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Bab al-Shams (Arabic: باب الشمس Bāb aš-Šams: Gate of the Sun) was a Palestinian encampment in the West Bank that housed 250 Palestinian and foreign activists for two nights in January 2013. They erected 25 tents on private Palestinian land [1] in the E1 area where Israel has decided to build more than 3500 housing units. [2]
Bab al-Talsim (Arabic: باب الطلسم), also known as Bab al-Halba or Talisman Gate, was expanded and restored in 1220 by Caliph al-Nasir, who left a decorative friezes and inscriptions around the gate. The gate was destroyed by the Ottoman troops in 1917 during their withdrawal from Baghdad, in order to prevent it from being turned into a ...
Bab al-Wastani is located north of where Bab al-Talsim once stood. [8] When Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered a map to be made of Baghdad in 1534, Bab al-Talsim wasn't included despite the details of the map. [4] In 1638, Ottoman Sultan Murad IV conquered Baghdad, he entered through the gate and had it sailed and closed off. [9] During ...
Bilad al-Sham (Arabic: بِلَاد الشَّام, romanized: Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates. It roughly corresponded with the Byzantine Diocese of the East, conquered by the Muslims in 634–647. Under ...
During the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, Bab al-Sheikh, similar to a lot of areas in Baghdad, saw a major decline in the medical, social, and job sectors. The area, including the Qadiriyya mausoleum, madrasa and library, were looted and vandalized by foreigners. Many of Bab al-Sheikh's people migrated which left the area in dire poverty. [16]
Important dead cities include the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Dahis, Serjilla, Ruweiha and al Bara. The Dead Cities are situated in an elevated area of limestone known as Limestone Massif. These ancient settlements cover an area 20–40 km (12–25 mi) wide and some 140 km (87 mi) long. [1]
It was later reprinted in Cairo in 1953 before the historian Ismail bin Ali al-Akwa further edited and annotated the work in 1974, publishing the revised version in 1990. [2] Dar Al Afaq Al Arabiya published another version of the 1990 edition in 2000. [3] The Ṣifāt Jazīrat al-'Arab is also regarded as one of al-Hamdani's most referenced ...
The Sultanate of Deli (Indonesian: Kesultanan Deli Darul Maimoon; Jawi: كسلطانن دلي دارالميمون ) was a 1,820 km 2 Malay state in east Sumatra founded in 1632 when a commander of the Aceh Sultanate, Gocah Pahlawan, conquered the area during the reign of Iskandar Muda.