In this captivating journey through history, explore how the Umayyad Caliphate expanded its empire to achieve one of the largest territorial conquests in the world. Unravel the strategic, political, ...

Two weeks ago Glenn Beck introduced much of the world to the word caliphate. Shortly after the Egypt uprisings began, Beck used two chalkboards to 'explain' what was happening there and went on to ...

Discover the vast expanse of the Umayyad Caliphate in this captivating journey through history. Learn how this powerful empire stretched from the edges of the Atlantic Ocean to the heart of Asia. This ...

The assassination of Ali in 661, followed as it was by the assumption of power of Mu‘awiya, the first Umayyad caliph, marked the end of an era marked by violence and division; but the thirty years ...

On June 29, 2014, which coincided with the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared the restoration of the caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a shadowy figure with a $10 ...

KARACHI: A lecture about ‘The Umayyad Caliphate that was Cordoba’ by a leading historian from Spain, Dr Eduardo Manzano Moreno, organised by the Mohatta Palace Museum and Endowment Fund Trust for ...

The Caliphate City of Medina Azahara is an archaeological site of a newly-founded city built in the mid-10th century CE by the western Umayyad dynasty as the seat of the Caliphate of Cordoba. The city ...