The historic al-Mansour Mosque, also known as the Old Mosque, stands at the center of Raqqa on the banks of the Euphrates ...
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The Abbasids: Islam's Golden Age
In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five ...
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Why non-Arab Muslims turned against the Umayyad Empire
The Umayyad Caliphate grew into one of the largest empires on Earth, but its rapid expansion created internal cracks it couldn’t control. Many people under Umayyad rule resented the dynasty’s ...
pt. 1, Realm of the mosque : Approaching the mosque : beginnings and evolution / by Renata Holod ; Elements of the mosque : form and adornment / by Fatima Quraishi and Matthew Saba -- pt. 2, Regional ...
Concealed behind government buildings, industrial workshops, and commercial warehouses, Bab Al-Wastani stands as the last ...
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