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... along with Sulayman. Sulayman oversaw the construction of Bayt al-Maqdis (the Temple in Jerusalem) — one of the great arc...
... of Salman: "Salman is from the People of the House (Ahl al-Bayt)." This statement — an extraordinary elevation for a Persi...
...e was a rare Muslim defeat during the Iraqi campaigns. Abu Ubayd al-Thaqafi commanded a Muslim force that crossed a pontoon...
... months as Muslim forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah encircled the ancient city. Various Muslim ...
.... The Muslim force numbered around 25,000–40,000 under Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, with Khalid ibn al-Walid commanding the mo...
The surrender of Jerusalem was one of the most momentous events in Islamic history. Patriarch Sophronius agreed to surrender the city but insisted the keys be h
... cautious blessing, and received reinforcements including Zubayr ibn al-Awwam. The Byzantine garrison of Egypt, led by the ...
...near Basra. Aisha (the mother of the believers), Talha ibn Ubaydullah, and Zubayr ibn al-Awwam led a force demanding justic...
... Yazid, viewing his rule as illegitimate. Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr similarly withheld his bay'ah and established a rival cent...
...rallied behind Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri and supported the Zubayrid claim to the caliphate centered in Mecca. Marwan ibn al-...
... pilgrimage traffic away from Mecca, which was then under Zubayrid control. Modern historians debate this reading, noting t...
...fication of the caliphate after the suppression of Ibn al-Zubayr in 73 AH. His reforms are among the most consequential in ...
...iple of choosing a caliph from the Prophet's family (Ahl al-Bayt) without initially specifying whether this meant the Abbas...
The Bayt al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom) in Baghdad became the premier ...
... after the Mongol destruction of Baghdad, the Mamluk Sultan Baybars of Egypt invited a surviving member of the Abbasid fami...
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, working at the Bayt al-Hikmah in Baghdad around 200 AH, wrote al-Kitab al-Mukh...
... Following the victory at Yarmouk, Muslim forces under Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah besieged the city. The Patriarch Sophronius...
...tion led by Aisha (the Mother of the Believers), Talha ibn Ubaydullah, and Zubayr ibn al-Awwam — all senior companions — de...
The Battle of Karbala is one of the most tragic events in Islamic history. Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet ﷺ and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, refused t
...Jezreel Valley, the Mamluk army under the brilliant general Baybars employed a feigned retreat to draw out and then encircl...
... through the first Ottoman line but then encountered Sultan Bayezid's reserve and elite Janissary forces in prepared defens...
...own empire in Central Asia and Persia, and had clashed with Bayezid over control of Anatolian territory. He marched on Anat...
... had been a serious Muslim setback: Khalid's successor Abu Ubayd al-Thaqafi had been killed, and the Muslim army had suffer...
...eged from multiple sides, with Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah commanding different sectors. After several...
...is original force of only about 4,000 later reinforced by Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and others. After an initial victory at Pelus...
...lowing the landmark victory at Ain Jalut, the Mamluk Sultan Baybars continued his campaign to push Mongol forces out of Syr...
...sfer of Khalid ibn al-Walid to Syria, the Muslims sent Abu Ubayd ibn Masud al-Thaqafi to command in Iraq. The Persians, emb...
...es flooded the plain to hinder the Muslim cavalry, but Abu Ubayda's forces waded through the marshes and defeated them. Thi...
Caliph al-Ma'mun expanded the Bayt al-Hikmah into a major intellectual center in Baghdad. Sch...
Ibn al-Baytar, the greatest botanist of the medieval period, died in D...
The Mamluk army under Sultan Qutuz and General Baybars defeated the Mongol army at Ain Jalut in Palestine. Thi...
...d, sacking Delhi, Baghdad, and defeating the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I.