Affiliation : University of Edinburgh    Head of the Institue : Professor Hugh Goddard    Date of establishment : 1980    Field : Arabic and Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies    Tel : (+44) 131 650 4182    Fax : (+44) 131 650 6804    Addres : The University of Edinburgh, 19 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD    Email : imes@ed.ac.uk ,Islamic.Studies@ed.ac.uk    Url : http://www.imes.ed.ac.uk/    More : See also: http://www.ed.ac.uk/ Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies was established in 1980 through an amalgamation of the old Departments of Arabic, Turkish and Persian (established in 1912, 1950 and 1951 respectively).