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Shurṭa: The Evolution of Police Forces in the Early Caliphates In the linguistic landscape of the Arabic world, the term Shurṭa (شرطة) is the standard word for police. Derived from the La...
Read Shurṭa: The Evolution of Police Forces in the Early CaliphatesSahih al-Bukhari: The Compilation and Transmission of an Authentic Hadith Collection The Sahih al-Bukhari stands as one of the most significant works in Islamic scholarship, representing ...
Read Sahih al-Bukhari: The Compilation and Transmission of an Authentic Hadith CollectionClifford Edmund Bosworth: A Legacy of Orientalism and Islamic History Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928–2015) was a distinguished English historian and Orientalist—a scholar specializing in ...
Read Clifford Edmund Bosworth: A Legacy of Orientalism and Islamic HistoryBilad al-Sham: The History and Administration of Islamic Syria Bilad al-Sham (Arabic: بِلَاد الشَّام), frequently referred to in English as Islamic Syria, was a pivotal province of the ea...
Read Bilad al-Sham: The History and Administration of Islamic SyriaAl-Mutanabbi: The Master Poet of the Islamic Golden Age In the annals of world literature, few figures loom as large as Al-Mutanabbi (Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kin...
Read Al-Mutanabbi: The Master Poet of the Islamic Golden AgeSayf al-Dawla: The Warrior Emir of Aleppo and the Hamdanid Dynasty In the turbulent landscape of the 10th century, few figures embody the struggle between the resurgent Byzantine Empire a...
Read Sayf al-Dawla: The Warrior Emir of Aleppo and the Hamdanid DynastyHamdanid Dynasty: The Shia Arab Rulers of Mesopotamia and Syria The Hamdanid dynasty (Arabic: al-Ḥamdāniyyūn) was a prominent Shia Muslim Arab dynasty that exerted significant influence o...
Read Hamdanid Dynasty: The Shia Arab Rulers of Mesopotamia and SyriaJund Qinnasrīn: The Military District of Northern Syria Following the Muslim conquest of Syria in the 7th century CE, the region was organized into several administrative divisions. Among...
Read Jund Qinnasrīn: The Military District of Northern SyriaIraq: A Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization to a Modern Republic Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a land of profound historical depth and strategic importance. Often refer...
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