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The Scholar's Contributions of the Locality Al-harbiya of the Intellectual Life in the Third Abbasid Era [PDF]
, 2021 This research was devoted to the study of the contributions of the scholars of the Baghdadi Al-Harbiya locality in the intellectual life of the Third Abbasid era (334-447 AH/945-1055AD), and the intellectual products that contributed to the prosperity of
Al-Shaybany, M. N. (Mohammed)
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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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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment
Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 377-398, May 2026.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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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S103-S115, April 2026.ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi +2 more
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Islamic Environmentalism and Epistemic Waste
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 414-437, December 2025.ABSTRACT Environmental ethics is concerned with how humans use and relate to the environment, including its conservation and protection. In recent decades, works on Islamic environmentalism have increased multiplied with efforts to ground an ethics based on the resources of the Islamic scholarly tradition.
Aysenur Cam
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الأسطورة وتمثلاتها في العصر العباسي [Legendary and its representations in Abbasid era]
, 2020 Literature is a form of supreme human expression; it is the most insignificant way reflecting the ideas and culture of the peoples and nations. Literature in the Abbasid era reached its glory and grandeur; which resulted in a huge and the majestic ...
Mohamed Fathy, Mohamed Abdelgelil +2 more
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Archaeological Geology of Jurash, ʿAsīr Province, Southwestern Saudi Arabia
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 230-244, November 2025.ABSTRACT The Jurash archaeological site is located on Wādī Bīshah near the city of Khamīs Mushayt in southwestern Saudi Arabia. It has a fort and other remains from the pre‐Islamic period (third century bc to early seventh century ad) and a settlement with two mosques from the Early Islamic period (early seventh to early 11th centuries ad).
James A. Harrell
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Breeze of Continuity: New Evidence for the Occupation of Jumeirah Throughout the Islamic Period
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 306-327, November 2025.ABSTRACT The Jumeirah Archaeological Research Project seeks to reassess the long‐term occupation of Jumeirah through an integrated study of three key archaeological sites—Jumeirah 1, 2 and 3. This study builds upon previous excavations and archival data to refine the chronology of the settlement and examine whether these sites functioned as a single ...
Karol Juchniewicz +4 more
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Amateur justice in Carolingian Bavaria
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 497-521, November 2025.This paper examines judges and judgement in Bavarian dispute charters from the first decades of the ninth century. It argues that justice in Carolingian Bavaria was an amateur affair, in which of primary importance was the ability to create a stable consensus around an outcome. Accordingly, distinctions between judges and other participants in judicial
Amos Bronner
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