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New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro‐Agricultural Strategies in Northwest Arabia: A Geoarchaeological Study of al‐Bint Dam (Sadd al‐Bint)

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Preacher’s Mirror: Mixing Advice and Panegyric in Ibn al-Ǧawzī’s al-Miṣbāḥ al-muḍīʾ

open access: yesAl-Qantara : Revista de Estudios Arabes
This article examines the first chapter of al-Miṣbāḥ al-muḍīʾ fī ḫilāfat al-Mustaḍīʾ (“The Radiant Lamp: The Caliphate of al-Mustaḍīʾ”), a homiletic mirror for princes written by the Ḥanbalī scholar and preacher Ibn al-Ǧawzī (d. 597/1201).
Han Hsien Liew
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 364-379, April 2025.
Abstract Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS).
Cristina Boschetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Effective Features on Improving the Performance of the Fatimid's Da'wat Organization (567-297 A. H) [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام
Da'wat organization, as the biggest propaganda means of Fatimid caliphate (567-297 A. H), was responsible for the important task of spreading and propagating Ismaili teachings and providing the grounds for Fatimid domination as the only legitimate ...
Raziyeh Ansari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mathematics In The Era Of The Abbasid Dynasty: Al-Khawarizmi’s Contribution To The Development Of Modern Mathematical Thought In Baghdad 780-850 CE

open access: yesBatuthah
The development of knowledge during the Abbasid Caliphate marked the emergence of the Islamic Golden Age, supported by political and institutional backing for intellectual activities.
Kamila Ainur Ridho   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Success of the Caliph Mutazid in Managing of the Abbasid Financial Crisis [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2015
Mutazid was one of the powerful caliphs in the second half of the Abbasid caliphate who was confronted financial crisis due to vaccuated treasury,budget deficit and debility of state in paying salaries.
علی ناظمیان فرد   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

IBN 'ALGHAMI AND THE FALL OF BAGHDAD [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2005
Ibn 'Alghami was among the wise viziers of the Abbasid caliphate. He was the vizier of Caliph Musta'sim with whose fall in 656 A.H. the caliphate in Baghdad ended.
Mohammad Taher Ya'ghobi
doaj  

Longing for the Lost Caliphate

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 2019
In her superbly learned book, Mona Hassan sets out to explain the enduring meaning of Muslim lamentations after two of the greatest Muslim caliphates were abolished in 1258 and 1924 CE.
Alden Young
doaj   +1 more source

The allegiance-offering ceremony of the caliphs and their heirs in the second Abbasid era (550-656 AH / 1155-1258 AD)

open access: yesJournal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2016
The period of this study witnessed a revival of the Abbasid Caliphate Institution after getting rid of foreign control. This was accompanied by a desire to revive the ceremonies that had stopped since the beginning of the fourth century AH.
Mohammad Alkadhat
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond labels: redefining what it means to be a scientist a quarter‐way through the 21st century

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Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 10-12, February 2025.
Sandra Klemet‐N'Guessan
wiley   +1 more source

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