If the details are sometimes sketchy, it's because the narrative has changed along the way but he is a well-cited figure placed in the Court of Cordoba under the Umayyad Caliphate between 822 and ...

Archaeologists excavating a church site have made a significant discovery: a marble shrine that may be linked to the biblical ...

Queen Toda approached Córdoba’s great ruler, the caliph ’Abd al-Rahman III, with two bold requests: help with a cure for her grandson’s morbid obesity and military support to regain the throne.

In the Muslim zone, the death of Almanzor was notable, but even more so was the disintegration of the Caliphate of Córdoba into taifas, small kingdoms that, in those first hundred years, numbered as ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says the Islamic State group's five-year "caliphate" is over after the militants' defeat in Syria. SDF fighters have been raising victory flags in ...

Over 2000 radical Islamists gathered in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday to call for a caliphate and the implementation of Sharia law, German news reported. In the footage from the gathering ...

IS militants paraded through Raqqa after the "caliphate" was proclaimed in June 2014 Raqqa, in northern Syria, became the de facto capital of the "caliphate" proclaimed by so-called Islamic State ...

Córdoba, the capital of the Córdoba province in Andalusia, is one of Spain’s most fascinating destinations. Occupied by the Romans in the 2nd century B.C.E., the city maintains a deep ...

Where was the early Islamic civilisation? How did the early Islamic civilisation begin? Who was the caliph? Activity: Quiz – Introduction to early Islamic civilisation When was the early Islamic ...

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The caliph’s palace sits atop ... She offers private tours in Cordoba on ToursByLocals. Flights to Malaga are available via multiple airlines from all major UK airports. Seville flights are ...