#Mamluks

Mir Khvand

mirchond

There's a Malayalam movie in which the protagonist vows to kill Vasco da Gama after he burns a ship full of pilgrims on their way to Mecca. Vasco da Gama

Raja

HassRaja

The first #Druze emirate of Mt. Lebanon came to being in the 12th century and lost power by the 16th. The Tanukhi emirate preceded the Ma'nis. Unlike its successor, which

सत्यम, शिवम, सुंदरम (कर दाता)

SatyshivS

Indian Muslims protesting against @EmmanuelMacron because he has spoken against Islamic terror after #Francebeheading & expects Muslims living in France to respect the secular French constitution raises a very important

Jonathan Parkes Allen

Mar_Musa

And now a super-thread on the winding & complicated (pun intended) history of the tuǧra, a textual feature often defined as a 'calligraphic emblem' for 'Turkic' rulers, though that definition

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

For medieval Muslim astrologers, the goat-fish Capricorn would come to represent a sign of change and stability simultaneously. A mixed omen, it would become one of the more important Zodiac

Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰

YeniceriQ

𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬

ՔՅԽ

ChrisKhach

I wanted to make a thread about the #Armenian communities of the Nile: #Egypt, ancient Kush or Nubia (modern-day #Sudan), and ancient Aksum or Abyssinia (modern-day #Ethiopia and #Eritrea). Armenians

Omer Sayadi

MENAsymbolism

Like announced, I'll start a thread on the symbolism of the (in)famous black & white banner in #Islam. This comprehensive thread will explore its historical origins and cover a list

isaac Samuel

rhaplord

kilwa kisiwani mosque #historyxt-swahilihttps://whc.unesco.org/en/list/144/gallery/coral stone Fakr ad-Din Mosque, Sultanate of Mogadishu #historyxtcoral, marble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakr_ad-Din_Mosque G

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