23 results for “india”
Clear filter...eneral Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi in 93 AH opened the Indian subcontinent to Islam and represents one of the most signi...
...hilosophers gathered there to translate Greek, Persian, and Indian texts into Arabic, and to produce original works. The inst...
...'s treasury and connected the Islamic world to East Africa, India, China, and the Byzantine Mediterranean. The Abbasid era sa...
... his horse off a cliff into the river and swam to safety in India — an act Genghis Khan reportedly watched with admiration. T...
...irst Battle of Panipat established the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. Babur, a prince of Timurid-Chagatai descent ...
...mmad of Ghor in his attempt to extend Ghurid power into the Indian interior beyond the Punjab. Muhammad of Ghor had already c...
... center in Baghdad. Scholars translated Greek, Persian, and Indian works into Arabic, preserving and advancing classical know...
...on among Hanafi scholars, particularly in Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Ottoman Empire. His major work Kitab...
Mahmud of Ghazni conducted seventeen campaigns into the Indian subcontinent between 1001 and 1025 CE. These campaigns sig...
...a five-volume medical encyclopedia that systematized Greek, Indian, and Islamic medical knowledge. It remained the standard m...
...u Rayhan al-Biruni completed his Kitab al-Hind (The Book of India), a comprehensive study of Indian religion, philosophy, sci...
...its greatest territorial extent, covering nearly all of the Indian subcontinent.
...ese Muslim, led seven major maritime expeditions across the Indian Ocean, visiting Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Af...
...'Lion of the Sea,' compiled the most comprehensive guide to Indian Ocean navigation.
Babur founded the Mughal Empire in India. Under Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb, it becam...
...Panipat and established the Mughal Empire, which would rule India for over three centuries.
...ddid Alf-i Thani, led an Islamic revival movement in Mughal India opposing Akbar's syncretic religious policies.
...iece of Islamic architecture combines Persian, Turkish, and Indian design elements with white marble, calligraphy, and geomet...
...h Waliullah ad-Dehlawi, one of the greatest scholars of the Indian subcontinent, passed away in Delhi. He translated the Qura...
...nd Rashid Ahmad Gangohi established the Deoband seminary in India. This institution pioneered Islamic education independent o...
...iental College in Aligarh, promoting modern education among Indian Muslims.
British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, creating the large...
The Indian Ocean tsunami devastated Aceh, Indonesia, killing over 160...