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After chasing away the Aghlabids from Ifrīqiya, the Fatimids relocated the center of their predication, from where they ruled over the Kutāma fortresses, first in Ṣabra near Kairouan, then in Mahdia, first Islamic capital to be on the coast.
Allaoua Amara
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Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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Infusion of Autologous Retrodifferentiated Stem Cells into Patients with Beta‐Thalassemia
Beta‐thalassemia is a genetic, red blood cell disorder affecting the beta‐globin chain of the adult hemoglobin gene. This results in excess accumulation of unpaired alpha‐chain gene products leading to reduced red blood cell life span and the development of severe anemia.
Ilham Saleh Abuljadayel +8 more
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
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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New Arabic Records From Cairo on Supernovae 1181 and 1006
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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خزانة الجوهر والطيب والطرائف والتحف في العصر الفاطمي [PDF]
خزانة الجوهر والطيب والطرائف والتحف في العصر الفاطمي وصال إسماعيل قسم التاريخ , کلية الدراسات الإنسانية, جامعة الأزهر ,جمهورية مصر العربية . البريد الإلکتروني :wesalhosain.56@azhar.edu.eg الملخص : تحدث هذا البحث عن هذا الثراء
وصال اسماعيل
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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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Mahdawiyyah in the Islamic West [PDF]
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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The position of the Atabic of Damascus on the Crusader invasion of the Levant 497-549 / 1103-1154 AD [PDF]
Prior to the Crusader invasion, the Levant region was experiencing a state of complexity surrounding its political, economic and religious situation, as it was governed by different powers, and internal disputes often characterize that difference, at a ...
Durieed Nory
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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa
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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