Tag: Islamic

Free Download Tayeb El-Hibri, "Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs"
English | 2010 | pages: 488 | ISBN: 0231150822, 0231150830 | EPUB | 18,7 mb
The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi’i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.

Free Download Sam Thompson, "Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526"
English | 2003 | pages: 51 | ISBN: 1841764590 | PDF | 13,0 mb
When it came to non-gunpowder machine development, the medieval period was one of the most inventive in military history. During this era, the pre-existing military-technological traditions from the ancient worlds were brought together. Three civilisations were primarily responsible for this evolution: the Late-Roman or Byzantine Empire, the Islamic World, and latterly the Mongol ‘World Empire’. This book examines the resulting stone-throwing machines from torsion ‘energy storage’ systems, to manpowered and counterbalance sling devices, rockets and others.

Free Download Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe by Diana Darke, Christine Rendel, Tantor Audio
English | 2022 | ISBN: B09S4228ZV | MP3@64 kbps | 15h 49m | 434 Mb
Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in some of Europe’s most recognizable buildings, from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament.
This book reveals the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe’s architectural heritage. Diana Darke traces ideas and styles from vibrant Middle Eastern centers like Damascus, Baghdad, and Cairo, via Muslim Spain, Venice, and Sicily into Europe. She describes how medieval crusaders, pilgrims, and merchants encountered Arab Muslim culture on their way to the Holy Land; and explores more recent artistic interaction between Ottoman and Western cultures, including Sir Christopher Wren’s inspirations in the "Saracen" style of Gothic architecture.

Free Download Sufism Islamic Mysticism 2023
Published 8/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 464.63 MB | Duration: 0h 57m
Journeying Within and Unveiling Divine Secrets: Exploring the Depths of Sufism and Islamic Mysticism