The medicine of classical and medieval Islamic civilization was derived primarily from the Greeks particularly…
Category: Islam
The medicine of medieval Islamic civilization was built primarily on Greek medicine, particularly the writing…
Miniature, from the Latin miniare, meaning ‘to colour with red lead,’ was a practice originally…
The term ‘Islamic art’ generally refers to the arts of all Islamic cultures and not…
Sinan, also called Mimar Sinan (“Architect Sinan”) was born in Turkey in 1490 and entered his father’s trade as…
The Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, the royal city of the Nasrids, comprises the most…
Masjid Baiturrahman, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, represents one of the first examples of a domed…
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…
The origin of modern Ismaili Studies owes much to Russian-language scholars of the early decades…
Astrolabes are amongst the most sophisticated scientific instruments ever made. “The word astrolabe is a…
Islamic art describes the art created specifically in the service of the faith such as…
The art of transcribing the Qur’an in beautiful hand was considered a form of devotion…
The earliest examples of religious poetry in Islam are to be found in the verses…
Ismailimail highlighted Music in Islam Series, a compilation of researched articles presented by Nimira Dewji.…
Ismailimail 