The Emperor and the Elephant: Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby surfaces Umayyad and ...

The earliest general hospital was built in 805 CE in Baghdad by Harun Al-Rashid. By the 10th century, Baghdad had five more hospitals. Known as asbads, these ancient windmills can be found in ...

This sparked the ire of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, who sent emissaries who poisoned Idris in 791. Idris’ son, Idris II, took power and ruled Algeria and Morocco, focusing his attention ...

Al Roker and his company were accused in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of failing to follow a diversity, equity and inclusion mandate. Former executive producer Bill Schultz is suing the "Today" show ...

Majd Al-Waheidi is a digital editor for Morning Edition and Up First, where she edits the daily newsletter and collaborates with hosts on weekly essays. She also sometimes edits interviews for ...

“Nobody knows who I am,” he says. “Isn’t it great?” This circumstance enables him to prowl a hundred cities as Harun al-Rashid did Baghdad. Some people, including friends, wonder whether ...

Located at the junction of the Mobile River and Mobile Bay on the northern Gulf of Mexico, the city is the only seaport in Alabama. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic ...

Imam Musa ibn Jafar (AS), the seventh Shia Imam, was born in 745 AD in Medina. He died in Baghdad in 799 AD. Yazid ibn Walid ...

The Sowai River, flowing through parts of Mymensingh and Netrokona in Bangladesh, was once rich in fish and continues to ...

Yücesoy, Hayrettin 2007. Ancient imperial heritage and Islamic universal historiography: al-Dīnawarī’s secular perspective. Journal of Global History, Vol. 2 ...

Harun Al-Rashid, Fatima, Usma and Al-Buruni form the panel of steely potential investors with dinar to present to Muslim inventors, if they can impress the panel with their products. The products ...