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The Conquest of Delhi - Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDFor a brief moment, towards the end of the 12th century, the Muslim world was politically united under one caliph ruling from Baghdad. This political unity, rare in Islamic history, projected itself on the military plane. In West Asia, the Crusaders were ejected from Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. Salahuddin recaptured Jerusalem in 1187. Four years later, in 1191, Muhammed Ghori of Ghazna...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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Constantinople – the Sack of 1204 the Fourth Crusade Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDCivilizations change when the paradigms that govern them change. Humans relate to themselves and to each other through transcendental values firmly imbedded in basic frameworks. These values define how a society looks upon itself, how it interacts with other societies and its place in history. For instance, in the Middle Ages, most people believed that the earth was flat. The paradigm of a flat...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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The Origins of the Ottoman Empire Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDThe origins of the Ottoman Empire are to be found in a combination of Turkish asabiyah and the Islamic spirit of ghazza (meaning, struggle in the cause of God). Asabiyah, a term used by Ibn Khaldun to denote tribal cohesion, is the force that holds together tribes through bonds of blood, a characteristic found in abundance among peoples of the desert and the nomads of...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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The Fatimids in Egypt Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDThe Fatimid conquest of Egypt (969) was a defining moment in Islamic history. It destroyed any semblance of central authority in the Muslim world, provoked the reaction of the Turks as defenders of orthodox (Sunni) Islam, impelled the Omayyads in Spain to declare their own Caliphate, launched the powerful Murabitun revolution in western Africa, denied the Muslims their last chance to conquer...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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Abdur Rahman III of Spain Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDThree men of giant stature dominated Islamic history in the 10th century. These were Abdur Rahman III of Spain, Muiz of Egypt and Mahmud of Ghazna. The first two determined the flow of historical events in the Mediterranean region, whereas Mahmud of Ghazna had a decisive impact on Central Asia and the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. Abdur Rahman III was the ablest and most accomplished of the...0 Comments 1 Shares 3K Views
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The Murabitun in the Maghreb Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDThe Murabitun revolution was one of the few genuine mass movements in Islamic history. Growing out of the womb of Africa, it engulfed two continents and played a decisive role in historical developments in Africa and Spain alike. As a mass movement, European as well as Muslim scholars have studied it extensively. Ibn Khaldun used it as a basis for his theory of the rise and fall of...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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The Fall of Cordoba Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDThe word “Crusades” immediately conjures up among Muslims visions of Jerusalem and Salahuddin. While Jerusalem was indeed the focus of the First Crusade, a broader view of this civilizational confrontation between medieval Christianity and Islam must include the events in Spain and North Africa. While the Muslims did hold their own in West Asia and recovered Jerusalem, Medieval...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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The Fall of Granada - Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDIt is said among Muslims that the hills of El Pujarra around Granada still weep for the sound of the adhan every morning and the mosque of Cordoba stays awake all night waiting for the sajda of a single momin. To this day Andalus evokes among Muslims nostalgia for a golden age when it resonated with the sound of prayer every morning and the name of Prophet Muhammed (p)...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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Islam in Persia Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhDPivotal as Persia was in the political developments of Muslim Asia, its primary contribution was to preserve, reinvigorate and transmit the spiritual legacy of Islam through its language, art and architecture. While the Arabs provided the ideational foundation of the edifice of Islam, it was the Persians who adorned it with beauty and embellished it with spirituality. The primary medium for...0 Comments 1 Shares 4K Views
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