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Holy places that have played a role in the urban evolution of damascus [PDF]
, 2014 This study describes some of the shrines that contributed to the urban development of Damascus from the emergence of Islam to the middle ages. It also discusses the connection between the existence of holy places which attract pilgrims for religious and ...
Anabesh, Ghaleb
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Archaeology from A to Z: Abu Zarad, an ancient town in the heartland of Palestine [PDF]
, 2015 A new agreement on cooperation for the archaeological exploration, cultural and tourist valorization of Tell Sheikh Abu Zarad, in central Palestine, has been signed in April 2015 by Rome Sapienza University and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of ...
Fiaccavento, Chiara +3 more
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Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 168-186, March 2024.Abstract Since the 1979 Revolution, Iranian pilgrims have engaged in saint visitation (ziyarat) to sites in Syria. By travelling via Turkey on buses, and venerating Sayyida Zainab at their destination, these pilgrims disrupt conventional conceptions of not only Islamic ritual, but also Iranian mobility under sanctions.
Emrah Yıldız
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L'itinéraire hellénique de Tâhâ Husayn
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2002 Why was the publication by Tâhâ Husayn on pre-Islamic poetry so criticised by al-Azhar since the central thesis of the work (this poetry was almost entirely recreated in the Umayyad period) does not contain anything that would shock a pious Muslim ? This
Luc Barbulesco
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KUFAN HADITH TRANSMITTERS AND GEOPOLITICS IN EARLY PERIOD OF ISLAM
Ulul Albab, 2020 This article discusses the hadith transmitters involvement in Kufa politic dynamic in the early time of Islam Period, which was experiencing a long range of social turmoils. These turmoils occurred from 40 H/661 AD until the end of the Umayyad dynasty in
Novizal Wendry +2 more
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Passion and Conflict: Medieval Islamic Views of the West
, 2014 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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From Stadium to Harbor : Re-interpreting the Curved Ashlar Structure in Roman Tiberias [PDF]
, 2017 A salvage excavation in the modern city of Tiberias in 2002 exposed the remnants of a wide, curved ashlar structure. Based on its curved shape, its construction date, and its location, various scholars have identified this structure as the foundation ...
Bonnie, Rick Gerard Lorenz Maria
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Yang Liangyao's Mission of 785 to the Caliph of Baġdād: evidence of an early Sino-Arabic power alliance? [PDF]
, 2015 The primary focus of this article is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei 神道之碑) of a Chinese eunuch, a certain Yang Liangyao 楊良瑤 (736–806), that will be comparatively analysed against the background of the political landscape under ...
Schottenhammer, Angela
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American Journal of Islam and Society, 2006 Originally intended as a short textbook codifying the existing knowledge of Islamic political thought, Patricia Crone’s God’s Rule developed into a fuller and more comprehensive examination of the first six centuries of government and Islam.
Charles Fletcher
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Umayyad and ‘Abbasid glass stamps from a private collection [PDF]
, 2012 This contribution intends to present some Umayyad and ‘Abbasid glass stamps, from a large private collection, probably made in Egypt during the 8th-9th century AD, supposedly by the office of weights and measures (d!r al-‘iy!r).
D'Ottone, Arianna
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