Currently, my main focus is on some newly discovered Manaqibs (anecdotal accounts of the life of a Sufi saint, some quite incredible) that offer new information pertinent to better understanding the literary tradition of eighteenth-century..
Khalilullah Afzali
Khalilullah Afzali is a specialist of Persian literature and manuscript culture. Currently, he is a visiting assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) where he teaches graduate seminars and conducts research. He is the founder of the Baysunghur Research Institute in Afghanistan, which focuses on the study and preservation of the literary, cultural, and historical heritage of Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran. In his research and teaching, he focuses on codicology, Sufism, literary history, and Bidel studies. He has published two books and more than thirty papers in Persian, both in Iran and Afghanistan. He is also the chief editor of Nama-ye Baysunghur, the annual journal of the Baysunghur Research Institute, which focuses on Persian literature, art, and history.