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Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.

September 25, 2025
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A parcel of rogues in a nation? Twenty-five years of the Scottish Parliament

David McCrone explores public opinion on the devolved Scottish Parliament over the past 25 years.

Edinburgh University Press
February 13, 2025

Covenants and Covenanting

By Neil McIntyre This month, The Scottish Historical Review publishes the first of a series of special issues that tackle key themes in Scottish History. ‘Covenants and Covenanting’ will showcase the latest research on the origins, impact and legacies of…

Teri Williams
November 4, 2020

Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

A parcel of rogues in a nation? Twenty-five years of the Scottish Parliament

Covenants and Covenanting

Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

The Whitehead canon, version 2.0

Q&A with Paul du Plessis on Henry Maine’s Ancient Law

Violence in Brontë Afterlives

Cinema Without Borders: The Films of Paweł Pawlikowski