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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax
The Muslim World, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 295-319, Autumn 2025.Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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Comparison of Three Dynasties: Umayyads, Abbasids and Ottoman Turks
Comparison of Three Dynasties: Umayyads, Abbasids and Ottoman ...
Maharani Putri Adrianto
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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa
Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the Ibadi and Ismaili Muslim communities in East Africa—particularly in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar)—and their distinct religious, social, and economic roles. Even as minorities within predominantly Sunni contexts, both groups have shaped the region through migration, commerce, and international ...
Kimberly T. Wortmann
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The Complex Roots of the Figures Modellate in Stucco inside the Khirbat al-Mafjar - Some Observations [PDF]
Anastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and ArtThe paper refers to the decorative art made in stucco sculptures in the Umayyad palace at Khirbat al-Mafjar, a significant example of early Islamic cultural heritage in Palestine and worldwide. Khirbat al-Mafjar represents the Early Islamic architecture
Siyana Georgieva
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux +13 more
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Per dynamin – per energian: Hrotsvit of Gandersheim’s knowledge of Greek
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 220-243, May 2025.This paper investigates Hrotsvit of Gandersheim’s knowledge of Greek. It proceeds from three questions. First, what resources for learning Greek were available in tenth‐century Germany? Second, were there any figures in her ambit from whom she could have learned?
Graham Robert Johnson
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Remote Sensing Analysis and LiDAR Experimenting in the Espique Valley (La Peza, Granada, Spain)
Archaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 395-407, April/June 2025.ABSTRACT The Espique valley is a small space at the foot of the mountain, practically closed, which hides a rich archaeological heritage, not only of habitats but also of varied productive spaces. For some years now, MEMOLab UGR has been carrying out research that is now enriched with the contribution of LiDAR, with whose application we are ...
Jesús Rodríguez Bulnes +2 more
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George G. Miles. — The coinage of the Umayyads of Spain et Rare Islamic Coins
, 1951 Gaudefroy-Demombynes Maurice. George G. Miles. — The coinage of the Umayyads of Spain et Rare Islamic Coins. In: Syria. Tome 28 fascicule 3-4, 1951. pp.
Gaudefroy-Demombynes, Maurice
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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 364-379, April 2025.Abstract Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS).
Cristina Boschetti +4 more
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A.-C. Creswell. — Early Muslim Architecture, Part. I: Umayyads
, 1933 Gabriel Albert. A.-C. Creswell. — Early Muslim Architecture, Part. I: Umayyads. In: Syria. Tome 14 fascicule 2, 1933. pp.
Gabriel, Albert
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