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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 377-398, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the adoption of irrigation agriculture during the preindustrial period is a predictor of contemporary cross‐country variation in women's political empowerment. Countries whose populations historically relied on irrigation agriculture as their primary subsistence mode tend to ...
Roberto Ezcurra
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MARDİN MÜZESİ SİKKE KOLLEKSİYONU ÖRNEKLERİNE GÖRE ABBÂSÎ SİKKELERİNDE YAZI-KOMPOZİSYON İLİŞKİSİ

open access: yesİstem, 2014
Abbâsîler, Emevî devletinin yıkılmasından sonra İslam devletinin yönetimini ve hilafet makamını beş asırdan fazla elinde tutan büyük hanedan devletlerinden biridir.
Necla Dursun
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A Rare Abbasid Dinar in the Name of Caliph al- Mu'taḍid b. Allah Minted in al- Muhammadiya in 282 AH. دينار عباسي نادر باسم الخليفة المعتضد بالله ضرب المحمدية سنة 282هـ [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة مرکز المسکوکات الإسلامية - مصر
This study investigates a rare Abbasid dinar in the name of Abbasid caliph al-M Mu'tadid b. Allah minted in al-Muhammadiya in 282 AH, which has never been published or studied yet.
أحمد محمد دسوقي
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An Archaeometallurgical Investigation on Some Archaeological Metal Finds From the Sasanian Site of Jahāngir, Western Iran

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S103-S115, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi   +2 more
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Kejayaan dan Kemunduran Islam pada Masa Dinasti Abbasiyah

open access: yesJurnal Keislaman
Civilizations of all nations, anywhere and at any time, can experience periods of glory, decline, and even destruction. The Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad was the largest government in the history of Islamic civilization, ultimately experiencing its ...
Arif Muzayin Shofwan
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Islamic Environmentalism and Epistemic Waste

open access: yesJournal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 414-437, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Environmental ethics is concerned with how humans use and relate to the environment, including its conservation and protection. In recent decades, works on Islamic environmentalism have increased multiplied with efforts to ground an ethics based on the resources of the Islamic scholarly tradition.
Aysenur Cam
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Archaeological Geology of Jurash, ʿAsīr Province, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 230-244, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The Jurash archaeological site is located on Wādī Bīshah near the city of Khamīs Mushayt in southwestern Saudi Arabia. It has a fort and other remains from the pre‐Islamic period (third century bc to early seventh century ad) and a settlement with two mosques from the Early Islamic period (early seventh to early 11th centuries ad).
James A. Harrell
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Breeze of Continuity: New Evidence for the Occupation of Jumeirah Throughout the Islamic Period

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 306-327, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The Jumeirah Archaeological Research Project seeks to reassess the long‐term occupation of Jumeirah through an integrated study of three key archaeological sites—Jumeirah 1, 2 and 3. This study builds upon previous excavations and archival data to refine the chronology of the settlement and examine whether these sites functioned as a single ...
Karol Juchniewicz   +4 more
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