Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta
@alusuralwusta
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Journal of Middle East Medievalists (@MideastMedieval), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the medieval Middle East. Edited by @zaydeantrim & @medievalqabq
Joined January 2022
UW publishes all year round, but the annual meeting of @MESA_1966 is still momentous! We publish the thematic dossier, book reviews, & more. Our 2022 issue clocked in at 661 pages of insightful work on fascinating topics! 🧵⬇️
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as always, you don't need to be a member of @MideastMedieval to read/submit to @alusuralwusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to! https://t.co/22JUECm15o
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the article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here: https://t.co/0oI5SqGHqR here’s the full abstract:
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This article explores Arabic sources as evidence for the sacrifice of enslaved men during the funerals of Rūs men. It centers how love is employed as an emotional prerequisite for the sacrifice of men.
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New article alert! 10th-c. traveler Ibn Faḍlān describes non-Muslim Rūs: “When the chieftain dies, the members of his household ask his jawārī and ghilmān, ‘Who will die with him?’ One answers, ‘I will.’” Arabic texts suggest most funerary sacrifices among the Rūs were women
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as always, you don't need to be a member of @MideastMedieval to read/submit to @alusuralwusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to! https://t.co/22JUECm15o
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the article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here: https://t.co/9n19MubWJR here’s the full abstract:
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new article alert! In the 9th cent, the governor of Baghdad shocked the city by abusing the corpse of a rebel. this is not the only story of postmortem violence. this article explores medieval Islamic sources for evidence of & polemics against necroaggression as a political tool
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Patricia Blessing, “Mail-Order Mihrabs: Collaborative Labor in the Design of Tile Revetments in Iran and the Ottoman Empire.” @pdblessing @abbasiprogram
New article alert! Did you ever wonder how tile makers in the pre-modern Islamic world planned and created complex designs? Check out "Mail-Order Mihrabs" and delve into the logistics of tile production in 12th-14th century Kashan and the 15th-century Ottoman Empire.
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Out now, my new article on the logistics of tile making in @alusuralwusta
New article alert! Did you ever wonder how tile makers in the pre-modern Islamic world planned and created complex designs? Check out "Mail-Order Mihrabs" and delve into the logistics of tile production in 12th-14th century Kashan and the 15th-century Ottoman Empire.
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as always, you don't need to be a member of @MideastMedieval to read/submit to @alusuralwusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to! https://t.co/22JUECm15o
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the article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here: https://t.co/nkrnfODeI0 here’s the full abstract:
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New article alert! Did you ever wonder how tile makers in the pre-modern Islamic world planned and created complex designs? Check out "Mail-Order Mihrabs" and delve into the logistics of tile production in 12th-14th century Kashan and the 15th-century Ottoman Empire.
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as always, you don't need to be a member of @MideastMedieval to read/submit to @alusuralwusta. however, membership dues help keep the journal running. please consider becoming a MEMber today. while you’re at it, check out all the other stuff MEM is up to! https://t.co/22JUECm15o
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the article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here: https://t.co/gglVQsMkJN here’s the full abstract:
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New article alert! "Students of premodern Arabic poetry are more likely to be taught about saliva than sexual violence, coercion, or enslavement." Adam Talib argues that the teaching & presentation of Classical Arabic poetry obscures its relation to social worlds, past & present
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This is a path breaking article on language politics in the 15th century... I highly recommend it to all who are interested in cultural history of the 15th century.
New article alert! Join us today at the polyglot Ottoman court with a colorful language primer from Topkapı Palace. each entry shows 6 different languages, allowing us to study language instruction & Ottoman language ideology in the 15th century
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Armenian language at the Ottoman court 🤔??? Our article (authored by Michael Pifer and yours truly) is out and open access! Special thanks to Alison M. Vacca @medievalqabq and Zayde Antrim @zaydeantrim ! See below for a polychromatic story.
New article alert! Join us today at the polyglot Ottoman court with a colorful language primer from Topkapı Palace. each entry shows 6 different languages, allowing us to study language instruction & Ottoman language ideology in the 15th century
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A new article on Middle Armenian in the Ottoman court “Learning Middle Armenian at the Court of Meḥmed II”
New article alert! Join us today at the polyglot Ottoman court with a colorful language primer from Topkapı Palace. each entry shows 6 different languages, allowing us to study language instruction & Ottoman language ideology in the 15th century
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Not every night you randomly hop on Twitter and see an article that contains what might be the absolute coolest Ottoman manuscript you've ever seen, vibes on this one are OFF THE CHARTS
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