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  1. #CatchOfTheDay
    #OpenAccess on
    #MENAdoc:

    "Geschichte der Ommaijaden in Spanien: nebst einer Darstellung des Entstehens der spanischen christlichen Reiche" by Joseph Aschbach

    [Frankfurt a.M.: Varrentrapp, 1829]

    dx.doi.org/10.25673/99501

    #spain #history #umayyad #conquest #caliph

  2. #CatchOfTheDay
    #OpenAccess on
    #MENAdoc:

    "Geschichte der Ommaijaden in Spanien: nebst einer Darstellung des Entstehens der spanischen christlichen Reiche" by Joseph Aschbach

    [Frankfurt a.M.: Varrentrapp, 1829]

    dx.doi.org/10.25673/99501

    #spain #history #umayyad #conquest #caliph

  3. #Kitchener's misunderstanding of #Islam ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1
    — monolithic homogenous bloc controlled by the #Caliph &
    — blind spot toward the #Shia-#Sunni divide
    were magnified by his failure to understand the constitutional nature of #Islamic society.

    In choosing Grand Sharif #Hussein as the #Arabian #Caliph, the #British intention was only to prop up the "Pope" of Islam, and through that Islamic papacy, control #Britain's #muslim subjects all over the world.

    ⬇️

    #PeaceToEndAllPeace

  4. Just as Roman culture shaped Christianity, so Iranian culture shaped Islam. It is remarked that Iran lasted millennia without needing Arabs, while after the conquest, Arabs couldn't last a day without Iranians.

    That even applied to the calendars. The Arabs were using the purely #moon-based Lunar Hijri calendar, which is OK for desert nomads, but as the civil servants impressed upon #Caliph #Umar, a sedentary agricultural society needs a calendar that tracks the #sun.

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