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Berkey demonstrates how during this period there was a push for an education of students to have an understanding of essential texts. This was in turn…

Ottoman Empire

A map of the Ottoman Empire

“It was Ramisht who removed the silver waterspout of the Ka‘ba, replacing it with a gold one, and who draped the Ka‘ba in Chinese cloth, whose value…

Let none, then, be so bold as to compare Him to anything whatsoever. He has no members that divide Him: He is all a face by His beauty, and His beauty…

The vulture has a beak but does not have talons, but rather nails made of iron in the shape of talons. It mates as a rooster does. Those who have…

Luster Dish with Polo Player

This is a dish that portrays a polo player with a round face and fine features. These were the Iranian beauty standards at the time thus the image…

Ince Minareli Medrese

Ince Minareli Medrese was a 13th century islamic school which connects beauty with power since to be educated back then was a sign of status and the…

The ulama helped spread knowledge during this period through the education of their successors and the passing of religious knowledge in a widespread…

[Harun al-Rashid’s] many conquests led to the enslavement of great portions of the conquered peoples, and the palaces swarmed with jawari, who brought…

It is for all these considerations that God the almighty has chosen kings to be His successors on earth, but only so long as they work in the service…