15 results for “historian”
Clear filterThe Battle of Nihawand, called by Muslim historians 'the Victory of Victories' (Fath al-Futuh), was the final ...
...he legitimacy of Umayyad rule. The period is referred to by historians as the Second Fitna to distinguish it from the First Fitna...
...ement, known as the 'Am al-Jama'ah (Year of Unity) by Sunni historians, effectively ended the First Fitna and inaugurated the Uma...
...shrine housing the sacred rock. Politically, some classical historians noted that Abd al-Malik may have intended the monument to ...
...tolia for another seven centuries and is considered by some historians as among the most consequential military outcomes of the m...
...ng departure from Umayyad norms and is remembered by Muslim historians as a brief but luminous revival of the spirit of the Right...
...t that saved Christian Europe from Islamic conquest. Modern historians offer a more nuanced view: the battle was a significant se...
...ations that had been promoted under his predecessors. Sunni historians regard al-Mutawakkil's reversal as a great mercy from Alla...
...estern historiography as having 'saved Christendom,' though historians debate the extent of what was intended — whether a conques...
...lennium, shifting the centre of power and marking, for many historians, the transition from medieval to early modern history.
...ough its historical significance has been debated by modern historians.
...bu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, the great polymath, historian, and Quran commentator, died in Baghdad. His Tafsir al-Taba...
Ibn Asakir, the great historian of Damascus, died. His monumental Tarikh Dimashq runs to 80...
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, one of the greatest Muslim historians and hadith scholars, died in Damascus. His Siyar A'lam al-...
...ma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir, the renowned Shafi'i scholar and historian, died in Damascus. His Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the most widely...