Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of the ...

Johan Norberg’s history of civilisation is an impressive conceptual achievement – but it has little to say about our own age ...

The book pushes back on stereotypes of Muslim women being oppressed and subservient, and instead highlights stories of ...

Curl up this winter with a gripping account of Open AI,a guide to Nvidia or Apple in China, or “the book Meta doesn’t want ...

In Islam, the Qur’anic ideal of khilafah (stewardship) and the Prophetic tradition of syura (consultation) establish a political theology rooted in justice, mercy, and accountability. In Confucianism, ...

By the mid-8th century, before the Abbasid Caliphate defeated the Chinese at Talas in 751 CE and the subsequent An Lushan Rebellion in China, the Tang state was stretching deep into Central Asia ...

Perhaps it is time you took a leaf out of Caliph Harun al-Rashid’s playbook. He reigned from 786-809 CE during the Abbasid Caliphate. He was famous for going out in disguise at night to walk ...

There is a historical thread drawn between Ahmed Agha and Ahmed the paternal uncle to Al-Musta'sim Billah, the last caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasid Ahmed was imprisoned for ten years ...

This new research emphasizes the importance of preserving such heritage sites, especially in a country where decades of ...

Maira’s grandfather was the descendant and last Amir of the Abbasid Caliphate 750CE; the golden age of learning, literature and art. During the time of Caliph Harun Ul Rashid Abbasi, the famed One ...