Tahera Qutbuddin is a scholar of classical Arabic literature and Islamic studies. Her South Asian research includes Arabic in India, and Tayyibi (Da’udi Bohra) Shi’i doctrine, history, poetry, and prose, particularly from the pen of the Tayyibi Da’i l-mutlaq Syedna Taher Saifuddin. Her recent book, Arabic Oration: Art and Function(Brill, 2019), includes a section on contemporary Muslim sermons in India.