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5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama

  • 5th March 2023
  • Tagged as: Cairo, Culture, Egypt, Islam, Medieval, Persia, Travel

The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.

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27th December 537: Hagia Sophia inaugurated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Menas of Constantinople

  • 27th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Church, Constantinople, Islam, Istanbul, Justinian II, Mehmed II, Mosque, Religion

Hagia Sophia’s long history saw it serve as both a Greek Orthodox cathedral and a Roman Catholic cathedral, before Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II in 1453.

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27th November 1095: Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade with a speech at the Council of Clermont

  • 27th November 2022
  • Tagged as: Christianity, Council of Clermont, Crusade, Islam, Jerusalem, Judaism, Pogrom, Pope Urban II, Religion, Urban II

No accurate record exists of how many people responded to Pope Urban II’s call, but estimates suggest anywhere between 60,000 and 100,000 people joined the First Crusade.

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18th May 1291: The Siege of Acre saw the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil seize control of the Crusader-controlled city

  • 18th May 2022
  • Tagged as: Acre, Christian, Christianity, Crusade, Holy Land, Islam, Jerusalem, Medieval, Muslim, Religion

The Siege of Acre, sometimes known in Christendom as the Fall of Acre, marked the last attempt to exert Crusader influence in the Holy Land.

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25th November 1491: The Treaty of Granada ends Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula

  • 25th November 2021
  • Tagged as: Catholicism, Granada, Islam, Reconquista, Spain

The Treaty of Granada ended the Granada War and brought about the end of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.

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23rd November 1450: Ottoman forces abandon the First Siege of Krujë, after being unable to defeat Skanderbeg’s forces

  • 23rd November 2021
  • Tagged as: Albania, Christianity, Islam, Kruje, Ottoman Empire, Religion, Skanderbeg, War

The Ottomans had suffered up to 20,000 casualties compared to Skanderbeg’s 1,000 during the siege.

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2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege

  • 2nd October 2021
  • Tagged as: Christianity, Crusade, Holy Land, Islam, Jerusalem, Middle East

In return for the crusaders’ unconditional surrender, Saladin agreed that anyone who paid a ransom would be able to leave the city in safety.

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30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

  • 30th September 2021
  • Tagged as: Afghanistan, Caliph, Caliphate, Islam, Middle East, Muslim, Turgesh, Umayyad

The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh forces.

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30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

  • 30th July 2021
  • Tagged as: Abbasid, Al-Mansur, Architecture, Baghdad, Caliph, Islam, Madinat al-Salaam, Muslim
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/07-30-Construction-began-on-the-city-of-Baghdad.mp3

The city of Baghdad was founded by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur.

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16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

  • 16th July 2021
  • Tagged as: Arabia, Astronomy, Calendar, Date, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Science
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/07-16-Start-date-of-the-Islamic-calendar-.mp3

The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.

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