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Passion and Conflict: Medieval Islamic Views of the West
This article analyzes the representation of al-Andalus and North Africa in medieval Islamic maps from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. In contrast to other maps of the Mediterranean, which display a veneer of harmony and balance, the image of the
Pinto, Karen C.
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Preliminary thoughts upon the policies of the Ottoman State in the 16th century Indian Ocean [PDF]
This article aims to sketch concisely about the relationships between the Ottomans and the Portuguese pertaining to the developments in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the 16th century. The purpose of the Portuguese Kingdom to establish hegemony in
Ozay, Mehmet
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Some Notes on Madrasah Education in Bangladesh: a Historical Description [PDF]
This paper tries to describe a historical development on Madrasah education system in Bangladesh. Bangladesh or formerly known as Eats Pakistan has significant contribution in spreading Islam in Asia.
Karim, M. A. (M)
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The Rol of Fatimid Shi ihs in the Crusades [PDF]
The crusades is that part of the history of Islam and christianity that has been researched and studied by the arietalists before and more than the Muslims. The Muslims, especially their elite, in the fifth and sixth centuries had considered the crusades
Abdollah Naseri - Taheri
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Writing for the Caliphate: The Unique Necklace by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih*
This study undertakes a political reading of the ʿIqd al-farīd by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih (246/860-328/940). It proposes to identify this adab encyclopaedia, composed in Cordova as a “caliphal” composition, by interpreting its conceptual agenda and compositional
Isabel Toral-Niehoff
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Qalāwūnid discourse, elite communication and the Mamluk cultural matrix: interpreting a 14th-century panegyric [PDF]
This article analyses a brief panegyric text from mid-14th-century Egypt, authored by the court scribe Ibrāhīm b. al- Qaysarānī (d. 1352) and dedicated to the Qalāwūnid Mamluk sultan al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ismāʿīl (r. 1342-5).
Van Steenbergen, Jo
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The Fatimids: The Rise of a Muslim Empire
Shainool Jiwa’s The Rise of a Muslim Empire is a two-volume historical work on the legacy of the Fatimid Empire. The first volume surveys the religious and sociopolitical underpinnings of Fatimid rule from its North African establishment in 909 to its ...
Ameen Omar
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Changes in the Scientific Strategy from the Fatimids to Salah al-Din Ayyubi [PDF]
Dear Editor, A very valuable article has been written entitled “Medical Developments during the Reign of Salah al-Dîn al-Ayyûbî and the Famous Physicians of the Period” which provides valuable information about Salah al-Dîn’s medical services.
Kamran Mahlooji
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Medium and Message in the Monumental Epigraphy of Medieval Cairo [PDF]
We have in Cairo an unbroken sequence of inscriptions on major and minor religious monuments from the 9th century onwards. The size of this corpus enables us to discuss a wide variety of topics, and in particular the ways in which religious monuments ...
O’Kane, Bernard
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