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Breeze of Continuity: New Evidence for the Occupation of Jumeirah Throughout the Islamic Period
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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Abu Ja'far Mansur Was The Greatest Politician of The Abbasids
During the reign of Abu Ja far a-Mansur, the second Abbasid caliph, several revolts broke outundermining the newly established caliphate. The revolts were launched by the two brothers of the HasanidAlids: Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya and Ibrahim b ...
Ujang Tholib
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Amateur justice in Carolingian Bavaria
This paper examines judges and judgement in Bavarian dispute charters from the first decades of the ninth century. It argues that justice in Carolingian Bavaria was an amateur affair, in which of primary importance was the ability to create a stable consensus around an outcome. Accordingly, distinctions between judges and other participants in judicial
Amos Bronner
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RELIGIOUS QUARRELS IN BAGHDAD (232-656 A.H.) [PDF]
Sectarian quarrels; that happened under particular religious, political and economic conditions, were the most important factor in shaping Baghdad's history between 232 to 656 A.H.With the establishment of the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad, the capital of ...
Mansooreh Karimi Ghahi
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10. YÜZYILDA BATÎHA’DA HÜKÜM SÜREN BİR ARAP EMÎRLİĞİ: ŞÂHÎNÎLER
Batîha, Fırat ve Dicle nehirlerinin aşağı kısmında geniş bir bataklık alanı kaplamaktadır. Antik Çağlardan önce oluşan bölgenin ilk ıslah faaliyetleri Sâsânîler devrinde başlamıştır.
İsmet Burak Batır
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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The forgotten University of Jundi Shapur had played a very significant and valuable role in pre-Islamic Iran, particularly during the Sassanian period. Numerous documents testify to the brilliance of this advanced Sassanid scientific center in philosophy,
Seyyed Asghar Mahmood-Abadi
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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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Comparative Study of the Objectives and Principles of Invitation Organization of Abbasids and Ishmaelite [PDF]
Abbasid and Ishmaelite tried to furtively develop invitation organization towards the actualization of their objectives. The comparison of the objectives and principles of these two organizations and discovering the similarity and difference aspects of ...
Ja’far Sharifi +2 more
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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
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