Islamic culture and civilization have interacted with other nations` cultural heritage. The cases of plays and amusements taken from neighbors or originated from Arabic tribal customs and habits may be counted among them. Abbasid caliphate`s attention to these plays and amusements during second period and the causes for their currency has formed the subject of the paper. There can be found evid...

Scribe women in the Abbasid era were active in various political, social, and cultural fields. Analyzing Iraq scribe women, specifically Baghdad, in the fourth era of the Abbasid caliphate (448-656 AH), the present study seeks to answer the question of what was their roles in cultural changes and the development of Islamic sciences and culture. This study has used a historical research method b...

The fall of the Sassanids changed the political, economical, social and cultural structures of Iran’s society. Changing land ownership was one of the consequences of this fall. Despite the importance of this issue, land ownership changes after the Muslim conquests of Savad (Iraq) have been less considered. The main question of this study is what kind of lands were in Savad and after the dominan...