#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:
"Le chantre des Omiades: notes biographiques et littéraires sur le poète arabe chrétien Aẖṭal" by Henri Lammens
[Paris: Impr. Nationale, 1895]
dx.doi.org/10.25673/99109
#french #biography #umayyads
711: When Islam Crossed into Europe
The Umayyad Caliphate’s invasion of Visigothic Spain changed the fate of Iberia. Led by Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, it was swift, complex, and world-altering.
Read More: historymedieval.com/the-umayyad-...
#MedievalHistory, #IslamicSpain, #Umayyads, #TariqibnZiyad
The Risqué Umayyad Art of Qusayr Amra!(modern day Jordan) In its Historic 8th cent. Context!
youtu.be/HEDlDiaE6DA
#qusayramra #Qusairamra #Qusayr_amra #art #islamic #middleeast #Umayyads #umayyad #Islamicate #arabhistory #history #Fresco
Glazed bowl depicting chubby stag in blue.
I quite liked this 10th century dish from ISAW's Madinat al-Zahra exhibit, which closes tomorrow.
madinatalzahra.com
#ISAW #Umayyads #Spain #al-Andalus
Couple of food legends link the #croissant’s invention to celebrations of the #Umayyads‘ defeat by the #Franks at the Battle of Tours in 732 or of the #Ottomans in Vienna 1683 ... but reliable contemporary sources for these stories are lacking....
