Discover the captivating story of Medieval Baghdad, once the shining beacon of the Islamic Golden Age, through the lens of Kings and Generals. Journey back to the early days of the Abbasid Caliphate, ...

Abbasid Era Though the Abbasid capital shifted to Baghdad, the Shami route remained active due to Damascus’s enduring spiritual significance.

His grand era of Imamat began in 183 A.H. when he was thirty-five years old and he held that divine position for about twenty years. The three Abbasid caliphs were his contemporaries: Haroon al-Rashid ...

He noted that Christians and Muslims co-authored the Arab civilization from the 7th century onward, especially through the contributions of Christian and Syriac scholars during the Abbasid era.

Baghdad: Iraq has announced the discovery of an ancient city dating back to the Abbasid era in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, estimated to be more than 1,200 years old.

Rare Abbasid-Era red clay flask featuring camel art found in Yatir Decorated flask uncovered in cave-turned-olive press at Horvat 'Anim; symbol of camels’ central role in early Islamic economy.

The design came to her in a dream: an angel told her to rebuild the House of Wisdom, the Grand Library of Baghdad during the Abbasid era.

AMMAN - The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars. That period was als ...

In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned ...

The study traces the origins of Arabic philosophical discourse to the early Abbasid era, when Muslim Arabs engaged with the Greek philosophical heritage, particularly the works of Plato and Aristotle.

The origins of Khashaba are debated: some scholars trace its roots to the Abbasid era (750–1258 CE), suggesting it evolved from African slaves’ celebrations during their breaks from strenuous ...