Journal of Abbasid Studies
Anniversary Collection (Free Access)
Anniversary Collection (Free Access)
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Join us in celebrating Journal of Abbasid Studies reaching its 10th volume.
We are happy to share with you a selection of ten outstanding and remarkable articles published in the journal in recent years.
These articles were specially selected by the Editors and will be offered as free access until 31 December 2023. No need to sign up for an account.
Happy reading!
These articles were specially selected by the Editors and will be offered as free access until 31 December 2023. No need to sign up for an account.
Happy reading!
Discussing ghayra in Abbasid literature: Jealousy as a Manly Virtue or Sign of Mutual Affection
Pernilla Myrne
Volume 1:1 (2014)
A Client’s Client: The Process of Islamization in Early and Classical Islam
John Nawas
Volume 1:2 (2014)
The Fall of the Barmakids in Historiography and Fiction: Recognition and Disclosure
Philip Kennedy
Volume 3:2 (2016)
A Lacuna in the New Imām University Edition of al-Basīṭ: A Critical Edition of Q 4:41-53 and a Review
Walid A. Saleh and Shuaib Ally
Volume 6:1 (2019)
Learning and Patronizing the Science of Music among the Elite of Medieval Baghdad
Mohammad Sadegh Ansari
Volume 6:2 (2019)
Missives from the Frontier (130-152/747-769): Al-Awzāʿī and the Abbasids
Rana Mikati
Volume 7:1 (2020)
ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib: The Poetics of a Mythical Creature
Guy Ron-Gilboa
Volume 8:1 (2021)
Al-Kindī’s Two-Volume Compendium of Aristotelian Philosophy: Al-Falsafa al-Ūlā and al-Falsafa al-Dākhila
Devin J. Stewart
Volume 8:2 (2021)
The Chinese Textual Tradition of the Story of The King and His Dreams: An Analytical Investigation of Two Unstudied Recensions of the Story
Yoones Dehghani Farsani
Volume 9:1-2 (2022)
Bashshār b. Burd’s Double Entendre: Master of Shiʿr and Rajaz
Shady H. Nasser
Journal of Abbasid Studies 10 (2023)
Pernilla Myrne
Volume 1:1 (2014)
A Client’s Client: The Process of Islamization in Early and Classical Islam
John Nawas
Volume 1:2 (2014)
The Fall of the Barmakids in Historiography and Fiction: Recognition and Disclosure
Philip Kennedy
Volume 3:2 (2016)
A Lacuna in the New Imām University Edition of al-Basīṭ: A Critical Edition of Q 4:41-53 and a Review
Walid A. Saleh and Shuaib Ally
Volume 6:1 (2019)
Learning and Patronizing the Science of Music among the Elite of Medieval Baghdad
Mohammad Sadegh Ansari
Volume 6:2 (2019)
Missives from the Frontier (130-152/747-769): Al-Awzāʿī and the Abbasids
Rana Mikati
Volume 7:1 (2020)
ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib: The Poetics of a Mythical Creature
Guy Ron-Gilboa
Volume 8:1 (2021)
Al-Kindī’s Two-Volume Compendium of Aristotelian Philosophy: Al-Falsafa al-Ūlā and al-Falsafa al-Dākhila
Devin J. Stewart
Volume 8:2 (2021)
The Chinese Textual Tradition of the Story of The King and His Dreams: An Analytical Investigation of Two Unstudied Recensions of the Story
Yoones Dehghani Farsani
Volume 9:1-2 (2022)
Bashshār b. Burd’s Double Entendre: Master of Shiʿr and Rajaz
Shady H. Nasser
Journal of Abbasid Studies 10 (2023)
About the journal
Editors: Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Robert Gleave, Hugh Kennedy, Joseph Lowry, John Nawas, Shawkat M. Toorawa, and Travis Zadeh
Managing Editor: Monique Bernards
Managing Editor: Monique Bernards
The Journal of Abbasid Studies (JAS), published by Brill is a platform to discuss the political, cultural, social, economic, religious and intellectual life of the Abbasid Caliphate. The journal’s time span, from c. 700 – c. 1250 A.D., is demarcated by the formative period of early Islam on the one end and the invasion of the Mongols on the other. Coverage of the Fatimid Caliphate and al-Andalus, for instance, is restricted to their relations with the Abbasids.
JAS brings scholars together who work on the classical Islamic world and who are active in different disciplines which only rarely “talk” to one another — in this way the Journal hopes to achieve a holistic contemplation of the Abbasid era.
Free Article Selection
JAS is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research and review articles in English as well as Arabic editions with English translations of short texts. Alongside two issues per year, monographs and/or collected volumes will occasionally be published as supplements to the journal.
The editors of JAS invite submissions from established and early career scholars. For more information, please email Dr. Monique Bernards at JAS@abbasidstudies.org.
The editors of JAS invite submissions from established and early career scholars. For more information, please email Dr. Monique Bernards at JAS@abbasidstudies.org.