This text supplements another, a paper presented decade ago on the portrayal of Umayyad rulers in Chronography Theophanes Confessor (B. Cecota, Islam, Arabs and Rulers according to Confessor’s Chronography, “Studia Ceranea” 2, 2012, p. 97–111). I am limiting myself here discussing only those source remarks which directly concern one Abbasid Caliphs, or alternatively, narratives structured such ...

This article will explain the educational movement and political policy in era of caliphs Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, Umar ibn Khattab, Uthman 'Affan Ali Abi Talib. Of four caliphs, many education systems still follow learning model kuttab mosques. The strategy is strongly influenced by teaching strategies Prophet Muhammad SAW first. main material about faith Allah, Koran reading writing. Until leaders...

The Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor is one few Byzantine historiographical works in which so much space devoted to Islamic world and first ruling caliphate. Of course, most references Muslims concern mostly military issues – numerous Muslim invasions on lands that were happening almost since beginning Islam. Also important was way treated Islam itself as a religion heresy. Therefore, it h...

the proscription of illustration and painting in islam is a topic often discussed by researchers and art-ists. most orientalists have suggested that islam generally opposed art, especially painting and illustra-tion, thus resulting in a number of limitations. a survey of different prophetic sayings on this subject (hadith singular, hadis plural), verses of the qur'an, and artworks in the era of...

The aim of this study is to provide a new perspective on the Barcelona mancuses minted in name Ḥammūdid caliphs al-Andalus, 5th/11th century. It has traditionally been thought that both their dates and choice types they imitate were random response mere economic issues. However, by considering chronology model analyzing them unique historical context which, unlike other Christian powers issued ...