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After being introduced to Islam, Turks started serving as mercenaries in armies of Islamic states. They served in various ranks of first in the Umayyad army and then in the Abbasid army.
İsmet Burak Batır
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Royal figural scenes in Andalusian Art During the Caliphate era in Cordoba (316-422 AH/ 929-1031 AD): New vision in light of some ivory antiques. [PDF]
Andalusian ivory Antiques have a great historical importance and extremely artistic value during the Umayyad Caliphate era in Cordoba ( 316– 422AH / 929– 1031AD ), Because of; its decorations, inscriptions, and figural scenes which reflect many important
Ramy Rashed
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Kejayaan dan Kemunduran Islam pada Masa Dinasti Abbasiyah
Civilizations of all nations, anywhere and at any time, can experience periods of glory, decline, and even destruction. The Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad was the largest government in the history of Islamic civilization, ultimately experiencing its ...
Arif Muzayin Shofwan
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The Grounds and the Elements of Presence of Shiites in the Structure of Abbasid Caliphate from 575 to 656 A.H [PDF]
The commencement of the leadership of caliphate, Nasir le- Dine Allah (575 - 622 After Hijrah) is considered as a turning point in the history of the end of Abbasid government; since he gave power after a period of power stagnancy in Abbasid caliphate ...
Mohsen Alviri +1 more
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The Abbasids and the Fatimids [PDF]
The Fatimid rise to power coincided with the spread of their influence and territorial expansion into Abbasid controlled regions, and the inclination of the Muslim populace towards them.
Hediyeh Taghavi
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw +5 more
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ABSTRACT This article examines gender diversity in Islamicate societies across historical and contemporary contexts, emphasizing the interplay between social norms, religious frameworks, and structural power. It addresses the methodological challenge of avoiding anachronistic applications of modern categories such as “gender” and “sexuality” to Muslim ...
Vanja Hamzić
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Opposition Movement Against the Umayyad Dynasty's Rule (661-750)
The Umayyad dynasty or better known as the Umayyad dynasty was the first Islamic caliphate after the end of the Khulafaur Rashidin caliphate. The duration of the reign of the Umayyad dynasty lasted from 661 to 750 ruled in the Arabian Peninsula and ...
Kiki Widia Sari +2 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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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment
ABSTRACT This paper advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the adoption of irrigation agriculture during the preindustrial period is a predictor of contemporary cross‐country variation in women's political empowerment. Countries whose populations historically relied on irrigation agriculture as their primary subsistence mode tend to ...
Roberto Ezcurra
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