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Muhammad and Ghengis Khan 30 years later: The Fiscal Factor in World Empire Building – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/03/05/muhammad-and-ghengis-khan-30-years-later-the-fiscal-factor-in-world-empire-building/

chorion in early Islamic Egypt) and of a capitation tax paid in cash. ... th. century is a window into the negotiations within the new system that echoes the revolts punctuating the first centuries of Islamic rule.

UK Shia collection – DIGITAL ISLAM ACROSS EUROPE

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/digitalislameurope/research-findings/archiving/collections/uk-shia-collection/

The objective is to identify, catalogue and analyse Muslim organisations’ and actors’ websites (Online Islamic Environments or OIEs) from these different countries.

Open Education and OER in the Curriculum – Educational Design and Engagement

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ede/2022/04/20/open-education-and-oer-in-the-curriculum/

Talking about a Wikipedia assignment that focused on improving articles on Islamic art, science and the occult, Dr Glaire Andersen, from Edinburgh College of Art commented.

Lecture Series – IMES Seminar Spring 2025 – ‘Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bulls*it in my opinion’ – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/11/27/lecture-series-imes-seminar-spring-2025-taxes-taxes-taxes-all-the-rest-is-bullsit-in-my-opinion/

The Caliphal Finances project is organising a lecture series hosted by our own department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) at the University of Edinburgh, starting in January 2025. ... This series is co-organised by the Edinburgh Centre for

UK Dawah collection – DIGITAL ISLAM ACROSS EUROPE

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/digitalislameurope/research-findings/archiving/collections/uk-dawah-collection/

The objective is to identify, catalogue and analyse Muslim organisations’ and actors’ websites (Online Islamic Environments or OIEs) from these different countries.

Abbasid-Era Fiscal Documents: A Workshop of the Caliphal Finances project – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/05/13/abbasid-era-fiscal-documents-a-workshop-of-the-caliphal-finances-project/

In her work, she explores the role and functions of this ʿāmil, helping us better understand the history of Islamic rule in the region of Aswan, which will also be part

Coins and Consequences: A LAMPS Seminar by Georgi Obatnin – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/10/06/coming-soon-coins-and-consequences-a-lamps-seminar-by-georgi-obatnin/

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In with the bricks, or how a building can make a difference – hca

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/shca/in-with-the-bricks-or-how-a-building-can-make-a-difference/

wildly about female poets in the Gàidhealtachd (an article by Anne Frater), or about a Medieval Islamic medical case study (an article by Cristina Alvarez-Millan), or Lidl being out of

Final Series Response: Dr Katucha Bento – Edinburgh Gifford Lectures Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/gifford-lectures/2021/10/24/final-series-response-dr-katucha-bento/

Her Islamic , Jêje-Nago and Yoruba backgrounds are the marks of intersecting systems of beliefs that to this day are erased in the narrative about Brazil’s national identity.

Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds – Archives @ University of Edinburgh

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/edinburghuniversityarchives/2024/05/27/archival-provenance-project-emilys-finds/

I’m a part-time Masters student in the History, Classics and Archaeology department, and I’m just finishing up the first year of the Late Antique, Byzantine, and Islamic Studies ... I did have a session there in recent weeks independent from my