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Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period (2025)
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Tanaka, Y. Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation attempts to demonstrate that the Arabic word zindīq, an ambiguous appellation to discredit various targets characterized with heretical tendencies (zandaqah), functioned as a rhetorical device through which Muslim authors displayed... Read More about Functions of discourses on heresy: The invention of zandaqah in the early Islamic period.

Maʿrūf al-Karkhī: a renunciant saint in early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad (2024)
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Ye, Z. Maʿrūf al-Karkhī: a renunciant saint in early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The academic discussions on the Islamic renunciation traditions and the formation of Islamic Mysticism have been progressing since scholars started to apply modern critical research methods by comparing and studying various Medieval Muslim accounts o... Read More about Maʿrūf al-Karkhī: a renunciant saint in early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad.

Holy sites and sanctuaries of the pre Islamic Near and Middle East: To what extent is there a link between pre Islamic and Islamic notions of sacred space? (2024)
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Habib, M. Holy sites and sanctuaries of the pre Islamic Near and Middle East: To what extent is there a link between pre Islamic and Islamic notions of sacred space?. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Islamic origins have been studied extensively in the past, however, there is a significant gap in scholarly knowledge in this area, particularly in the realm of sacred space. It is truethat there have been discussions regarding the origins of Islamic... Read More about Holy sites and sanctuaries of the pre Islamic Near and Middle East: To what extent is there a link between pre Islamic and Islamic notions of sacred space?.

Spices and perfumes in early medieval globalism and their socio-political effects, 80-494 A.H. /700-1100 A.D. (2022)
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Khatun, T. Spices and perfumes in early medieval globalism and their socio-political effects, 80-494 A.H. /700-1100 A.D. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The aim of this research is to identify and examine the role of perfumes and spices that came from the Indian Ocean trade into the Caliphate, and through there into the Mediterranean trade. This study is a direct challenge to history writing that sug... Read More about Spices and perfumes in early medieval globalism and their socio-political effects, 80-494 A.H. /700-1100 A.D..

Ibn ʿAsākir’s History of Damascus and the Institutionalisation of Education in the Medieval Islamic World (2018)
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Manstetten, P. C. Ibn ʿAsākir’s History of Damascus and the Institutionalisation of Education in the Medieval Islamic World. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

From the tenth century onwards, the Middle East saw the rise of specialised educational institutions, most importantly the madrasa. Before, Muslim scholars had for centuries convened in study circles in mosques, houses, and other multi-functional ven... Read More about Ibn ʿAsākir’s History of Damascus and the Institutionalisation of Education in the Medieval Islamic World.