Summary A bad omen is not picky when it falls on anyone beating a wealthy or a poor family and likewise, there are some families whose descendants have lost their glorious days to begging such as the Abbasid empire who lost everything and baked in the streets of Baghdad. the miserable family of the nawabs of […]
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Malhun Hatun History Born: 13th century, Anatolia Died: November 1326, Söğüt, Anatolia Husband: Osman I Issue: Orhan Father: Ömer Bey, Sheikh Edebali, Ömer Abdülaziz Bey Religion: Islam Malhun Hatun has historically been the wife of Osman Ghazi and the mother of another Ottoman Sultan and Orhan Ghazi. It has been recognized by many historians that she was the daughter
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Ottoman Empire History Ottoman Empire ruled over the three continents for more than 600 years. This includes Bulgaria, Greece, Hungry, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Macedonia, Romania, Syria, Arab & many countries from North Africa. At its peak, the area of this empire was around 1.8 million square kilometers in this time total of 36 Sultans ruled this Empire. The first four Caliphates (Khulfa Rashdun), Muslims had many caliphates
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The Indian War of Independence The Indian War of Independence: On March 29th, 1857 there was a commotion at barrack poor in the Bengal province of British India a young man named Mangal Pandey Intoxicated opened fire and his British superiors of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry got a bit of fighting Mangal Pandey was arrested the shots He fired
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The Abbasid caliphate The Abbasid caliphate was the second of the Muslim empire’s two great dynasties. In 750 CE, it removed the Umayyad caliphate and established the Abbasid caliphate, which ruled until 1258, when it was destroyed by the Mongol invasion. The name is derived from al-Abbs (died c. 653) of the Hashemite clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, the Prophet
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Pre-Islamic Arabia: A hot arid desert, sandwiched between two great rivaling empires. This is Pre-Islamic Arabia. Before we understand or try to understand Prophet Muhammad or the Islamic Civilization, We gotta understand the world that Islam was born. At the time, there were two empires dominating Europe and the Middle East; The Sassanid Empire in Persia And the Byzantine Empire in Asia Minor. These two empires
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The Abbasid Revolution Abbasid Revolution: In the year 744CE, Marwan II ascended to the throne of the caliphate. Little did he know that he would be the last Umayyad to do so. After ninety years of corruption, the throne was being pulled from under the Umayyad dynasty, once and for all. By 746CE, A man named Abu Muslim had taken control
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History of the Umayyad Dynasty Umayyad Dynasty: Abd al-Malik, during his lifetime, consolidated Umayyad rule over the Islamic Empire. At the time of his death in 705 CE, he had left behind a monarchy, powerful enough to challenge any force on the planet and on the brink of expanding into Europe. Okay, after Abd al-Malik,
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Hagia Sophia was built in 537, with minarets added in the 15th–16th centuries when it became a mosque. Names: Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya (Turkish), Ἁγία Σοφία (Greek), Sancta Sophia (Latin) Location: Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey Type: Byzantine Christian cathedral (c. 360–1204, 1261–1453), Latin Catholic cathedral (1204–1261), Mosque (1453–1931; 2020–present) Museum (1935–2020) Part of: Historic Areas of Istanbul Website:
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Great Chinese Famine The Great Chinese Famine caused the deaths of 20 to 45 million people in just three years! To understand the cause of the great Chinese Famine, we must consider the historical context in which this event transpired. So, let us start at the beginning and work our way up to the incident.
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