In the Islamic world, book collections were initially linked to religious collection – in mosques…
Author: Nimira Dewji
Libraries have existed for a long time, dating back to at least the third millennium…
Abu Nasr al-Farabi was born around 870 CE in eastern Iran. After completing his early…
The Game of Knowledge, teaches the players about Islam. The players embark on journeys during…
Prophet Muhammad was born around 570 CE in Mecca. His father had died before his…
Ibn Al-Haytham (965-1039), known as Alhazen in the West, was a philosopher, physicist, and mathematician.…
“Even after the Ismaili Imams began to rule as Fatimid caliphs in Cairo, Syria continued…
Umar Khayyam, an Islamic poet, and mathematician, was born around 1048 in Nishapur, a prominent…
Al-Biruni, was born in 973 in Khwarizm, Uzbekistan. His father, a distinguished mathematician and astronomer,…
Elaborate example of filigree and granulation work from the Fatimid period. This pair of earrings…
The Ottomans (r.1299-1923), a Turkish dynasty, controlled much of South-eastern Europe, the Near and the…
Swahili, from the Arabic word sawahil, meaning ‘of the coast.’ Islam came to Africa very…
”In legend and in reality Samarqand is a source of inspiration to those who love…
The Hunza Valley in Northern Pakistan is located in one of the world’s highest mountain…
The origin of modern Ismaili Studies owes much to Russian-language scholars of the early decades…
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