and its social and economic implications. The deed was for a…”
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Two original decrees by Sulṭān-Ḥusayn Bayqarā in the National Archives in Kabul by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

“…This paper makes available images, transcriptions, and translations of two original decrees by Sulṭān-Ḥusayn Bayqarā (r. 873–911/1469–1506), the last Timurid…”
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A Revised History of Mongol, Kart, and Timurid Patronage of the Shrine of Shaykh Al-Islam Ahmad-I Jam by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

“…This article proposes revisions to scholarly perspectives on patronage of the shrine at Turbat-i Jam. Firstly, the chronology established by Lisa Golombek in…”
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Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Taliban of Afghanistan: 'Puritanical reform' as a 'revolutionary war' program by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

“…This article argues that the Taliban's revolutionary war (RW) program is puritanical reform informed by the Islamic legal duty of al-amr bi'l-ma'ruf wa'l-nahy…”
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Conceptual failure, the Taliban's parallel hierarchies, and America's strategic defeat in Afghanistan by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

“…ISAF exists to protect the Afghan constitutional model. This strategic objective will be defeated because the GIRoA model has a conceptual flaw that renders it…”
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Archival Research in Iran and Afghanistan by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

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The Shrine of Shaykh Aḥmad-I Jām: Notes On A Revised Chronology and a Waqfiyya by Mahendrarajah, Shivan

“…This notice advises on work-in-progress that substantially revises the existing chronology of architectural development at the shrine-complex in Turbat-i Jām…”
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