Ever noticed how so many Arab countries have flags with the same colors—red, black, white, and green? It’s not a coincidence.

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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 ...

Samarra, once a glittering capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, stands as another poignant example. Despite its rich architectural legacy, including unique mosques and palaces, the city suffers from ...

Credit: Aliesin / Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons Starting in 861, the Abbasid caliphate went through one of the typical conflicts that accompanied each change of caliph: the period known as the ...

An exact map of ancient India is hard to trace, and the possibilities are nil due to the absence of any maps. However, the detailing of boundaries through edicts, paintings, and written texts gives us ...

He lived during the Abbasid Caliphate, which was a time of remarkable scientific progress in the Islamic Empire. Al-Khwārizmī made important contributions to mathematics, geography, astronomy ...

Exactly a century ago – on 4 March 1924- the last Caliph of the Muslim world viz. Abdul Mejid II was bundled out of his palace in Constantinople (Istanbul). Consequently, an institution that had ...

It was historically used by Abu Muslim in his uprising leading to the Abbasid Revolution in 747 and is also associated with the Abbasid Caliphate. It is also a symbol and is associated with Islamic ...

CLAIM: A major mosque in Iran raised a black flag to call Muslims to war over Israel’s attacks on Gaza. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Imam Reza shrine said the flag was raised as a symbol of mourning ...

The Abbasid Caliphate was founded in 750 by a dynasty descended from and named itself after the Prophet Muhammad’s uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, who died 100 years before the dynasty was ...