The previous articles centered on the origins of Shiite Islam and its political history to examine the Shiite basis for ...

Both Iran and Russia are attempting to assert influence in the Caspian Sea region, but their recent miscalculations are ...

Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

Restoration work continues at the Fethiye Mosque (formerly the Ani Cathedral), the first conquest mosque in Anatolia, where ...

In 1258, the Mongol Empire unleashed one of the most devastating sieges in history, bringing down the heart of the Islamic ...

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

Explore the rapid expansion of Islamic empires from Arabia to Europe, Africa, and Asia between the 7th and 9th centuries, and their lasting impact on global history.

But Iran was also quick to declare victory despite suffering more than 600 military and civilian casualties by pointing at ...

By 4 a.m ., a breeze had begun to blow across the stadium near the center of Baghdad, but Qaid al-Sheikhli was still sweating ...

The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of canals in what is now Iraq, a new study finds.

When Imam (AS) attained the Imamat, the political government was then run by Haroon al-Rashid in Baghdad. Because of the style of rule exercised by this Abbasid caliph which was nothing but force over ...

In “Peak Human”, Mr Norberg charts the rise and fall of golden ages around the world over the past three millennia, ranging from Athens to the Anglosphere via the Abbasid caliphate.