Georg Leube
Biographic Data
| ID | 5884180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georg Leube |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georg |
| FAMILY NAME | Leube |
| SIGNATURE | LEUBE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0856-9915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Armenian Monastic Elites Harnessing the ‘Turkmen’ State?
This article presents the all-but-lost Armenian inscription ostensibly recording an order from the last years of the Qaraquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ ruler qara Yūsuf (d. 1420 A.D. ) at the church of the monastery of Arcuaber, now located in the center of the village of Salmanağa/Erciş/Van in Turkey. Having established the layout and text of the inscription in an earlier contribution, this article presents a detailed discussion of its date, as well as its h…
‘Turkmen’ Rule by Monastery
Within the trend of recent scholarship underlining the importance of specific and localized context for the engagement of Christian elites by the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ dynasties of the fifteenth century, this article proposes that two sources commonly interpreted as indicating ‘the’ policy of uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu (d. 1478) toward his Armenian Christian subjects in fact pertain to a very specific situation. Both written in 1473, the …
Conceptionalizing the Process of Transmission of Muslim Cultural Memories
The approach known as Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis proposes the application of the philological methodology of textual criticism to the wealth of prophetic ḥadīth and historiographical reports collected in Arabic-Islamic traditions. Within the methodological framework of textual criticism, Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis aggregates the chains of transmission or authorization of the isnāds into a stemma codicum or hypothetical sketch of the chains of transmiss…
Handsome prince means righteous rule? The Aqquyunlu occupation of Mardin by Ḥamza b. qara ʿUthmān in 835/1432 according to two epigraphic sources
This article reconstructs and contextualizes two inscriptions commemorating the Aqquyunlu occupation of Mardin in 835/1432 at the newly built main gate linking the town to the citadel. Inscription 835 Mardin was formerly displayed on three courses of stones in a framed area surmounting the gate facing the town. The gate collapsed at some point in the twentieth century. Due to the inclusion of its former location in the active military base inside…
An Almost Ordinary Town? Three Ninth- / Fifteenth-Century Fiscal Edicts at the Friday Mosque of Ardabīl
This contribution presents three fiscal decrees that were formerly displayed at the minaret of the great mosque of Ardabīl. Two were inscribed in the name of uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu in 878 and 879, the third in the name of ʿAlī Ṣafawī in 899. This type of fiscal epigraphy was first introduced to the area of modern Iran under Jahānshāh Qaraquyunlu in the mid-ninth/fifteenth century. Contextualized within Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu epigraphic practices…
Mkrtičʻ Nałaš
Although the fifteenth century CE has commonly been recognized as a crucial saddle period in both the history of the Armenian church and the administrative history of the Middle East, which is largely focused on Muslim rulers before the Ottoman-Safavid confrontation, the two topics are usually approached separately. To bridge this gap, the present contribution examines three pivotal moments in the tenure of the Armenian bishop, painter, and poet …
Fear and Loathing in Tabrīz? Rediscovering ḫwāǧa Mirakʿ (d. 1486 ce) as Aqquyunlu Envoy to Venice and Armenian Power Broker for the “Turkmen” Dynasties
‘Turkmen’ Sultan, Armenian Deputy
This article reconstructs the positionality of an individual bearing the Armenian name Arewšah, as well as the Turkic name Khwushqadam, who supported the refoundation of an Armenian Christian monastery at Erkan in ca. 1430 CE . He is stated to have supported this refoundation in his capacity as local governor ( nāʾib ) serving the Muslim Aqquyunlu ruler qara ʿUthmān. Based on a detailed survey of the notes of possession contained in the unique ma…
Narrating Hierarchy? Dimensions of “Culture” in the Construction of Mamlūk Hegemony over Uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu in Ibn Ajā’s Taʾrīkh al‐Amīr Yashbak
The short account of the final Mamlūk campaign against the Dulghādirid/Dhū l‐Qādirid ruler shāh Suwār in 876/1471 CE by Ibn Ajā exemplifies the entanglement of historiographic poetics with the pragmatics of its author’s career, particularly in its report of Ibn Ajā’s diplomatic mission to the court of uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu in Tabrīz. In my contribution, I analyze the construction of the hierarchical subordination of the Aqquyunlu under Ibn Ajā’s M…
Resolving Ambivalence through (Claimed) Excommunication
This contribution approaches the Kindī aristocrat al-Ashʿath b. Qays as a case-study for a contested figure in Muslim cultural memory. Al-Ashʿath is portrayed in a wide variety of conflicting reports, suggesting a spectrum of interpretations ranging from him being remembered as a 'villain' excommunicated by Muḥammad to having been one of the main 'heroes' of the divine miracle of the early Islamic conquest of Iraq. Beginning with the only claim t…
Two Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ Decrees in the Great Mosque of Mardin
This contribution reconstructs and contextualizes two decrees abolishing specific imposts. Both were inscribed into the eastern entrance vestibule of the great mosque of Mardin connecting the mosque to the main market area of the town in the name of Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ rulers in the mid-15 th century CE. As argued in this article, the decrees pertain to the immediate context of the civil revolt of Mardin against Jahāngīr Aqquyunlu…
Sacred Topography
The following are some comments by a scholar of early Islamic Historiography on the intriguing stelae of the Royal Cemetary of Gao-Saney dating from 11 th / 12 th century ( ce ) West Africa. They depart from interpretations focusing on the integration of the stelae into the literary corpus of later Arabic ta’rīkh – works dealing with West Africa by proposing a spatial reconstruction of the ensemble of the tombstones. The resulting spatial arrange…
Sacred Topography
The following are some comments by a scholar of early Islamic Historiography on the intriguing stelae of the Royal Cemetary of Gao-Saney dating from 11 th / 12 th century ( ce ) West Africa. They depart from interpretations focusing on the integration of the stelae into the literary corpus of later Arabic ta’rīkh – works dealing with West Africa by proposing a spatial reconstruction of the ensemble of the tombstones. The resulting spatial arrange…
Sacred Topography
The following are some comments by a scholar of early Islamic Historiography on the intriguing stelae of the Royal Cemetary of Gao-Saney dating from 11 th / 12 th century ( ce ) West Africa. They depart from interpretations focusing on the integration of the stelae into the literary corpus of later Arabic ta’rīkh – works dealing with West Africa by proposing a spatial reconstruction of the ensemble of the tombstones. The resulting spatial arrange…
Resolving Ambivalence through (Claimed) Excommunication
This contribution approaches the Kindī aristocrat al-Ashʿath b. Qays as a case-study for a contested figure in Muslim cultural memory. Al-Ashʿath is portrayed in a wide variety of conflicting reports, suggesting a spectrum of interpretations ranging from him being remembered as a 'villain' excommunicated by Muḥammad to having been one of the main 'heroes' of the divine miracle of the early Islamic conquest of Iraq. Beginning with the only claim t…
Two Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ Decrees in the Great Mosque of Mardin
This contribution reconstructs and contextualizes two decrees abolishing specific imposts. Both were inscribed into the eastern entrance vestibule of the great mosque of Mardin connecting the mosque to the main market area of the town in the name of Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ rulers in the mid-15 th century CE. As argued in this article, the decrees pertain to the immediate context of the civil revolt of Mardin against Jahāngīr Aqquyunlu…
‘Turkmen’ Sultan, Armenian Deputy
This article reconstructs the positionality of an individual bearing the Armenian name Arewšah, as well as the Turkic name Khwushqadam, who supported the refoundation of an Armenian Christian monastery at Erkan in ca. 1430 CE . He is stated to have supported this refoundation in his capacity as local governor ( nāʾib ) serving the Muslim Aqquyunlu ruler qara ʿUthmān. Based on a detailed survey of the notes of possession contained in the unique ma…
Narrating Hierarchy? Dimensions of “Culture” in the Construction of Mamlūk Hegemony over Uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu in Ibn Ajā’s Taʾrīkh al‐Amīr Yashbak
The short account of the final Mamlūk campaign against the Dulghādirid/Dhū l‐Qādirid ruler shāh Suwār in 876/1471 CE by Ibn Ajā exemplifies the entanglement of historiographic poetics with the pragmatics of its author’s career, particularly in its report of Ibn Ajā’s diplomatic mission to the court of uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu in Tabrīz. In my contribution, I analyze the construction of the hierarchical subordination of the Aqquyunlu under Ibn Ajā’s M…
Mkrtičʻ Nałaš
Although the fifteenth century CE has commonly been recognized as a crucial saddle period in both the history of the Armenian church and the administrative history of the Middle East, which is largely focused on Muslim rulers before the Ottoman-Safavid confrontation, the two topics are usually approached separately. To bridge this gap, the present contribution examines three pivotal moments in the tenure of the Armenian bishop, painter, and poet …
Fear and Loathing in Tabrīz? Rediscovering ḫwāǧa Mirakʿ (d. 1486 ce) as Aqquyunlu Envoy to Venice and Armenian Power Broker for the “Turkmen” Dynasties
Armenian Monastic Elites Harnessing the ‘Turkmen’ State?
This article presents the all-but-lost Armenian inscription ostensibly recording an order from the last years of the Qaraquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ ruler qara Yūsuf (d. 1420 A.D. ) at the church of the monastery of Arcuaber, now located in the center of the village of Salmanağa/Erciş/Van in Turkey. Having established the layout and text of the inscription in an earlier contribution, this article presents a detailed discussion of its date, as well as its h…
‘Turkmen’ Rule by Monastery
Within the trend of recent scholarship underlining the importance of specific and localized context for the engagement of Christian elites by the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu ‘Turkmen’ dynasties of the fifteenth century, this article proposes that two sources commonly interpreted as indicating ‘the’ policy of uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu (d. 1478) toward his Armenian Christian subjects in fact pertain to a very specific situation. Both written in 1473, the …
Conceptionalizing the Process of Transmission of Muslim Cultural Memories
The approach known as Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis proposes the application of the philological methodology of textual criticism to the wealth of prophetic ḥadīth and historiographical reports collected in Arabic-Islamic traditions. Within the methodological framework of textual criticism, Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis aggregates the chains of transmission or authorization of the isnāds into a stemma codicum or hypothetical sketch of the chains of transmiss…
Handsome prince means righteous rule? The Aqquyunlu occupation of Mardin by Ḥamza b. qara ʿUthmān in 835/1432 according to two epigraphic sources
This article reconstructs and contextualizes two inscriptions commemorating the Aqquyunlu occupation of Mardin in 835/1432 at the newly built main gate linking the town to the citadel. Inscription 835 Mardin was formerly displayed on three courses of stones in a framed area surmounting the gate facing the town. The gate collapsed at some point in the twentieth century. Due to the inclusion of its former location in the active military base inside…
An Almost Ordinary Town? Three Ninth- / Fifteenth-Century Fiscal Edicts at the Friday Mosque of Ardabīl
This contribution presents three fiscal decrees that were formerly displayed at the minaret of the great mosque of Ardabīl. Two were inscribed in the name of uzun Ḥasan Aqquyunlu in 878 and 879, the third in the name of ʿAlī Ṣafawī in 899. This type of fiscal epigraphy was first introduced to the area of modern Iran under Jahānshāh Qaraquyunlu in the mid-ninth/fifteenth century. Contextualized within Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu epigraphic practices…
Eurasian Exchange Networks (6 works) · Islamic Studies and History (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Armenian (4 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (4 works) · Historiography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)