About The Trust
The Gibb Memorial Trust is a charity, registered in England. It was founded in 1902 by the mother of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb to commemorate the death of her son at the age of 45. Gibb devoted his life to researching the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs. His particular interest was the poetry of Ottoman Turkey, the fruits of which were published, mostly posthumously, in the six-volume History of Ottoman Poetry. This has been reprinted several times and is available from the Trust.
The objectives of the Memorial Trust are to promote the study and advancement of these topics. The trustees spend the income of the trust endowment on supporting the preparation of and publishing books arising from academic research into the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs.
E J W Gibb Memorial Trust
79 Fairview Crescent
Rayners Lane
Harrow
Middlesex
HA2 9UB
Tel: +44 (0)7500 676 672
Registered Charity 228040
Email: Zuher Hassan, Secretary secretary@gibbtrust.org
Trustees
Dr Fozia Bora
Associate Professor of Islamic History, University of Leeds
Professor Dominic Parviz Brookshaw
Professor of Persian Literature and Iranian Culture, University of Oxford
Professor Robert Gleave
Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Exeter
Professor Andrew Peacock
Chair
Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of St Andrews
Dr Christopher Markiewicz
Associate Professor in Ottoman and Islamic History, University of Birmingham
Professor Andrew Marsham
Professor in Classical Arabic Studies, University of Cambridge
Professor Charles Melville
Emeritus Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge
Dr Helen Pfeifer
University Associate Professor in Early Ottoman History, University of Cambridge
Professor Alan Williams
Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative religion
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
Professor Wen-Chin Ouyang
Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature
SOAS, University of London, FBA
SOAS, University of London, FBA