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Highlights of 2024: Key Moments With the Caliphal Finances Team – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/12/17/highlights-of-2024-key-moments-with-the-caliphal-finances-team/

series, organised each semester at the University of Edinburgh by the Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies. ... Founded in 861 by Caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Discover Islamic Art (MWNF). Dec 17, 2024.

Ownership, Tax and State: Dalia Hussein defends her PhD! – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2026/02/11/ownership-tax-and-state-dalia-hussein-defends-her-phd/

the forthcoming Caliphal Finances output, a Handbook of Fiscal History in the Early Islamic World (7th-10th century). ... For more on this, see: Call for Contributions is Closed! Handbook of Fiscal History in the Early Islamic World (7th-10th century)

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.

A Warm Welcome to Studying Historical Brass Instruments – Peter's Brass Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2121784/2024/12/03/a-warm-welcome-to-studying-historical-brass-instruments/

Any views expressed within media held on this service are those of the contributors, should not be taken as approved or endorsed by the University, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University in respect of any particular issue.

Interview with a Researcher: Khaled Younes – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/06/02/coming-soon-interview-with-a-researcher-khaled-younes/

My research primarily draws on Arabic documentary papyri from early Islamic Egypt, complemented by contemporary literary sources in Arabic. ... These sources offer a unique and multifaceted view of administrative practices, social relations, and daily

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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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.

Sweden General collection – DIGITAL ISLAM ACROSS EUROPE

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

The objective is to identify, catalogue and analyse Muslim organisations’ and actors’ websites (Online Islamic Environments or OIEs) from these different countries. ... Målet är att identifiera, katalogisera och analysera muslimska organisationers

Public blogs – blogs.ed

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/public-blogs/

Understanding Muslims’ Participation in Online Islamic Environments.

Research Visit: The John Rylands Library in Manchester – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/12/13/research-visit-the-john-rylands-library-in-manchester/

I plan to explore this topic in the Handbook of Fiscal History in the Early Islamic World (7th–10th century), which will be one of the main outputs of the Caliphal ... Comparative evidence from other early Islamic papyri reveals that such