A thread of threads on @stephenniem's posts on Islamic art, archaeology, and cultural heritage this week, in which we traveled from Damascus to Delhi and from Palmyra to Palermo and back to Damascus again
My first thread looked at method in Art History through the lens of my own book on the 'Alid shrines in Damascus. https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1265079845828034563?s=20
Next up, I looked at ISIS's destruction in Mosul and Palmyra, and argued there were few precedents in Islamic history for their actions. https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1265436893422014465?s=20
The thread on ISIS' destruction generated a lot of conversation and questions. I addressed them one by one in this thread: https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1266026779967401985?s=20
Here, I wrote about my two favorite medieval European 'Islamic' objects: the Cappella Palatina in Palermo and the Coronation Mantle of Norman King Roger II. https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1267232145581518849
And lastly, a thread on the tomb of Islam's first muezzin, Bilāl al-Habashī, an early convert and companion of the Prophet, in Damascus, and how he inspired Osman Agha, another black Muslim who had also transcended the expectations of his time. https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1267308384187015170?s=20
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