29 results for “damascus”
Clear filter... The victory opened the way for the subsequent conquests of Damascus, Jerusalem, and all of the Levant.
The siege of Damascus lasted several months as Muslim forces under Khalid ibn al-...
...ers who simultaneously attempted to assassinate Muawiyah in Damascus and Amr ibn al-As in Egypt — both failed. Ali survived two ...
...Caliphate in 41 AH. Muawiyah moved the capital from Kufa to Damascus, establishing Syria as the political and military heartland...
...ostration according to some accounts. His head was taken to Damascus and presented to Yazid. The women and children were taken c...
...nce in Jabiya, Golan. The Battle of Marj Rahit, fought near Damascus in 65 AH, was the decisive confrontation between the Qaysi ...
...ernor of Khurasan, Nasr ibn Sayyar, appealed desperately to Damascus but received inadequate support. Within two years the revol...
...mily they could locate. The tombs of the Umayyad caliphs in Damascus were reportedly opened and desecrated. The scale of the mas...
...ck of Baghdad. Growing up as a refugee whose family fled to Damascus, he would become one of the most consequential Islamic scho...
...usayn (Zayn al-Abidin), were taken captive to Kufa and then Damascus. Ahl us-Sunnah regard Husayn as a martyr, mourn his killing...
...slim world eastward, with the new capital Baghdad replacing Damascus.
...of Mongol expansion. The Mongols had sacked Baghdad (1258), Damascus (1260), and were poised to sweep through Palestine and Egyp...
The conquest of Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the wor...
... Battle of Marj al-Saffar was fought in 13 AH / 634 CE near Damascus as part of the early Syria campaign. After the Muslim victo...
... was fought in the Jordan Valley in 13 AH after the fall of Damascus. Byzantine forces flooded the plain to hinder the Muslim ca...
Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan established the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus after the death of Ali. The Umayyads expanded Islam from Sp...
...iph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik completed the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Built ...
...abi, known as the 'Second Teacher' after Aristotle, died in Damascus. He made fundamental contributions to logic, political phil...
Ibn Asakir, the great historian of Damascus, died. His monumental Tarikh Dimashq runs to 80 volumes and...
...uhyi al-Din ibn Arabi, known as al-Shaykh al-Akbar, died in Damascus. His mystical philosophy profoundly influenced Islamic myst...
...ytar, the greatest botanist of the medieval period, died in Damascus. His compendium described over 1,400 plants and drugs.
Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah died in the citadel prison of Damascus, where he had been imprisoned for his theological positions...
...influential Hanbali scholar and reformer, died in prison in Damascus. His funeral was attended by an estimated 200,000 people. H...
...the greatest Muslim historians and hadith scholars, died in Damascus. His Siyar A'lam al-Nubala is a monumental biographical dic...
...iyyah, the most prominent student of Ibn Taymiyyah, died in Damascus. His prolific writings on spirituality (Madarij as-Salikin)...
...ziyyah, the student and companion of Ibn Taymiyyah, died in Damascus. His Zad al-Ma'ad is a comprehensive guide to the Prophet's...
Taj al-Din al-Subki, the Shafi'i scholar and Chief Judge of Damascus, died. He authored Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyyah al-Kubra.
...Kathir, the renowned Shafi'i scholar and historian, died in Damascus. His Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the most widely read commentary o...
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, a major hadith expert, died in Damascus. His Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam is an expanded commentary on Na...