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A brief note on the Yemenite chahar taq mausoleums. The case of Baraqish [PDF]
, 2016 The chahartaq, a type of building frequently used as a mausoleum in Iran during the Islamic era, has an undeniable Iranian pre-Islamic origin, but its architectural form, together with its function as a mausoleum, crossed the Iranian border and was ...
FONTANA, MARIA VITTORIA
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The 'Pharaoh' Anecdote in Pre-Modern Arabic Historiography [PDF]
, 2010 This article examines the development of the pharaoh as a literary figure in Arabic historiography between the third/ninth and the ninth/fifteenth centuries.
Hirschler, Konrad
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New Arabic Records From Cairo on Supernovae 1181 and 1006
Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 346, Issue 9, November 2025.ABSTRACT The remnant of the historical supernova SN 1181 is under discussion: While the previously suggested G130.7+3.1 (3C58) appears too old (3000–5000 year), the unusual star IRAS00500+6713 with a surrounding nebula (Pa‐30) has an expansion age not inconsistent with a SN Iax explosion in ad 1181 under the assumption that neither acceleration nor ...
J. G. Fischer +3 more
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The ways of the lustre: looking for the tunisian connection [PDF]
, 2014 Recent excavations at the Fatimid and Zirid site of Sabra al-Mansuriya near Kairouan (Tunisia) provide the first evidence of lustreware production in medieval Ifriqiya, in the 10th–11th centuries AD.
Capelli, Claudio +3 more
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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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Mahdawiyyah in the Islamic West [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2014 The idea of Mahdawiyyah (belief in the Coming of the Promised Mahdi) is a major Qur’anic, hadithic, theological, and political concept and a pillar in the history of Islam.
Mohammad Reza Pak
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From 'Alī to Dante's «Alì» : a Western Medieval Understanding of «Shī'a» [PDF]
, 2016 This paper focuses on the figure of Alì, found along with Maometto and sowers of scandal and schism in Dante's Divina Commedia (Inferno 28). While early commentators on the poem variously identify Alì as a companion or disciple of Maometto's, or his ...
Di Cesare, Michelina
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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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The Role of Fatimids in the Propagation of Narrative Sciences [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2015 The present article is to study the written legacy of Fatimid Shiites in Egypt concerning the narrative sciences. Narration is considered as the most important foundation of propagation of religious and biological sciences.
Hasan Gaffarifar, Safura Salariyeh
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