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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The workshop starts today, in about an hour. I will talk about the transmission of Arabic translations of Syriac hagiography (unfortunately only online because we don't have childcare today and tomorrow). My colleagues will talk about much more interesting things. So, tune in!

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Safaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

One of the most important inscriptions for the history of Arabic now on #OCIANA: an Arabic-language inscription (pre-4th c. CE) written entirely in Greek letters, shedding light on the pronunciation of Arabic centuries before Islam. A 1: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Good morning. Could someone tell me what’s going on?

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Any Fatimid historian here so far? Just trying to get an idea about how popular our field is 🤭

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Any Fatimid historian here so far? Just trying to get an idea about how popular our field is 🤭

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Alexander Jabbari @ajab.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Turkish #etymology of the day: simit "ring-shaped bread with seeds", from Arabic سميذ \ سميد samīd/samīḏ "semolina" (Turkish 'd' devoices to 't' word-finally), from Aramaic ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 ⁠samīdu⁠, related to 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 ⁠samādu⁠ “to grind fine”

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

If you want to know why I’ve spent so much time thinking about camels (apart from their inherent excellence) follow the link below for a story of international relations, Biblical PR and many, many camels salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/h...

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How is the Emir of Cordoba like the Queen of Sheba?

When in 865 Emir Muhammad I of Cordoba (r. 852-886) sent back the Frankish envoys he had received from Charles the Bald (r. 843-877) the previous year, he entrusted them with a number of gifts, whi…

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The most bizarre thing I saw on the internet is a bunch of ex-Shii Muslims accusing another ex-Shii Muslim of practicing taqiyya - pretending to be an atheist - without any sense of irony.

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Man in Business Suit Levitating @dfeldman.org · 06/12/2024

A fun example of ChatGPT 4o vs. o1 Someone posted this awful tattoo on Reddit today in r/hebrew asking what it says. The letters are Hebrew, but the words are nonsense.

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Link uni-erfurt.webex.com/meet/veranst...

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Javi Albarrán 🍉 @jalbarran.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

As happened in Spain, in Portugal there was an appropriation of the Islamic past as a narrative of temporal continuity to which the inhabitants of Gharb al-Andalus were totally assimilated, creating the concept of Luso-Arabs. Don't miss our latest article www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5066

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Adam 👻Boo!rsi👻 @adambursi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Apparently there’s a 50% off sale this weekend at Edinburgh University Press, including my recent book **Traces of the Prophets: Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam** The discount brings it down to a more reasonable, if still a bit much, $55. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-...

Book cover of Traces of the Prophets: Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam, with illuminated manuscript image of the Prophet Muhammad’s tomb in Medina

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Why does my handle shows “invalid handle”. Can anyone help?

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Fatimid History @fatimid.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I am new here, please share with me Islamicate history people and give a follow. Still figuring out and slowly migrating from X.

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