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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We have a cover, and the countdown has started. John Woods' magnum opus will be published on May 28. I am honored to be the co-editor of this volume and the subsequent one, which will include studies on Timurid history by colleagues from different countries. @degruyterbrill.bsky.social #Timurids

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

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+

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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. :) /End

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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+

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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. referenceworks.brill.com/display/entr...

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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. www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/isl/de/nachr...

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Next term I will be offering my dream seminar. I'm so excited! P.S.: There is no exact equivalent of the term "Turkic" in German, so my course will cover the Turkic stuff as well.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

I got my Hobonichi Techo 2024 planner and now ready for the challenges of the New Year. #FountainPens

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