John C. Wilkinson
Born
John Craven Wilkinson
NationalityBritish
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineIslamic studies
Sub-disciplineIbadi studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford

John Craven Wilkinson (born 1934) is a scholar of Islamic studies specializing in Ibadi studies. He is a British expert in the field of Ibadi studies.

Biography

Prior to his career in Islamic studies, he worked for international oil companies throughout the Middle East. He then returned to the UK to obtain his PhD at Oxford, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on the Ibadi Imamate of Oman.[1] In 1969, he finished his PhD thesis titled Arab settlement in Oman: the origins and development of the tribal pattern and its relationship to the Imamate.[2] Wilkinson then began a prolific career publishing on Ibadi Islam and Omani history.[3] From 1969 until his retirement in 1997, Wilkinson taught at Oxford University as a Reader.[1] He is also an Emeritus Fellow of St. Hugh's College in Oxford.[1] He is widely regarded as the world's foremost Western expert on Oman's tribes, demonstrated especially in Water and tribal settlement in South-East Arabia. A study of the Aflāj of Oman in 1977.[4]

Works

Papers related to Ibadism

References

  1. ^ a b c "Experts on Ibadhiyah". www.islam-in-oman.com. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ^ Custers, Martin H. (2016). Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography. 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. p.706.
  3. ^ Gaiser, Adam. “Ibadism: Origins and Early Development in Oman. By John Wilkinson.” Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam  39, 2012, p. 468.
  4. ^ Valerie Hoffman, Book Review: John C. Wilkinson, Ibâḍism: Origins and Early Development in Oman (Oxford Oriental Monographs, Oxford University Press, 2010) in Der Islam 91, 2, 2014, p. 447.
  5. ^ Custers, Martin H. (2016). Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography. 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. pp. 706-712.
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