caperry.bsky.social
Educator-scholar at the intersection of World History, Jewish Studies, and Islamic Civilizations Studies. New book in 2026: https://bit.ly/PerrySlavery. Co-editor: The Cambridge World History of Slavery vol. 2: https://bit.ly/CWHS2
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I feel this 😅
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tab at Quran.com gives good context (i. e., asbāb al-nuzūl) for its revelation. Sura 5 (al-Maʾida) is good for reading about Quranic views of Jews, Christians, and Muḥammad's place in the line of prophets. I read excerpts in class with the students. 2/2
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For the Quran I give students part of MAS Haleem's introduction to his translation and a section from Amina Wadud's Quran and Women about asbāb al-nuzūl (roughly the circumstances surrounding a given Quranic revelation). Sura al-ʿAlaq (#96, the Blood Clot) is good for students and the "Surah Info"1/
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For the Crusades, I use sources from the chapter Two Faces of Holy War in an anthology called Discovering the Global Past: a look at the evidence (2012).
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I sometimes use the Constitution of Medina/Umma document and the inscriptions from the Dome of the Rock that are published in an appendix to Fred Donner's Muhammad and the Believers book.
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I identify with this problem and continue to experiment with readings for my survey course on the ancient and medieval Middle East. I have found some of the short primary sources in Heinz Halm's The Arabs to be very good for my undergrads: markuswiener.com/books/arabs-...
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Congratulations!
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Yes! I hope you find it as impactful and illuminating as I did.
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Please send the second reference by carrier pigeon.
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but there is someone called al-ḥabashiyya al-amḥariyya. She was called Jawhara (#818 is her son's entry - ʿAbd al-Qādir). 3/3
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of Abī al-Faḍl Muḥammad [#22] (who was mentioned previously) Shihāb al-Dīn al-Khaṭīb Kamāl al-Dīn Abī al-Faḫl b. the chief judge Shihāb al-Dīn. His mother Sarība al-Dāmūtiyya the fatāa (slave-girl) of his father. He was born in Makka and grew up there…" I have not found any other Dāmūtī people, 2/
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Of possible interest here?: An enslaved Dāmūtiyya woman and mother of a 15th century Meccan elite (he died in 838 AH). From ʿUmar b. Fahd, al-Durr al-Kamīn, p. 504 (#438). "Aḥmad b. Abī al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Ẓahīra b. Aḥmad b. ʿAṭiyya b. Ẓahīra al-Qurshī? al-Makhzūmī al-Makkī al-Shāfʿiī the father 1/
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Your chapter has legs no lie.
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Not to dogpile on the Great Eagle, but he also wrote a dietary guide for a Muslim ruler in Egypt so that this dignitary could be maximally virile as he slept with his many enslaved sex workers (per Maimonides in the introduction to “On Coitus.”)
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Bartering ftw.
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Interesting!
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!! May I quote this in a dvar that I’m writing?
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🤯 amaze.
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Nice! It was closed for renovations when I was there - major bummer.
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Very cool. I am planning to have my students 3-D print Fatimid-era bread stamps from Fustat using files provided by the British Museum. Would love the chance to learn more about how you’re using crafting in your classes.
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Love it. Congrats!
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A lot of moving parts! All edited volumes should henceforth roll out like an issue of al-'usur al-wusta…
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👏congrats!
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Great Eagle don’t lie.
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Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I will use this in my Jewish history survey the next time I teach it.