Before playing Kamancheh, he says: 'Hello, I'm Mohammad-Reza Afarideh, the director of the ed. institute that has now been destroyed. I wanted the last sound coming from my institute not to be of missiles and war; (I want the) final sound to be of the instrument that I played in it. Thank you'.
"Mail Shirt with Inscribed Rings possibly Iranian 15th–16th century On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 371 Constructed entirely of interlocking riveted links of flattened iron except along the sleeves, hem, and front and rear slits, where the links are made of flattened copper alloy, this shirt opens down the front and extends downward over the hips. The majority of the links are each stamped on the obverse with the names of Allah, and the five names of the Prophet and his immediate family (Muhammad, 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn), who are also collectively known as The Five (Panj tan) or the People of the Cloak (Ahl al-Kisa). These links are occasionally interspersed with links stamped with the talismanic invocation (translated): "There is no hero like 'Ali and no sword like Dhu'l faqar." These holy inscriptions ensured that the shirt provided the wearer with talismanic protection against peril. This is one of very few Islamic inscribed mail shirts with decorative copper-alloy borders that are known to survive. A related example is also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 2014.198)."
Close up photograph of the armor where we can see the Arabic script stamped into the Rings
Chainmail with rings stamped with the names of Mohammed and the first five imams of Shi'a Islam, Iran, ca. 1500
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Holy fuck… erasing data…
Writing Timbuktu: The Book in West African History by Shamil Jeppie
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Dear everyone,
As per the post from the Bodleian librarian below, AI bots and scrapers are putting just about every website under great pressure, British History Online included.
A lot of excellent tech staff are working hard to keep everything working, but outages and siruptions are inevitable.
"al-Sanūsī" by Khaled El-Rouayheb (Series "Great Medieval Thinkers") Enriches our understanding of Islamic theology and intellectual traditions of African Islam Corrects previous interpretations of al-Sanūsī and of Islamic theology in the later Middle Ages Written accessibly for non-specialist readers who are interested in Islamic history, the history of religious thought, and comparative theology
Great news!
Coming in March 2026.
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Dazu passend auch das, gerade erschienen: 5-teiliger Podcast des DLF
"Die Lieblingsschülerin"
Ein Podcast über sexualisierte Gewalt an Schulen und die Folgen
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Anzügliche Nachrichten, abendliche Besuche eines Jugendtrainers - und junge Opfer, die von fehlenden Schutzmaßnahmen berichten. Eine Aufarbeitung von @annawie.bsky.social und @balmetzhofer.bsky.social
📖 M-Classi: A Digital Tool for the Classification of Sciences in Islam and Beyond
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📖 At the Dawn of Digital Studies on Arabic Script in France (2) : A Brief History of Handwritten Arabic Text Recognition in France
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I see my husband and me after retirement in this photo ... and I love it!
I don't understand how some academics can write harsh critiques attacking the academic integrity of their colleagues when they engage in the same behavior they criticize. How can one have such a lack of self-awareness?
#academicsky
I would love to learn more about Fāṭima al-Kūrāniyya, an apparently older lady and ḥadith scholar who taught younger male scholars (and who was seemingly not related to Ibrāhīm al-Kūrānī). If anyone has time to write about her, i'll be your reader! :)
Khizāna Nāsiriyya, MS 82/260.
Al-Sibāʿī returned to Morocco with a copy of al-Kūrānī's Itḥāf al-Dhakī, a risāla on a text by Muḥammad b. Faḍl Allāh Burhānbūrī (d. 1029/1620). He had collated this copy at al-Kūrānī's home in Medina, evidenced by a collation note I discovered in Tamgrūt.
Those present included Ibrāhīm al-Kūrānī (d. 1101/1690) and the Moroccan scholar Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī al-Sibāʿī (d. 1138/1726), who recorded this samāʿ in his al-Shumūs al-mushriqa. Al-Sibāʿī studied under Maḥammad b. Nāṣir al-Darʿī and later taught at the Nāṣiriyya lodge in Tamgrūt.
An interesting discovery: In 1081/1670, Shaykha Fāṭima al-Kūrāniyya, mother of Muḥammad b. Rasūl al-Barzanjī (d. 1103/1692), issued an ijāza ʿāmma to a group of prominent scholars at her son’s house in Medina, authorizing the transmission of several major ḥadīth collections.
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
Call for Applications: Chagatai Manuscript Reading Course
Between 29 June and 3 July, the International Summer Academy Chagatai Manuscript Reading Course will take place in Münster. Organised jointly by...
Beyond the Codex: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Manuscript Cultures
21.01.2026, 5p.m (online)
Daniel Beben (Nazarbayev University)
How to read a genealogical text: The Persianate nasab tradition as cultural archive and social practice
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And another Alam-Subrahamanyam is also arriving in Feburary...a feast for historians of the Mughal world!
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Absolutely cannot wait to see this come out next month. The editors - Asad Ahmed and his students at Berkeley - are doing groundbreaking work on the intellectual history of the Timurid/Mughal period...
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For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack
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Vortrag in Münster am 22.01.2026 um 18 Uhr
Wenn Genealogie sichtbar wird: Stammbäume im frühneuzeitlichen Nordafrika
@fb09public.bsky.social
Manuscript Culture Workshops V: Endowment Notes | Yazma Eser Kültürü Atölyesi V: Vakıf Kayıtları
Date: Saturday, 10 January 2026 (10 am–1 pm, in person and online)
Organisation: Yazma Eserler Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (Istanbul)
That's my goal for the second half of 2026—after I've submitted my doctoral thesis! 😆
Oh no, I was still hoping for the second volume of the Discourses by al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī, translated by Justin Stearns... 😕
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No need to stress about picking the best seat at the Christmas table, for my latest publication comes to the rescue: "The Art of Picking the Best Seat: From Seating Positions at a Muslim Majlis to Hindu vāstu śāstra," International Journal of Divination & Prognostication 6 (2025): 191-254.
Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein's emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds.
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MORGEN
Vortrag von Nadine El-Hussein über "Political Poetry in al-Andalus and the Maghreb during the Almohad Period" bei der 💻 hybriden internationalen Konferenz "Poetry and Knowledge" an der @uni-muenster.de
🗓️ 22.11.2025
⏰ 11:00 Uhr
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Starting today at 2:30 p.m. CET. Registration for online participation is still open!
