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The Effect of the Abbasids’ Political Disintegration on the Architectural Development of the Prophet’s Mosque

open access: yes, 2016
This article discusses the contributions of the Abbasid caliphs to the architectural development of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Those contributions began almost as early as the Abbasid caliphal government had officially emerged as the successor to ...
Spahic Omer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic Contributions to Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The normative practice in the history of science in the West is to start with the Greeks and then jump to the European Renaissance, both studied as a background for the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century.
Iqbal, Muzaffar
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Language Contact and Translation Practices in Medieval Nubia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper sketches out several characteristics of Old Nubian translation of Greek biblical texts, and the specific grammatical manipulations necessary to arrive at a "faithful ...
Vincent van Gerven Oei
core   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

On Ideas in Motion in Baghdad and Beyond [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Note on Damien Janos (ed.), Ideas in Motion in Baghdad and Beyond. Philosophical and Theological Exchanges between Christians and Muslims in the Third/Ninth and Fourth/Tenth Centuries, (Islamic History and Civilization.
Martini, Cecilia
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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