#Umayyad

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shahowais__

1) The Umayyad conquest of Hispania, also known as the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula or the Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom, was the initial expansion of the

May Shaddel

MayShaddel

A rather important find, a 'new' milestone from the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Saffāḥ. Here are my reading and translation of it, with some brief observations: هذا ما أمر

Ankur 🕉️

GaikwadAnkur

(1) #Thread : When the Sword of #Islam met the #Maratha Sword (738 CE) The #Umayyad Caliphate's India campaign under Muhammad bin Qasim had brought Sindh & surrounding regions under

𝐹𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶 𝐵𝒶𝓇𝓀𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓁𝓁𝒶

FatimaBarkatula

One of the striking things about Aisha (RA) was that although not a biological mother herself, she considered children & the next generation so important that she decided to raise

Edris Al-Arabi

ArabiEdris

Thread: This is how the prophet spoke.Listen to me reading a number of Hadiths in old Hijazi, the dialect the prophet spoke: This pronunciation is based on the works of

🔺(((Inspector A E Pessimal))) #FactsMatter ✡️

jc4P45

I’d like to say, before my TL becomes a hate fest with people going, “imaginary person, stone aged barstewards,“ and other such epithets towards followers of Islam.As with any religion,

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/The history of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is intertwined. The new status of Constantinople as the New Jerusalem played a direct

Dr. Éléonore Cellard

CellardEleonore

Thread. The Mingana-Lewis Palimpsest1/6. In 1895, Mrs Lewis purchased a rare manuscript in Suez. It was a palimpsest: a Christian Arabic text from the 9th or 10th CE, written on

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1)Rana here, we are here at the end of this Tweeting journey and I want to dedicate it to al-Awzā‘ī (d. 774), the most famous inhabitant of Beirut, with whom

Prem 🇵🇰

PremRathee

THREAD/Pakistan & Blasphemy Cases:29 July: A Peshawar resident accused of alleged blasphemy shot to death in the court31 July: Policeman filed a blasphemy case against Raza Haider for one of

Ahmed Shaker

shakerr_ahmed

#Thread on Codex Topkapı Sarayı Medina 1a based on the recent publication of @IRCICA's al-Muṣḥaf al-Sharīf (2020), edited by Dr. Tayyar Altıkulaç. Note: Scholarly review of this 2-volume work is

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/I used to deliver classes on the medieval history of Islamic Iran. The Arab Conquests of Iran were always fun. A short (but not too detailed) thread. 2/Before the advent

Vintage Morocco

Moorskingdom

Who were the Moors ? [Short thread] Derived from the latin word "Maurus", the term Moor was originally used to describe BERBERS from the ancient roman province of Mauretania (actual

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

There are several important figures in Chinese history from Parthian or Sassanian backgrounds. These figures reflect the cultural and political connections ancient China had with Iran.Let's begin with An Shigao,

Naqad Studies

NaqadStudies

Nehemiah ben Hushiel was a central figure in the Jewish revolt against Heraclius, (614-617 to 625 CE).He is best known as a savior figure who appears in many medieval Jewish

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

As Christmas nears, here's a lovely late 15th-/early 16th-century portable nativity scene from a gold ring, found Sleaford, Lincs :) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/642395 A 6th- or 7th-century Byzantine ring featuring

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