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Remains of one of the earliest known mosques in the region dating back to 727 AD are still preserved in the city. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1958, a major program of excavations at an early Islamic site of Banbhore was launched by the Department of Archaeology under the direction of F. A. Khan which continued until 1964. [ 7 ]
The siege of Nicaea of 727 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Umayyad Caliphate to capture the Byzantine city of Nicaea, the capital of the Opsician Theme.Ever since its failure to capture the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople, in 717–718, the Caliphate had launched a series of raids into Byzantine Asia Minor.
Seerat (Urdu: سیرت, lit. 'Journey'; previously titled Maria Bint-e-Abdullah, Urdu: ماریہ بنت عبد الله, lit. 'Maria, Daughter of Abdullah') is a 2018 Pakistani television series, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under their banner 7th Sky Entertainment.
The Quran, [c] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [d] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ().It is organized in 114 chapters (surah, pl. suwer) which consist of individual verses ().
In a paper, "Islamic Education in Syria", Landis wrote that "no mention" is made in Syrian textbooks (controlled by the Al-Assad regime) of Alawites, Druze, Ismailis or Shia Islam; Islam was presented as a monolithic religion. [123] Ali Sulayman al-Ahmad, chief judge of the Baathist Syrian state, has said: We are ‘Alawi Muslims.
Debal (also called Daybul, Daibul or Dēwal) was a commercial town and an ancient port in Sindh, now a province of Pakistan. The exact location of the town has been difficult to determine. The proposed identifications with Karachi, Thatta, and Lahari Bandar remain unsubstantiated. The town was mostly inhabited by people of the Med tribe.
During Pre Islamic era in Pakistan, there was a prominent population of Hindus, especially in provinces in Punjab and Sindh. The important temples built during that era include: The Shri Katas Raj Temples ( Punjabi , Urdu : شری کٹاس راج مندر ) also known as Qila Katas ( قلعہ کٹاس ), [ 8 ] is a complex of several Hindu ...
The Abbasids succeeded in integrating Khorasan and the East into the central Islamic lands. The state was gradually Persianized through political influence and financial support of the dihqans . Al-Ma'mun emerged as the victor in the Fourth Fitna with the help of Khorasani forces and appointed Tahir ibn Husayn as the governor.