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Using Digital Tools to Study Medieval Taxation – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/12/19/using-digital-tools-to-study-medieval-taxation/

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Talbot Rice Gallery at 50 – Enlightened

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/enlightened/2025/09/03/talbot-rice-gallery-at-50/

Photo: Sally Jubb. The Talbot Rice Gallery owes its existence to Professor David Talbot Rice, an eminent art historian specialising in Islamic and Byzantine art.

Highlights of 2023: Key Moments with the Caliphal Finances Team – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/06/10/overview-of-2023-key-moments-with-the-caliphal-finances-team/

credit: Fayyum University). In September, we teamed up with SCORE, ‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’, with the generous support of Balzan Seminar on the Formation, Maintenance, and ... The aim of this Seminar, to quote M.

Global Ethical Finance Forum 2015 – Social Responsibility and Sustainability

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2015/global-ethical-finance-forum-2015/

The aim of the forum was to bring together finance and investment professionals to share knowledge and discuss around the theme of collaboration and convergence between different approaches, including Islamic Finance,

IMES News | 📣 Upcoming Talk: Fault Lines in the Conflicting Views of Early Islam (Dr. Andreas Görke) – Life at IMES ( Islamic

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/imes/2025/10/08/imes-news-%f0%9f%93%a3-upcoming-talk-fault-lines-in-the-conflicting-views-of-early-islam-dr-andreas-gorke/

The early Islamic period remains one of the most debated and fascinating chapters in Islamic history. ... 🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Andreas Görke. Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Cathy MacDonald in conversation with Mona Siddiqui – Winter Tales Book Festival

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/wintertales/event-details/cathy-mcdonald-in-conversation-with-mona-siddiqui/

Mona Siddiqui OBE, is Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. ... Her research lies in the field of Islamic law and ethics and Christian-Muslim relations.

Edinburgh MOOCs: A conversation with David Warren – Educational Design and Engagement

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ede/2019/06/13/edinburgh-moocs-a-conversation-with-david-warren/

Our latest MOOC, ‘The Sharia and Islamic Law: an Introduction’, launched on 6th of May with our partner FutureLearn. ... In this short interview with Dr David Warren, the academic lead on ‘The Sharia & Islamic Law: An Introduction’, we discuss

Dr Annie Webster’s #ResearcherCommunities – Researcher Development

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/researcher-development/2024/02/20/dr-annie-websters-researchercommunities/

Data, Culture and Society (CDCS), and the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Department (IMES).

Writing Numbers in the Islamicate World – A Roundtable – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/06/30/writing-numbers-in-the-islamicate-world-a-roundtable/

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Project – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

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The Abbasids were the second longest ruling dynasty in Islamic history (750-1258). ... Work Package 6 Writing a history of Abbasid fiscal practice in Islamic Late Antiquity.