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!

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...

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

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

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

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”

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...

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.

What a great majlis session with Amira K. Bennison. Very enjoyable! youtu.be/yAELAdFOB34?...

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.

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

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

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-...

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