These novels blend the substantiated with the surreal, offering new ways to understand the past through magic, monsters and ...

(RNS) — The book pushes back on stereotypes of Muslim women being oppressed and subservient, and instead highlights stories of prominent rulers who influenced Islamic civilization.

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of ...

They ruled for 500 years and led the Islamic world into a golden age. Then in a single siege, Baghdad was reduced to ruins and the caliphate was no more.

Surrounded by powerful rivals like the Abbasid Caliphate, Theophilos needed to bolster his personal image and his empire’s as a center of wealth, culture, and innovation. See all the latest news from ...

It was also the home of a Christian people who, with the support of the Byzantine Empire, managed to maintain their independence against the advance of the Caliphate until 708, when they were defeated ...

On November 19, 2004, the NBA was changed forever. The Malice at the Palace, one of the most infamous fights in sports history, occurred at the Palace of Auburn Hills in the final minute of a ...

Meanwhile, the Abbasid Caliphate faced an unexpected and serious problem: a massive insurrection that broke out in Mesopotamia near Basra, led by a self-proclaimed descendant of Muhammad who was ...

The Abbasid revolution, establishment of the Caliphate and its consolidation was facilitated by a large number of groups throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Persia. In turn, the Abbasid rule saw ...

While often referred to as the period of Arab rule, it was specifically the Aghlabid dynasty, a vassal of the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate, that captured Palermo and built it into the prime city of the ...

All authority must be derived through him. When he fled from his mayors of the palace and became a shadow in Egypt, that pretension was maintained and was assumed by the Turkish Sultan Selim, when in ...