39 results for “medieval”
...l battle and one of the most significant sea battles in the medieval Mediterranean. Emperor Constans II personally led a Byzanti...
...ns as among the most consequential military outcomes of the medieval period, blocking the further expansion of Islamic political...
...AH stands as one of the most dramatic military campaigns in medieval history, transforming the western Mediterranean world withi...
... Baghdad became the premier intellectual institution of the medieval world, reaching its height under Caliph al-Mamun in the ear...
...st celebrated institution of higher Islamic learning in the medieval world. It established the model for state-sponsored religio...
...iled commentaries on Aristotle became foundational texts in medieval European scholasticism, profoundly shaping Thomas Aquinas a...
...armouk was one of the most decisive military engagements in medieval history, ending Byzantine control of the Levant. The Byzant...
...lus went on to become one of the great civilisations of the medieval world, with Córdoba as its jewel.
... was accompanied by one of the most savage massacres of the medieval period. The Fatimid garrison under Iftikhar al-Dawla had ex...
...s one of the most consequential military engagements of the medieval period, setting the stage for Saladin's reconquest of Jerus...
...power and marking, for many historians, the transition from medieval to early modern history.
...dividually superb warriors, were equipped and trained for a medieval style of warfare that Ottoman gunpowder weapons had rendere...
...Battle of Manzikert was one of the most decisive battles of medieval history, permanently altering the demographic and political...
...ictories in Europe, lasting barely two hours yet ending the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Suleiman the Magnificent led a well-dis...
...Al-Andalus became one of the most advanced civilizations in medieval Europe.
Ibn al-Baytar, the greatest botanist of the medieval period, died in Damascus. His compendium described over 1,4...
...hilosopher and jurist; his commentaries on Aristotle shaped medieval European philosophy.
Greatest authority on Quranic recitation of the medieval era; author of al-Nashr fi al-Qiraat al-Ashr and al-Tayybah...
The greatest physician of the medieval world; his al-Hawi (Continens) was a medical encyclopedia u...
... is the most comprehensive geographical encyclopedia of the medieval Islamic world.
The great Andalusian traveler and poet. His Rihlah (travel account) is one of the most vivid descriptions of the Islamic world in the 12th century CE.
Known as 'the Pride of Women' and 'the Female Bukhari of her time.' A celebrated female hadith scholar of Baghdad who taught in the Abbasid capital.
The most intellectually gifted Hanbali scholar of his era. His al-Funun is said to be the largest book ever written in Islamic civilization — reportedly 800 vol
...aliki jurist. His philosophical works profoundly influenced medieval European scholasticism.
Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted from the Quran.
One of the greatest usul al-fiqh scholars. His al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam is the most technically rigorous classical work in Islamic jurisprudential theory.
Imam of Sicily, leading Maliki jurist and physician of the medieval period.
Persian polymath, astronomer, and mathematician who served the Mongols. Founded the Maragha observatory.
Towering Hanbali scholar of Damascus whose mastery of Islamic sciences and bold refutation of innovations made him uniquely influential.
Prominent student of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim; author of al-Adab al-Shar'iyya.
Medieval female hadith scholar with high chains, praised by Ibn Haja...
...oduce the most comprehensive Islamic history written in the medieval period. The early volumes on prophetic history and seerah a...
... to dates and personal details make it a primary source for medieval Islamic history.
The fall of Jerusalem in 1099 CE and the initial fragmented Muslim response to the Crusader invasion of the Levant.
The Turkish atabeg who began the Muslim counter-crusade by capturing the County of Edessa in 1144 CE.
The son of Imad al-Din Zangi who united Muslim Syria and Egypt, setting the stage for Salahuddin's liberation of Jerusalem.
The extraordinary journeys of Ibn Battuta across the Muslim world and beyond, covering 75,000 miles over 30 years, and his invaluable descriptions of 14th-centu
The Muslim scholar who created the most accurate map of the world in the 12th century for the Norman King Roger II of Sicily.