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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My anxiety is about Japanese scholars :)

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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Alison Vacca @medievalqabq.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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. baydaauniv.net/buj/index.ph...

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التعمية في الشعر الشعبي اليمني من خلال طريقة (الدرسعية) | Albaydha University Journal

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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

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.+

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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 · 20/05/2025

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.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Wonderful news! Many congratulations

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Paolo Sartori @psardor.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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...

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Offene Stellen an der ÖAW

Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen aus den Instituten und der zentralen Verwaltung der ÖAW

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It’s so nice to be back to Stanford!

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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. sites.lsa.umich.edu/khamseen/ter... #shajara #genealogy

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Shajara

Shajara Evrim Binbaş Related Terms: Colophon (the end of a manuscript where the signatures and dates are found) Frontispiece (title Page) Hilye (an Ottoman design to praise the Prophet) Kitabkhana …

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Assistant Professor in Early Modern History (2425_HIS_01)

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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

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.

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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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Paolo Sartori @psardor.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Asian History fans around the world! The seventh fascicle of vol. 67 of JESHO is truly a gem! brill.com/view/journal...

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

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.

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

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.

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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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Natalie Kraneiß @kranatalie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Exciting new publication (in open access)! --- 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...

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Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Situating the history of genealogy in the ambit of manuscript studies, this volume explores how handwriting practices influenced the development of genealogies. It shows how lineages used handwritten ...

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

Bence arkadaş İngilizce düşünüp Türkçe yazıyor. It has a balance worth preserving/keeping. İngilizce o kadar kulağı tırmalamıyor.

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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 · 02/02/2024

This is a valuable contribution, but the editors must have worked very hard in order to exclude Babur and Shah Ismail from the list. brill.com/display/titl...

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Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World

"Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World" published on 31 Jan 2024 by Brill.

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

Will do! Thank you very much... The topic of the "Red Apple" myth will be very relevant to your discussion on Luther, I think.

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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 · 14/11/2023

The latest issue of JESHO is out and it includes Carol Fan's translation of the Ming ambassador Chen Cheng travelogue to the Timurid Empire. brill.com/view/journal...

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Paolo Sartori @psardor.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Remember the charlatan in Samarqand? The always brilliant Tom Welsford has found one in Bukhara! This week in our #SICE blog you can read more about Armenian priests and their exploits in Russian Central Asia! Clink the link here below for more! www.oeaw.ac.at/sice/sice-bl...

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

My brother lives there and he's quite happy.

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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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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

It's rewarding! Still one of the best TV shows ever for me. I keep a full DVD set on my shelves.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

I watched it from beginning to end, the whole series, for at least three times, maybe more

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

No, that's the advice that I received. No, is a complete sentence with a beginning and end. When you say it, its meaning should be clear to all. So, don't hesitate using it.

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Evrim Binbaş @evrimbinbas.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

It's called gobbet exercise in the UK. I think it's a very useful method.

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