In the past it was thought that Ayyubid-Mamluk pottery was completely different from preceding Early Islamic pottery because of changes in manufacture and decoration. Recently, scholars understood ...

The King Abdulaziz Public Library's heritage collection boasts over 400 rare copies of the Holy Quran from various Islamic ...

In 1347 slave traders from the Black Sea brought with them something far deadlier than a cargo of future Mamluk warriors: the Black Death. Plague infested the whole of the known world, but nowhere ...

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Ajloun Castle was built in 12th century and is situated in the north-western part of Jordan (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Iqlim Fahl was one of the many districts that constituted the extensive ...