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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Shiites of that period continued to consider Imam Reza as their divine leader and caliph, thus the Abbasid caliph feared the Imam (AS) who was publicly recognized as the successor of the Messenger ...

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.

They ruled for 500 years and led the Islamic world into a golden age. Then in a single siege, Baghdad was reduced to ruins and the caliphate was no more.

Meanwhile, the Abbasid Caliphate faced an unexpected and serious problem: a massive insurrection that broke out in Mesopotamia near Basra, led by a self-proclaimed descendant of Muhammad who was ...