Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East
Description: Thomas A. Carlson, historian of the Medieval Middle East.
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Thomas A. Carlson is an associate professor of Middle Eastern history at Oklahoma State University. His research explores the religious diversity of medieval society and Christian-Muslim relations from Cairo to Samarqand to Constantinople. This work challenges the confessionalization and linguistic balkanization of scholarly study of this region by revealing a more multi-faceted, interconnected, and dynamic past than has hitherto been suspected. He teaches Middle Eastern history from Muhammad to the present
About the coin: The header images are the obverse and reverse of a coin (ID 6713) in the Princeton University Numismatic Collection, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Firestone Library. One side depicts the king of Cilician Armenia, Het’um I (r. 1226-1270), while the other names the Seljuk sultan Kayqubad II (r. 1249-1256). Striking coins in the name of a sovereign was a typical medieval Middle Eastern mode of indicating vassalage, although at the time both Het’um and Kayqubad were vassals o
Thomas A. Carlson is an associate professor of history at Oklahoma State University. His research explores the religious diversity of medieval society and Christian-Muslim relations in the region from Constantinople to Samarqand to Cairo. This work challenges the confessionalization and linguistic balkanization of scholarly study of this region by revealing a more multi-faceted, interconnected, and dynamic past than has hitherto been suspected. He teaches an inclusive Middle Eastern history, incorporating b
Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East