among his contemporary. Ibn Sirin was recorded to asking counsel about Islamic jurisprudence to al-Sha'bi. Makhūl ibn Abī Muslim al-Shamī, another Tabi'un...

conquered by the Muslims during the caliphate of Umar, in 638/639 or 639/40. The Muslim armies were led by Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri. Iyad ibn Ghanm frequently...

Uwaymir ibn Zayd ibn Qays al-Ansari (Arabic: عُوَيْمِر بْن زَيْد بْن قَيْس الأَنْصَارِيّ, romanized: ʿUwaymir ibn Zayd ibn Qays al-Anṣārī), better known...

science. His great-grandfather, Makhul Nasafi, was a disciple of Imam al-Maturidi, and his grandfather, Mu’tamid ibn Makhul Nasafi, was famous as a theologian...

patriarchates of the Pentarchy primarily became Arabic-speaking after the early Muslim conquests – the Church of Alexandria, the Church of Antioch and the Church...

the main church of the local Greek Catholic community. The Mosque of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Old Mosque) was constructed near the castle in the days of Sulayman...