From rebellion to empire, the Abbasids turned the Islamic world into a hub of science, art, and power that shaped global history. Trump’s chances of being removed by 25th Amendment climb See the new ...

Who she was, nobody knows. She was buried almost 1200 years ago in Birka, 25 kilometres west of modern-day Stockholm. Birka, on the strategic Björkö Island, was an important trading centre during the ...

They were keen and curious observers. More than a millennium ago merchant-informants and officials at the service of the Abbasid caliph, from Baghdad or Basra, put to paper eyewitness accounts of ...

It’s easy to understand why the battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate’s Arab-Persian army and the Chinese army is often said to be one of the most important battles in Central Asian ...

WE Muslims proudly refer to our heritage but Islamic heritage is, like any other heritage, very complex in nature. Is it a religious heritage, cultural or a civilisational heritage? It should be noted ...