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This seems to be one of the potentially most pivotal possible turning points in history. In 716, the Eastern Roman Empire was weakened by the Twenty Year’s Anarchy. The Umayyad Caliph, already overseeing an empire that stretched from Hispania to India, launched an invasion of Asia Minor, and by...

While the Battle of Tours in 732 is seen as a pivotal moment in halting the Muslim expansion into Western Europe, it actually may be overshadowed in importance by the earlier Battle of Toulouse in 721. According to historian Ian Meadows, after the swift conquest of Iberia into the Umayyad...

Christianity has historically been a religion mostly associated with the cities, while folk customs having pagan origins persisted in the villages, and the word "paganus" for a pagan comes from the word "pagus" for a village. Only with the emergence of Lutheranism in the 16th century did the...

During the siege of Bahurasīr, a Sassanid emissary relayed a message from Shahanshah Yazdegerd III to the Arabs, proposing a new border along the Tigris River, with the lands to the west designated as Arab territory and those to the east as Sassanid. IOTL, this offer was rejected, and the Arabs...

I was reading a few months ago about the reasons why the Romans created the empire that united the Mediterranean, and I was struck by a few of them: 1. The location of the Apennine Peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean. 2. The considerable human resources of the peninsula. 3. The...

Even today, Bosnia stands out for having a Muslim European population. While Albania also has a Muslim population, it is not Slavic, making Bosnia more unique IMO. Of course, other Balkan nations had (and still have) significant Muslim minorities (e.g., Bulgaria, Greece), but most were either...

Preface A realm on the brink of disaster is home to many a serpent. In the hands of its stricken king, Jerusalem awaits with bated breath the outcome of the struggle between the two great faiths of the age. In the treacherous pit that is cradle to ambition and power, the most...

Wings of Islam 1st Chapter: Beginning 602 to 604: Ctesiphon, capital of the Persian Empire The Persian Emperor, Koshrow II, hears concerning reports about Turkic tribes amassing at the Empire borders. He decides to prepare his armies for an expedition to permanently deal with the...

Marwan was the most senior living Umayyad after Muawiyah, 25 years older than Yazid, and had a lifetime of experience in governance, unlike Yazid.  In his twenties he partook in the initial invasion of Ifriqiyah alongside Hassan, Husain, Ibn Zubayr, Ibn Umar and many other companions. Then he...

June 8th, year 11 after the Hijrah (AH). The prophet Muhammad has died after spending his last days bedridden in Aisha’s home. It is there, in his wife's bedroom, where he is buried. The Muslims and especially the Sahabah are shocked and distressed by the loss of the prophet. However, moves are...

Hello people! this will be the start of the Tutush timeline as i promised!

OTL, In April 744 Yazid iii mentioned he would implement the following policies: Not to build any buildings of stone or brick, nor to dig any canals. (Referring to palaces and private gardens) Not to hoard wealth. Not to give wealth to wives or children. To transfer wealth from one province to...

Introduction A nation in flux, Nigeria buzzed with anticipation and trepidation. The political winds of change swept the landscape as the 1993 presidential campaign unfolded. Two titans, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the National Republican Convention (NRC), stood at the forefront of a...

In mid 744, after the assassination of Walid ii, at the site of the prophet's mother's grave (alAbwa), the majority of Banu Hashim, including the Abbasids: Ibrahim al imam, Saffah and AlMansur, all pledged fealty to Muhammad ibn Abdullah anNafs azZakiyyah. The Abbasids won the loyalty of...

As the title says, i want to know if there was any chance for a Muslim to become the Emperor of Rome. I dont mean someone like the Ottomans taking the title of Byzantine/Roman Emperors, i mean a Muslim guy manages to outwit the Byzantine powercenters and insert himself onto Emperorship. It...

Say, one of the heads of the players in Europe during the Early Modern Era has a crisis of faith and just so happens to stumble upon the Qur'an as translated by Mark of Toledo. The more interesting potential converts seem to be Isabella, Charles V, and Louis XIII in my view. The English are...

So, for some time i had this idea. As you may know, the First Crusade was a clusterball of disasters somehow succeeding. One of the main reasons for their success, if not *the* main reason, was Muslim disunity. The area between Constantinople and the Sinai was perhaps the least united it had...

Quranism refers to Muslims who reject the Hadiths and consider the Quran to be the sole source of divine authority. What is the best way throughout history to make them a mainstream sect of Islam comprising a majority in certain regions? Would that involve an Islamic Reformation along the lines...

Howdy y’all, long time reader first time poster. This is a very rough concept as of yet, but I’ve had it on the brain and would like to develop it further, thought I would see if anybody has any ideas. Basically: I’m envisioning a version of the American West in which the U.S. Camel Corps was...

On 1570, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi land in Ysla de Luzon or Ysla de Tagala[1] where he would find two Sultanates, the Sultanate of Selurong and the Sultanate of Kumintang which the Spanish would record as Tagala and Comintan, the Sultan of Kumintang would be friendly to the Spanish and even gave...