Orient- und Islamwissenschaft

Dr. Alaa al-Din al-Chomari

Dr Alaa al-Din al-Chomari has been a research assistant at the Research Centre for Islamic Numismatics from 2020 to 2023 as part of a project funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (sikka:būya). He is currently involved in various publication projects, for example the publication project Numismatic History of the Arabian Peninsula since January 2024. 

As a scholarship holder of the Gerda Henkel Foundation, he has been coordinating a project to record coins found in Syria since December 2024.

Alaa al-Din al-Chomari received his PhD from the University of Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne in the Department of Archaeology with the thesis Abbasid coins in Al-Djazira (Syria): The hoard of Buseyra (Ḳarḳīsīya).

 

 

Research interests

  • Islamic Numismatics
  • Islamic History and Oriental Religions
  • Relationship between the Quran and archaeological findings

 

Scientific activities and academic degrees

Since Dec. 2024Scholarship holder of the Gerda Henkel Foundation; Project: Registrierung archäologischer Funde und Aufnahmen von Fundmeldungen aus der Öffentlichkeit.
Since Jan. 2024Participation in publication projects on: Numismatic History of the Arabian Peninsula. Vol. I. What is now Saudi Arabia. (Ed. Sebastian Hanstein).
07 –09 Aug. 2023International workshop: Provenanced Coin Finds Versus Rarities  – The Importance of Coin Finds for Historical Statistics; 07–09. Aug. 2023, Yarmouk University (Jordan).
Dec. 2020 –Dec. 2023Research assistant at FINT in the project sikka:būya - Online Portal on the Coinage of the Būyids, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (Head: Dr. Sebastian Hanstein, Kevin Körner).
Aug. 2020 –2023Scholarship holder of the Gerda Henkel Foundation; Project: Establishment of a numismatic working area at the Aleppo Museum to record numismatic depot finds and an archaeological working group to record individual finds from the 7th-18th century.
16.–25. Feb. 2020Workshop on the Reference Database Project in Beirut.
Jan. 2017–Dec. 2019Scholarship holder of the Gerda Henkel Foundation; Project: Development of an illustrated reference database to facilitate the recording of North and South Syrian single-found coins of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.
2013–15

University of Aleppo

General Supervisor of the Master's Department for Qualification and Specialisation.

2012–15University of Aleppo and temporarily University of Damascus, Suwaida branch: Professorship for Islamic Archaeology and History.
2012

University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne:

PhD in Archaeology, Ethnology and Prehistory at the Department of Islamic Archaeology:

Abbasid coins in Al-Djazira (Syria): The hoard of Buseyra (Ḳarḳīsīya).

2007

University of Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle:

Master's degree in linguistics, literatures and foreign cultures in the field of languages, literatures, arts and contemporary societies

Les ateliers monétaires de Kufa et Basra: De leur création à l’an 85 de l’hégire.

2005University of Aleppo: Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology

Publications (selection):

Books

  • Sylloge Numorum Arabicorum Tubingen, Vol. IVe2: Die Münzstätte Aleppo in mamlukischer und osmanischer Zeit (1260–1773). Berlin 2022.
  • Le commerce régional et international au Xe siècle en Syrie, d'après le trésor monétaire de Buseyra et d'autres trésors de l'époque, Oxford 2020 (Archaeopress).


Articles

  • “The circulation of coin strucks in the Arabian Peninsula during the 4th Century AH based on external Hoards: the example of the Mecca mint.” [Conference Paper] The international Conference on Islamic Numismatics, 18–20 May 2023 [in print].
  • “Archeological Traces and coins from the Arabic Culture in Sicily”, in: ed. Alshaar, N. (Ed.), Muslim Sicily. Encounters and Legacy, . Edinburgh University Press (2024), pp. 179–206.
  • “The Death of Muʾayyid al-Dawla Abū Manṣūr Būya in Gurgān (373 AH) and the Subsequent Transition of Rulership Seen Through Coins” in: Journal of Islamic Numismatic Center, Vol. VI (2023), pp. 117–132.
  • "A typology of Dirhams from the mint of Aleppo under the sultan Barquq", in:Studia Numismatica et Islamica in Honorem Lutz Illisch. Festschrift zum Geburtstag von Lutz Ilisch. Berlin 2022. pp. 225–237.
  • ضرب النقود في بصرى بالفترة الإسلامية, Al-Maskūkāt, Vol. 29 (2022), pp. 51–61.
  • الدرهم "Derham", in: Syrian Encyclopedia (الموسوعة السورية). Damascus 2019, pp. 340-346.
  • "The trade balance between the al-Jazira, as-Suriya and al-Iraq in the 4 century Hijri / 10th century, based on the treasures of the dirham belonging to that period", in: Al-Maskukat, Vol.28 (2021), pp. 71–81.
  • "The scientific study of Islamic Coins – Treasure studies and their importance in preserving heritage" in: Journal of Islamic Numismatic Center, No. 1 (2018), pp. 139–146.
  • كنز البصيرة الفضي, published by the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Syria. Damascus 2018.
  • "Les fulus d'al-Basra de 136H, sa régionalitée des trouvailles en Syrie et raisons de leurs importion" in: Proceedings of Fifth Simone Assemani International Conference on Islamic numismatics. Rome 2017.
  • “Les flans non frappés dans la circulation commerciale pendant le 10ème siècle AD”, in: Proceedings of ICON II, The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg 2016.
  •   "Les monnaies islamiques en Jezireh (Syrie): le trésor de Buseyra (Karkisia)" in: B. Callegher/A. D'Ottone, 3rd Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins, Trieste 2012, pp. 114–127.
  • "La circulation monétaire en Djazira en 10ème sigle AD. d’après les donnés du trésor de Tiflis (Bortchalo)" in: Proceedings of ICON I, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg 2012.
  • المعابد القديمة في جبل العرب من القرن الثالث حتى الأول قبل الميلاد، دراسة أثرية توثيقية, 2004/05 [unpublished]

Reviews

Review of: Ollivier, Éric: Poids et mesures de l’Égypte musulmane. Poids et estampilles en verre de la Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg. Umayyades – Abbassides – Tulunides et divers indéterminés. Paris: Collège de France. in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Vol. 117, 2 (2022), pp. 154-155.
 Review of: Teresa Bernheimer, "The revolt of ‘Abdallāh b. Mu‘awiya, AH 127-130: a reconsideration through the coinage" (BSOAS 69, 3, 381–393) in: Abstracta Iranica, Vol. 30, 2007, 70.

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