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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"caliphs"”.
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Caliphs, Governors and their Administrators in Early Islam A Prosopographical Approach (AH 24–36/644–661 CE)
My PhD thesis “Caliphs, Governors, and their Administrators in Early Islam: A Prosopographical Approach AH 24–41/644–661 CE,” offers a fresh perspective on early Islamic history by examining the broader social and political networks that underpin the power and influence of historical figures. It …
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The Attempt of a New Damascus: Cordoba Under the Caliphate
… spread throughout the Middle East. The Umayyad caliphs of Damascus succeeded the four orthodox caliphs of Madlnah. One of the flowers of the Umayyad branch was the assimilation of Hellenistic learning into Islam. The Umayyads also pushed the boundaries of Islam into Asia, India and North Africa. …
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The influence of Hadith on the architecture of early congregational mosques
… which were built under the Rightly-guided Caliphs and those built by the Umayyads, respectively. Chapter eight is an epilogue that summarizes the findings of the study.
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World Image after World Empire: The Ptolemaic Cosmos in the Early Middle Ages, ca. 700-900
… its host society, and the necessity for Umayyad caliphs to develop a flexible visual</p>
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Traditions of Learning in Fāṭimid Ifrīqiya (296-362/909-973): Networks, Practices, and Institutions
… namely the scholarly community and the Fāṭimid caliphs and agents of their daʿwa, and the narratives of disputations within the context of the rise of the Fāṭimid empire and the geopolitical “game of thrones.” The disputations were chosen with a twofold aim: to draw attention to the shared …
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Frankish-Muslim Diplomatic Relations and the Shared Minority Discourse in the Eastern Mediterranean, 517-692 AH/1123-1293 AD
… relations between Byzantine emperors and Umayyad caliphs and their concerns over the welfare of minorities. It shows how rulers projected their authority by including minorities in their negotiations and how changes in the relations between rulers brought about the improvement or worsening of …
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THE APPROPRIATION OF ISLAMIC HISTORY AND AHL AL-BAYTISM IN OTTOMAN HISTORICAL WRITING, 1300-1650
… and Ottoman views of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphs and significant events and persons during the reigns of these two dynasties. Since the great schism between the Sunnis and Shiites began because of their different stances on the issue of succession to Muhammad, studying these perceptions …
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The water resources structures on the Syrian and Egyptian pilgrim routes to Makka and Medinah
… of water on the pilgrim caravan routes made the caliphs pay great concern to providing the pilgrim routes with the most essential facilities, particularly water supplies and storage. Ever since the earliest Islamic times, they provided for the travellers Al birak, water tanks; Ahwadh cisterns; …
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Sovranità Imperiale. Dal Simbolismo all'Espressione Architettonica nella Cultura di Corte Bizantina, Carolingia e Islamica (VIII-X secolo d.C.)
… Islamic narratives recall the pride of various Caliphs who undertook an architectural campaign. Court ideology conceived the building activity as an explicit symbol of imperial glory. The description of this particular aspect of the suzerain’s policy became a milestone of historiographical …