A Mosque That Names Itself
Two years after the Saltukids had married their way into three neighbouring houses, they began…
Arabic
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The Shape and the Name
Theodosiopolis changed hands with a regularity that must have exhausted its stonemasons: Byzantines, Arabs, Byzantines…
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Abdallah, the Carpet, and the Cross
Two centuries back, then. In the eighth century the frontier town of Erzurum—Theodosiopolis, as it…
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A Madrasa Named After a Ruby
Rather a long one today, I am afraid, but it is all so interesting. Do…
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A Universal Lament
Laugh if you like, but I have watched Wednesday—the Tim Burton series about the Addams…
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The Word Shapes the World
Learning Turkish goes on rewarding me with marvellous revelations. The latest unit of the textbook…
