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, 2015 This chapter discusses the political, historical, and institutional aspects of the caliphate. The term “caliphate” is most commonly restricted to five periods or dynasties: the Rightly Guided Caliphate (632–61), the Umayyad caliphate (661–750), the ...
Wadad Kadi, Aram A. Shahin
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
Early 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
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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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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa
Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the Ibadi and Ismaili Muslim communities in East Africa—particularly in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar)—and their distinct religious, social, and economic roles. Even as minorities within predominantly Sunni contexts, both groups have shaped the region through migration, commerce, and international ...
Kimberly T. Wortmann
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The Fatimids...and the trade route to India (358-567 AH / 969-1171 AD)
آداب الكوفة, 2017 The issue of foreign trade is one of the important issues that show the vitality of the state and the extent of its influence on the external level. The strength of commercial activity results from the strength, stability and cohesion of the state on ...
محمود شاكر مشعان
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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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Administrative systems during the Fatimid era (358-567 AH / 968-1171 AD)
, 2019 Egypt lived after submission of the Islamic Authority dominance and control of many nation or local authorities and split from central government and declared its independency. It could be one of reason which helped those authorities to success.
Khanzad Sabah Mohiuddin
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A Glimpse into Fatimid Rule in North Africa and Egypt (909-1171 AD) [PDF]
, 2022 : The Fatimid Caliphate was the first Shia dynasty which ruled for two and a half centuries, from 909 to 1171 AD in North Africa and Egypt. They got their name Fatimid from Hazrat Muhammad’s (pbuh) daughter Hazrat Fatima (r.a) as they claimed to be the ...
BADRUDDIN THARWANI, DINAR
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استبداد الوزراء والصراع علي السلطة خلال العصر الفاطمي (٣٥٨- ٥٦٧هت/ ٩٦٩-١١٧١م)
Mağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb, Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Zaqāzīqشهدت الدولة الفاطمية خلال فترة حكمها علي مصر صراعاً شرساً علي منصب الوزارة بين رجال الدولة، الذي تطلع إليه الكثيرون من الطامعين، فدبروا الفتن واستعانوا بالقوي الخارجية التي تحركت هي الأخرى لإحكام سيطرتها علي البلاد، وفيما يتصل بالصراع علي تقلد الوزارة ...
فاطمة فتحي محمد عبد العال
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