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The Umayyads’ Intermarriages: Its Political and Administrative Impacts on the Umayyad State (41-132 H / 661-749 AD)

open access: yesJournal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2018
Intermarriages represent a form of social connections that occur for common reasons. However, they may also occur for special reasons such as strengthening the relationship of certain families, achieving a tribal alliance, raising the social status of a ...
Huda Fahad Alzowy
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a New Reference Dataset for Northwest Arabian Pottery: A Preliminary Characterization of the Fabrics, Techniques, Shapes and Decoration of the Pre‐Islamic Pottery From Dadan (Third Millennium bce–Early First Millennium ce)

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 138-196, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The site of Dadan, in the al‐ʿUlā valley, is one of the major and longest‐settled ancient oasis settlements in northwest Arabia. As part of the Saudi‐French Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA), a study of its pre‐Islamic ceramic assemblage has been underway since 2020.
Shadi Shabo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Portrayal of Abbasid Rulers in Chronography of Theophanes the Confessor

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2022
This text supplements another, a paper presented a decade ago on the portrayal of Umayyad rulers in Chronography of Theophanes the Confessor (B. Cecota, Islam, the Arabs and Umayyad Rulers according to Theophanes the Confessor’s Chronography, “Studia ...
Błażej Cecota
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The role of Madīna in the emergence of the Mosque-dār al-Imāra combination. A preliminary note [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This contribution aims to complete the debates concerning the Mosque of the Prophet in Madīna with a study focused on the dwelling quarters that populated the surroundings of the blessed building over time (622-711).
Santi, Aila
core   +1 more source

Breeze of Continuity: New Evidence for the Occupation of Jumeirah Throughout the Islamic Period

open access: yesArabian 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
wiley   +1 more source

The rulership of Pippin I of Aquitaine

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 545-571, November 2025.
This article uses the reign of Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) as a case study for the historiographical concept of ‘sub‐rulership’ in Carolingian Francia. It unpicks how Pippin’s status varied over time, arguing that Pippin’s rulership represents well the tension between kingship as an office and as a dynastic status.
Eddie Meehan
wiley   +1 more source

Seni pada Masa Pemerintahan Dinasti Abbasiyah Tahun 711 – 950 Masehi

open access: yesJurnal Kajian Seni, 2016
After the death of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Islam has got the glory. The gold era didn’t see based on the territory. But it has been seen according to the particularly sector. Such as: arts, the building architecture, culture, and education.
Shubhi Mahmashony Harimurti
doaj   +1 more source

A note on an Umayyad carved ivory plaque kept at the Walters Art Gallery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper proposes an iconographical and stylistic analysis of a carved ivory plaque kept at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore (acc. no. 71.62). It will show that it is not a Coptic artefact featuring a Sasanian king, as assumed until now, but an ...
DI CESARE, Michelina
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?

open access: yesHistory 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Umayyad Political Discourse in Shaping Interpretative Narratives of the Phrase "And Were It Not that Allah Pushed Back Some People by Some Others" [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات قرآن و حدیث
One verse of the Quran that has garnered multiple interpretations is the phrase "And were it not that Allah pushed back some people by some others". The initial interpretation by the first interpreter of the Revelation posits that the defense mentioned ...
Seyedeh Hanieh Momen, Zahra Ghasemnejad
doaj   +1 more source

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