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Social Status of Afghan Women During The History and Its Impact on Their Contemporary Life [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life
SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: One of the most significant issues in the contemporary world is women's legal status and social activities. Afghanistan is at the forefront of women's discussions due to its drastic changes and developments.
Mohammd Zakaria Saeidi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Bio-Medical Discourse and Oriental Metanarratives on Pandemics in the Islamicate World from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries

open access: yesHumanities
This paper examines the writings of European travelers, chaplains, and resident doctors on pandemics in the Mediterranean regions from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Using French comparative literary theory, the article highlights how Muslim communities
Suhail Ahmad   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Popular Ashura Traditions in the Development of Ashura Culture in Iran (907-656 A. H) [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام
Identifying Ashura traditions among ordinary people and the role of these traditions in the formation of Ashura culture in different historical periods is of significance.
Mohammad Ali Rahimi Sabet   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Qiyan in the early Abbasid period

open access: yes, 2006
The thesis deals with the legal status of the qiy̅an as slaves in Islam; describes their nationalities, education and training as singers, instrumentalists and versifiers. It considers their place in the cultural life of the host society. A substantial part of their poetry with particular attention to some of the leading figures is reproduced in ...
openaire   +1 more source

Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.
Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
wiley   +1 more source

Umayyad Lead Coins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The present paper tries to provide a rough overview over lead coins roughly dating to the Umayyad period (ca. 700-750 AD). Lead coins can be either issued alongside copper coins like in Baalbek or Jurjan as part of the regular petty coinage, they can ...
Schindel, Nikolaus
core   +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

Relations Between Monarchy and Caliphate: The Critical Discourse Analysis of Tughril and Al-Qaim's Letters [PDF]

open access: yesدولت‌پژوهی
Introduction: Research problem and backgroundThe relations between the Caliph and Tughril continued continuously from the time of the establishment of the Seljuk state until Tughril's death. These relations fluctuated based on the factors and events that
Zekrollah Mohammadi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Umayyad Lead Sealings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The following article will deal with Islamic sealings from Umayyad jund al- Urdunn and jund Filasṭīn. A few things have to be said as we start. The Umayyad period stretches from 41-132 H/661-750 C.E.
Nintzan, Amitai-Preiss
core   +1 more source

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