Short biography:

Sümeyye Ulu is a PhD candidate at Ankara University, Türkiye, specializing in the History of Islamic Sects. She is currently a Visiting PhD at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), supported by the TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme. Her doctoral research focuses on Ṭayyibī Ismailism, particularly its historical development, historiography, and manuscript sources. During her stay at Leiden University, she is supervised by Dr. Edmund Hayes

Research interests

Ṭayyibī Ismailism; Ismaili history; Arabic manuscripts; Islamic historiography; medieval Yemen; Fatimid and post-Fatimid studies.