Javi Albarrán 🍉
@jalbarran.bsky.social
Loving husband, proud father and passionate historian of the Medieval Islamic West at the University of Granada. Living the Albayzin. Writing on the loss of al-Andalus, Crusades in al-Andalus, jihad, Andalusi Christians, Andalusi memory... Antifascist.
My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
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November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My last paper aims to explore the relationships between natural disasters and socio-political events in the Andalusi and Maghribi worlds, situating them within a wider Mediterranean pattern that offers a cross-cultural dialogue on the politics of environmental meaning
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
August 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On the Lisbon coast reading about anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the Arab world, with the fantastic "Moros contra Franco" by Marc Almodóvar and Andreu Rosés
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
@versolibros.com
@versobooks.bsky.social
#antifascism
#ArabHistory
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
August 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My new piece on the so-called «Mozarabs» and the fate of the Christians of al-Andalus.
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
#Al-Andalus
#Islam
#Medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5442
July 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
April 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Women were forbidden to have amorous relations with men of another religion, to have children with a man of another religion, or to breastfeed a child of another religion; they were forbidden to share meals, feasts, or duels. But did they comply with these rules?
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5274
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Andalusi ham. Another way of understanding intercultural relations. Trevélez (Alpujarras, Granada) 😋
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
#Al-Andalus
#Granada
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A Spain of Moorish blood: the Right and the Arab-Berber heritage
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
Between the end of the 19th and early 20th, the only thing uniting the Spanish right was animosity towards the left. They had many differences, such as their conception of Spain’s Islamic past
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5264
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
March 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The archaeological site of Mesas de Villaverde (Málaga) with its church carved in stone. It is associated -although this is not completely confirmed- with Bobastro, the place from which, between the 9th-10th centuries, Umar b. Hafsun challenged the Umayyad emirate of Cordoba
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
March 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
March 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Gate of Justice of the Alhambra, 1348. The hand on the keystone of the arch of the façade and the key on the keystone of the entrance arch stand in contrast to the image of the Virgin and Child, placed by the Catholic Monarchs over the foundational Arabic inscription
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#al-Andalus
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
#medievalsky
#crusades
March 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Next week in Valencia, talking about Jerusalem and the Islamic response to the Crusades. You are all invited!
#medievalsky
#crusades
#medievalsky
#crusades
Today in Madrid, talking about emotions and war in the Islamic Mediterranean
#medievalsky
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March 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Today in Madrid, talking about emotions and war in the Islamic Mediterranean
#medievalsky
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#medievalsky
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The so-called minaret of S. Juan de los Caballeros (Cordoba) belonged to an small Umayyad mosque probably built in the early 9th c. al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest of the city (1236), the building was donated to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, transforming it into a church
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
March 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The so-called minaret of S. Juan de los Caballeros (Cordoba) belonged to an small Umayyad mosque probably built in the early 9th c. al-Andalus. After the Christian conquest of the city (1236), the building was donated to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, transforming it into a church
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
After the Christian conquest of #Granada, the new rulers gave ecclesiastical institutions permission to reuse the material from the Islamic cemeteries in their constructions. On the walls of the Church of S. Cristobal in the Albayzin one can see the remains of Andalusi tombs
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
February 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After the Christian conquest of #Granada, the new rulers gave ecclesiastical institutions permission to reuse the material from the Islamic cemeteries in their constructions. On the walls of the Church of S. Cristobal in the Albayzin one can see the remains of Andalusi tombs
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#medievalsky
The IFAO has just published "The Medieval Jihad". My chapter, entitled "Can we Talk About “Holy War” in al-Andalus? Jihad—and Beyond—in 10th Century Umayyad Iberia", discusses whether there was sacralized warfare in al-Andalus and how to define it
#medievalsky
www.ifao.egnet.net/publications...
#medievalsky
www.ifao.egnet.net/publications...
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The IFAO has just published "The Medieval Jihad". My chapter, entitled "Can we Talk About “Holy War” in al-Andalus? Jihad—and Beyond—in 10th Century Umayyad Iberia", discusses whether there was sacralized warfare in al-Andalus and how to define it
#medievalsky
www.ifao.egnet.net/publications...
#medievalsky
www.ifao.egnet.net/publications...
Recently published: "Creating Enemies of God: The Sacralization of War And The Use of Takfir In The Medieval Islamic West"
In Religion and War from Antiquity to Early Modernity, Bloomsbury
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-...
In Religion and War from Antiquity to Early Modernity, Bloomsbury
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-...
February 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Recently published: "Creating Enemies of God: The Sacralization of War And The Use of Takfir In The Medieval Islamic West"
In Religion and War from Antiquity to Early Modernity, Bloomsbury
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-...
In Religion and War from Antiquity to Early Modernity, Bloomsbury
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-...
Do you want to know how textile production was in #al-Andalus, from a bottom-up perspective?
Don't miss the new article published in al-Andalus y la Historia
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5205
Don't miss the new article published in al-Andalus y la Historia
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5205
February 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Do you want to know how textile production was in #al-Andalus, from a bottom-up perspective?
Don't miss the new article published in al-Andalus y la Historia
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5205
Don't miss the new article published in al-Andalus y la Historia
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5205
For those of you who are in #Granada, next Tuesday we will present in the #Alhambra the book MAQBARA, edited by Bilal Sarr. A must for all those interested in the funerary culture of #al-Andalus and #medieval #islam
www.alhambra-patronato.es/disfrutar/pr...
www.alhambra-patronato.es/disfrutar/pr...
February 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For those of you who are in #Granada, next Tuesday we will present in the #Alhambra the book MAQBARA, edited by Bilal Sarr. A must for all those interested in the funerary culture of #al-Andalus and #medieval #islam
www.alhambra-patronato.es/disfrutar/pr...
www.alhambra-patronato.es/disfrutar/pr...
The same used by the Umayyads of Cordoba. Put #al-Andalus under your feet!
February 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The same used by the Umayyads of Cordoba. Put #al-Andalus under your feet!
In Toledo it was possible to come into contact with works from the Arabic tradition that could be translated into Latin and, later, into Castilian Romance. This was a source of attraction for intellectuals who saw it as a way of recovering a rich information
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5199
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5199
February 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In Toledo it was possible to come into contact with works from the Arabic tradition that could be translated into Latin and, later, into Castilian Romance. This was a source of attraction for intellectuals who saw it as a way of recovering a rich information
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5199
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5199
February 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Almost out 🥳
"The discourse of holy war in Islam, and its presentation in sources, is much multifaceted than it has usually been described. This is not a call for ambiguity in the use of the terms, quite the contrary:"👇
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#jihad
"The discourse of holy war in Islam, and its presentation in sources, is much multifaceted than it has usually been described. This is not a call for ambiguity in the use of the terms, quite the contrary:"👇
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#jihad
February 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Almost out 🥳
"The discourse of holy war in Islam, and its presentation in sources, is much multifaceted than it has usually been described. This is not a call for ambiguity in the use of the terms, quite the contrary:"👇
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#jihad
"The discourse of holy war in Islam, and its presentation in sources, is much multifaceted than it has usually been described. This is not a call for ambiguity in the use of the terms, quite the contrary:"👇
#medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
#jihad
#Andalusi banners had an impact on Christian Iberia, as attested by representations from the 10-13th c. The insignia appear as distinctive elements, with motifs such as the crescent, stars and eagles associated with the Muslim army in Christian art
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5170
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5170
February 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Andalusi banners had an impact on Christian Iberia, as attested by representations from the 10-13th c. The insignia appear as distinctive elements, with motifs such as the crescent, stars and eagles associated with the Muslim army in Christian art
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5170
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5170
Ermita de San Sebastián. Originally built as a rabita (probably the tomb of a marabout) in 1218 by Ishaq b. Yusuf, Almohad governor of the city. It is said that it was here that Boabdil, the last sultan of Granada, handed over the keys of the city to the Catholic Monarchs
#Al-Andalus
##medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
##medievalsky
January 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Ermita de San Sebastián. Originally built as a rabita (probably the tomb of a marabout) in 1218 by Ishaq b. Yusuf, Almohad governor of the city. It is said that it was here that Boabdil, the last sultan of Granada, handed over the keys of the city to the Catholic Monarchs
#Al-Andalus
##medievalsky
#Al-Andalus
##medievalsky
Banners underwent a great development in #al-Andalus. In addition to fulfilling a military function, they had a marked political significance. They are represented in peninsular Christian art from 10-13th centuries, reflecting how they were perceived
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5147
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5147
January 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Banners underwent a great development in #al-Andalus. In addition to fulfilling a military function, they had a marked political significance. They are represented in peninsular Christian art from 10-13th centuries, reflecting how they were perceived
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5147
#medievalsky
www.alandalusylahistoria.com?p=5147