Dr Alaa al-Din al-Chomari has been a research assistant at the Research Centre for Islamic Numismatics Tübingen (FINT) since 2020 as part of a project funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (sikka:buya). In addition, he is working as a scholarship holder of the Gerda Henkel Foundation on the establishment of a working area at the Aleppo Museum for the recording of found coins.
Research interests
- Islamic Numismatics
- Islamic History and Oriental Religions
- Relationship between the Quran and archaeological findings
Scientific activities and academic degrees
Since Dec. 2020 | Research 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 –2023 | Scholarship 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 centuries. |
| 16.–25. Feb. 2020 | Workshop on the Reference Database Project in Beirut |
| Jan. 2017–Dec. 2019 | Scholarship 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 |
| 2012–15 | University 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 |
| 2005 | University of Aleppo: Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology |
Publications (selection):
Books
- [Submitted:] Sylloge Numorum Arabicorum Tubingen IVe2: Die Münzstätte Aleppo in mamlukischer und osmanischer Zeit (1260-1773). Berlin 2021.
- 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
- [in press:] “Archeological Traces and coins from the Arabic Culture in Sicily”, in: Discovering Common Roots: Sicily and the Mediterranean – a History of Pluralistic Traditions . Palermo, Sicily, 11–13 December 2017. Oxford 2021.
- [in press:] “Islamic cities Planning in northern Syria, ar-Raqqa city”, in: The International Online Conference ‘Housing and Identity in the Context of Metropolization’ 14 – 15 October 2020. Oxford, 2021.
- "A typology of Dirhams from the mint of Aleppo under the sultan Barquq", in: Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Lutz Ilisch. [to be published in spring 2021]
- الدرهم "Derham", in: Syrian Encyclopedia (الموسوعة السورية), Damascus 2019, 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. [to be published in 2019]
- "The scientific study of Islamic Coins – Treasure studies and their importance in preserving heritage" in: Journal of Islamic Numismatic Center, No. 1, 2018, 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, 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 2004/5, unpublished
Reviews
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.
