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May 14, 2024 · The Abbasid Caliphate was a major dynasty that ruled over the Islamic world after overthrowing the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 AD. It is known for moving the capital of the Islamic empire from Damascus to Baghdad, which then blossomed into a center of learning and culture.
3 days ago · The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imams, and their belief that the last Imam, Imam al-Mahdi, lives in Occultation and will reappear as the promised Mahdi ( Arabic: المهدي المنتظر ).
May 11, 2024 · The "inquisition" (Mihnah) unleashed by the seventh Abbasid caliph, 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833), has long attracted the attention of modern scholars of the intellectual, political, and religious history of the early Abbasid era.
3 days ago · The present-day mosque, located on the south wall of the compound, was originally built by the fifth Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705) or his successor al-Walid I ( r. 705–715) (or both) as a congregational mosque on the same axis as the Dome of the Rock, a commemorative Islamic monument.
1 day ago · When after the death of al-Ma'mun, al-mu`tasim ascended the throne, he got an opportunity to persecute the Imam and malice against him. He summoned the Imam to Baghdad. The Imam arrived at Baghdad on 9th Muharram 220 AH and al-Mu`tasim got him poisoned in the same year. He was laid to rest in Kadhimiya beside the grave of his grandfather Musa b.
May 30, 2024 · Over 1,000 years before the internet and smartphone apps, Persian scientist and polymath Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī invented the concept of algorithms. In fact, the word itself comes from the Latinised version of his name, “algorithmi”. And, as you might suspect, it’s also related to algebra.
May 29, 2024 · He was granted a PhD in 1993 at the same university for his dissertation that dealt with the religio-political policies of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma’mun (r. 813-833 CE)—policies that ultimately led to religious authority being carried by the religious scholars of Islam rather than the state.
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