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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries
The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Grigori Simeonov
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Social Acceptance of the Fatimid Caliphs in the Light of Social Vitality of Popular Rituals [PDF]
After the transfer of power to Cairo and selection of Cairo as the capital of Islam, the Fatimids needed to strengthen the legitimacy and acceptability of their caliphate against the Abbasid caliphate and in the Sunni community of Egypt in order to ...
Mohammad reza Barani, Narges Malek
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Abstract This article explores an intellectual disconnection in architectural education about the conception of wood as a building material. It explores initiatives to develop in future architects a deeper consciousness of the complex ecology of timber, promoting its sustainable use in the building industry.
James Benedict Brown, Francesco Camilli
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Political Revival of the Abbasid Caliphate: Al-Muqtafī and the Seljuqs
The reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtafī (r. 1136–1160) was one of great historical significance. Despite his having been chosen and elevated to the caliphate by the Seljuq sultans during the nadir of Abbasid power, after they had
D. G. Tor
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The Coinage of Surra Man Raˈa: An Overview [PDF]
: The city of Sāmarrā “Surra Man Raˈa” was founded during the era of the Abbāsid Caliph Al-Muʿtasim Bi-Allāh, then it became the capital of the Abbāsid caliphate in its second era in the period between 221-279AH. Notably, “Surra Man Raˈa” has issued many
عاطف منصور محمد رمضان
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The archaeological and scientific analysis of blue‐decorated ceramics in the Tang and Song dynasties
Abstract This paper reviews studies of Tang and Song blue‐and‐white porcelains, both archaeologically and scientifically, based on published data, and compares blue‐and‐white with sancai, which represents the earliest use of cobalt pigment in Chinese ceramics.
Yun Zhang, A. Mark Pollard
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Patricia Crone and the “secular tradition” of early Islamic historiography: An exegesis
Abstract Patricia Crone famously identified three distinct sub‐traditions within early Islamic historiography: a “religious tradition”, a “tribal tradition”, and a “secular tradition”. Whereas the first is extremely unreliable and the second is partially unreliable regarding early Islamic history in general (c.
Joshua J. Little
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Convergence and Divergence between Atabakan e- Zangi and Abbasid caliphate [PDF]
Atabakan e- Zangi was a Turkish government that they formally achieved authority from 521 to 624 After Hijrah in Mosel and governed in some states in the North of Iraq.
Hamid Mozaffari +2 more
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With the establishment of the Caliphate foundation, Iranians disappointed with accessing their own political aims through cooperating with the Caliphate, gradually started to reconstruct their kingdom regime and began a competition that somehow had a ...
Siavash Yari
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The Procedures of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu\u27tadidBillah (279-289 AH / 892-902 AD) to Ensure that the Caliphate was Confined to his Offspring [PDF]
This study aims at uncovering the procedures followed by the Abbasid Caliph, alMu\u27tadidBillah, to ensure that the caliphate was confined to his offspring and that other branches of the Abbasid family were deprived of it.
Telfah, Modar Adnan
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