suggests that the manuscript of Yazdi's Muqaddima+Zafarnama. Papazyan's work was published in Tashkent in 1958, when they had access to both Tauer's excellent edition of Shami's ZN. So, why would these three scholars confuse Yazdi's Muqaddima with Shami's Zafarnama? I don't know.
Puzzle of the day: The manuscripts of Shami's Zafarnama is relatively rare. So, the Erivan manuscript discussed by A.D. Papazyan and Iu. Bregel is particularly important. HOWEVER, I bought the new catalog of Persian manuscript by Kostikyan in Erivan, and the description clearly+
first article of 2026! and this one comes with a sound file to imagine the chatter & noises that filled the air of a Sasanian city.
Thank you so much. I will follow it from here. I vaguely remember now two books on the cipher tradition that I've seen when I tried to understand how the mu'amma worked.
A quick question for my Arabist colleagues and literary scholars:
Could you refer me to an article/book on الدرسعية? I am aware of Ayman al-Shar'i's short article on the topic, but I wonder if there is a more comprehensive study. Thank you so much.
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I usually don’t share dedications, but in this case I can’t resist. I’m too excited about this publication.
P.S.: Persephone friends, please note how Dr. Amirkhani writes my surname. This is what I call erudition. :)
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by someone else over the centuries. It opens a new window to the history of political ideas, but also it will force us to take the context of political ideas more seriously. This is a grand opening to the Timurid studies in 2026 and it will make my life significantly easier.+
and Aristotelian conventions. As its title indicates, Qa'ini dedicated his work to Shahrukh b. Timur in 1417. The tricky part is this: The sole manuscript of the NS that comes from Shahrukh's library is in Vienna at the ÖNB and as far as I can see, it never circulated or used+
Jalal al-Din Qa'ini's Nasa'ih-i Shahrukhi was just published by the eminent Iranian colleague Ghulamriza Amirkhani. In my opinion, NS is one of the most, if not the most, significant late medieval political treatise. Its discussion of politics is outside of the earlier advice+
#Timurids
A political trial is happening in front of our eyes. Ekrem İmamoğlu (@ekremimamoglu.com), the elected mayor of Istanbul who also happens to be the major contender in the next presidential elections, is on "trial." @ppfideas.bsky.social will help us better understand what's happening in Turkey.
Wonderful news! Many congratulations
Interested in pursuing a PhD dissertation on the history of 19th to early 20th-century Caucasus or Central Asia? Here's a funding opportunity for you! Apply and join us in Vienna!! 👇👇👇👇
www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=55fo...
It’s so nice to be back to Stanford!
I prepared a short educational video on diagrammatic genealogical trees in Islamic civilisation for @khamseenislamicart.bsky.social. Further readings are on the link.
I’m grateful to the Team Khamseen for their guidance and patience.
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#shajara #genealogy
JUICY JOB ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
Durham University is looking for an early modernist with a strong interest in connected histories. Applications from both junior and mid-career scholars are welcome.
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ı am not aware of any new approaches, but there are novel readings of Mustafa Akdağ's theory by Cemal Kafadar.
As for the colonialism issue, I 💯agree with Sara Nur Yıldız, and the same should be argued with recent attempts to universalize and standardize slavery.
I wrote the entry on Sayyid Sharif-i Jurjani for EI3 Online and it has just been published. I am very grateful to the editors of EI3 at Brill. The article was supposed to be just 1000 words, but they accepted a significantly longer piece.
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My DFG-funded project on Islamic genealogical trees will convene a workshop next week. Please do let me know if you are in the neighborhood. For the program visit the link 👇or see below.
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Asian History fans around the world! The seventh fascicle of vol. 67 of JESHO is truly a gem!
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As usual, I am grateful to #JESHO's editor extraordinaire @psardor.bsky.social
Sadly, the article is not open access, but you know the drill.
The objective of the article is to understand what Asia meant in specific historical contexts. As usual, I rely on my own sources as well, Timurid chronicles and manuscripts from Iran and Central Asia.
In my latest article, I put two of my favorite musicians, Yo-Yo Ma and Jordi Savall, and one of my favorite historians, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, in conversation with each other in regards to their understanding of global history and culture.
Exciting new publication (in open access)!
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Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Markus Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer
With contributions from Kazuo Morimoto, @evrimbinbas.bsky.social and Devin DeWeese.
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Bence arkadaş İngilizce düşünüp Türkçe yazıyor. It has a balance worth preserving/keeping. İngilizce o kadar kulağı tırmalamıyor.
Thank you very much
Russian Archeological Institute of Constantinople (Русский археологический институт в Константинополе) 1894 - 1914, founded by the famous Byzantinist Fyodor Ivanovich Uspenskii. Wiki says it was founded in 1895.
I knew that it existed, but I didn’t know we were neighbors.
İstanbullular, Romalılar
Gelecek hafta Sabancı Üniversitesi'nin Tarih Seminerleri serisinde, DFG tarafından desteklenen şecere projemi anlatacağım. Eğer şecerelerle ilgileniyorsanız, siyasi düşünce ilgi alanınızda ise ya da sanat tarihçisi iseniz beklerim.
My latest article is in the oven. It should be available open access in a few weeks. Personally it’s an homage to two of my favourite historians: Stefanos Yerasimos and Ernst Kantorowicz.
