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Principled Pragmatism in Water Resources Research: An Historical and Philosophical Perspective on Studies in South Asia and Beyond

open access: yesWater Resources Research, Volume 61, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Principled pragmatism is a broad and expanding approach to water policy research, especially in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. These studies advocate policies that are both pragmatic, in the ordinary language sense of the term, and principled.
James L. Wescoat Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scholarly connections of the Golden Horde with the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение
The purpose of the study: To provide an overview of information from medieval Arabic-language works on the scholarly ties between the Golden Horde and the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt during the period of intensive diplomatic ties.
Sayfetdinova E.G.
doaj   +1 more source

New Arabic Records From Cairo on Supernovae 1181 and 1006

open access: yesAstronomische Nachrichten, Volume 346, Issue 9, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The remnant of the historical supernova SN 1181 is under discussion: While the previously suggested G130.7+3.1 (3C58) appears too old (3000–5000 year), the unusual star IRAS00500+6713 with a surrounding nebula (Pa‐30) has an expansion age not inconsistent with a SN Iax explosion in ad 1181 under the assumption that neither acceleration nor ...
J. G. Fischer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Looking beyond charters and contracts: child slavery in the narrative sources of the early Middle Ages

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 572-589, November 2025.
This article traces the presence of enslaved children in early medieval narrative sources, especially hagiographies, and looks into the relationship between their historicity and their literary functions. While topoi such as the ransoming or redemption of slaves are acknowledged, this article argues that despite these motifs, narrative sources offer ...
Danny Grabe
wiley   +1 more source

A Mamluk Rebel in Egypt: Bulutkapan Ali Bey (El-Kebîr) (1768/69-1773)

open access: yesAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
This article aims to examine, within the framework of center-periphery relations, the rise and fall of a Mamluk leader in Egypt in the middle of the 18th century.
Selda GÜNER
doaj  

The Gift of Critical Engagement: Responses to my Commentators

open access: yes
Religious Studies Review, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 454-465, June 2026.
Sherman A. Jackson
wiley   +1 more source

A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity Alters the Vascular Morphology and VEGF‐A Signaling in Adipose Tissue

open access: yesFASEB BioAdvances, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2025.
Obesity alters cell geometry and vessel morphology in mice adipose tissue by increasing adipocyte size by 78% and reducing vessel density by 51%, while vessel size and capillary basement membrane thickness remain unchanged. Obesity also affects angiogenesis, which is mediated by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) binding kinetics.
Yunjeong Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynastic Marriage of Mamluk Sultan of Egypt al-Nasir and Princess Tulunbay according to Medieval Arab Chronicles [PDF]

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2017
Objective: to identify the main reasons for the dynastic marriage between Mamluk Sultan al-Nasir and the Chinggisid princess Tulunbay and to analyze the impact of the termination of the marriage, according to medieval Arab chronicles. Research materials:
Elmira G. Sayfetdinova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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