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

Archaeologists at Khirbet al-Mafjar recently uncovered what they think are horse stables belonging to a manor house from the later Abbasid Caliphate period, evidence that the original Umayyad ...

Supporters of the Islamic State march in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, the year the militant group declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press) Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the ...

But in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the game attempts to give players a glimpse into the rich and diverse history of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Several caliphates have been declared throughout history, including the Abbasid caliphate of the ninth century, which dominated the Arabian peninsula as well as modern-day Iran, Iraq and ...

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 ...

That’s a question addressed by Tayeb El-Hibri in this scholarly evaluation of the Abbasid dynasty and, in so doing, he constantly emphasises the valuable insights to be gleaned from such a study and ...

The Islamic Golden age began during the Abbasid caliphate which was centred around the city of Baghdad. In 1258, the Mongol armies from the east destroyed Baghdad and ended Abbasid rule.