Mehdi Berriah is Researcher in Islamic Studies and Islamic History at the French Institute in the Near East (Ifpo). Previously, he taught for several years at the universities of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sciences Po Paris (campus of Reims), Grenoble-Alpes and Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis. His research focus on Medieval and Modern Islamic thought, Ibn Taymiyya, jihad ideology and Islamic law of war, ulamaology, Islamic political and military history and furūsiyya fields on which he has several peer-reviewed publications. He is currently leading a research project entitled “Jihad in the Middle Ages: Texts, Contexts and Practices (7th-15th century)” funded by Central office of worship (Bureau central des cultes) affiliated to the French Ministry of the Interior (call for projects 2022 “Islam, religion and society”). He edited the collective volumes Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750): New Concepts and Approaches (Brill, 2021); Ǧihād et fitna: penser et concevoir la guerre dans le Mašriq medieval (special issue of the journal Annales Islamologiques 56, Ifao 2023) and a collection of published studies on the art of war of the Mamluks, Les Mamelouks: les cavaliers de l’Islam (Heritage in 2022).

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