The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of ...

Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little ...

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When Imam Reza (AS) finally reached Marv, the capital of Ma’mun, He was welcomed by Ma’mun himself and some distinguished Abbasid nobles. Ma’mun at first offered Imam the caliphate but Imam ... work ...

They seem to be wary of art, architecture and aesthetics ... Later on, Persia reemerged as a challenger to Arabic might with the rise of Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad around 800 AD, and even more ...

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“The Abbasid shift of the centre of the Caliphate from Syria to Iraq led to a rapid economic decline and drop in population, especially in the cities,” Khouri stressed, adding that the settlement ...

Main routes of the Muslim slave trade in Africa. Credit: Aliesin / Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons Starting in 861, the Abbasid caliphate went through one of the typical conflicts that ...

In the year 773, a group of Brahmin astrologers from Ujjain arrived at the court of the Abbasid ... passion for arts and sciences, Barmakids rose to become central figures in the caliphate.

He strengthened Abbasid control over Khorasan, and was appointed governor of the province following the establishment of the Abbasid caliphate in 750 C.E. The ... Hearing about the mastery in the art ...