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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.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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Abu Ja'far Mansur Was The Greatest Politician of The Abbasids
Buletin Al-Turas, 2018 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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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax
The Muslim World, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 295-319, Autumn 2025.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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The Vizier Ibnu'l-Furât During the Collapse of Abbasids
, 2022 Bu tezin konusu Abbâsî halifesi Muktedir-Billâh’ın veziri İbnü’l-Furât’ın idari, mali ve siyasi faaliyetleridir. İbnü’l-Furât’ın yaşadığı dönemde (241-312/855-924) gerçekleşen siyasi olayları, Abbâsî idari mekanizmasının işleyiş şeklini, mali sistemin
Burgu, Abdullah
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RELIGIOUS QUARRELS IN BAGHDAD (232-656 A.H.) [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2005 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
History Studies, 2023 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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Geoarchaeology, 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
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ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb and the Abbasids
, 2021 This article explores the possibility of mutual legitimation between Sunni religious foundations and Abbasid political interests. The main argument centers on anecdotes that elevate the images of al-ʿAbbās as imam and of his son Ibn
Tayeb El-Hibri
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تاریخ اسلام, 2005 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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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East
Gender &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
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