Beyond Borders: The Legacy of Ottoman Women’s Inoculation in Europe
This paper examines two eighteenth-century letters penned by English travellers…
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Women of Science, Medicine and Management
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New Results In The Research On Some Mathematical Works Of Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi
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Author Bradley Steffens on ‘First Scientist’, Ibn al-Haytham
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Malika V: Nur Jahan
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Tribute to the late Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin
Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul,…
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Professor Fuat Sezgin Passed Away in Istanbul
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Malika IV: Hurrem Sultan (Roxolana)
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World Muslim Women’s Summit & Exhibition WISE 2018 Istanbul
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Malika VI: Sayyida Al-Hurra
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Obituary: Professor Cesare Rossi, Naples
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The West Owes a Debt to Islam: Interview with Prof Glen Cooper
Professor Glen Cooper discusses the Golden Age of Muslim Civilisation.…
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Buried Evidence: Islamic Viking Burial Garments
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Science and Engineering in the Islamic Heritage Symposium
“Science and Engineering in the Islamic Heritage”, a Symposium organised…
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Ode to Nana Asma’u: Voice and Spirit
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al-Jahiz’s Book of Animals: The transcendent value of disgust
Jeannie Miller, an assistant professor in the department of near…
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Malika II: Radiyya bint Iltutmish
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OBITUARY: Ahmed Zewail 1946-2016
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A Tale of Two Civilisations: The Viking and the Muslim Civilisation
Dating back to March 2015, news regarding the discovery of…
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Ode to Sheikh Abdul al-Amawi: The Old Man of Barawa
In this article, Natty Mark Samuels explores the life and…
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President of FSTC at the Annual “Avicenna Studienwerk” Summer Academy, Osnabrück, Germany
On Monday 31st August, 2015, Professor Salim Al-Hassani, President of…
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Song of Suwari: Ode to West African Scholars
Although some contemporary historians may argue otherwise, in the past,…
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Omar Sharif’s final film dedicated to his legacy
Actor Omar Sharif’s final film “1001 Inventions and the World…
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Ode to Ahmad Baba Al-Massufi
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Takruri Al-Massufi al-Timbukti, otherwise commonly…
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Professor Devin Stewart: The Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadīm and the Transmission of Knowledge in the Islamic World
On Wednesday 22nd April, a public lecture exploring “The Fihrist…
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An Obituary: Professor Rabie El-Said Abdel-Halim
We have just received the sad news of the passing…
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Malika I: Khayzuran & Zubayda
From Indonesia to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Senegal to Turkey,…
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Daily Sabah: A woman with a past
Taken from www.dailysabah.com/features/2014/07/12/a-woman-with-a-past: Fatima al-Fihri, a Muslim woman activist from…
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The role of Ibn Sina (Avicenna)’s Medical Poem in the transmission of medical knowledge to medieval Europe
Were you aware that in the Medieval Islamic world, celebrated…
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The Millennium Anniversary Of Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
In 2013, the world community of scholars celebrated a millennium…
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The Late Professor Abdelhamid I. Sabra: An Obituary
Abdelhamid Ibrahim Sabra, Professor Emeritus of the History of Arabic…
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Washington Irving and the rediscovery of the lost centuries of knowledge
Mr Howard Firth, MBE, one of the Founding members of…
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Interview with Peter Sanders
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Interview of Professor Al-Hassani in ‘The Alchemy of Innovation’
In his new book, The Alchemy of Innovation, published in…
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‘Umar al-Khayyam (Omar Khayyam)
‘Umar al-Khayyam (better known as Omar Khayyam, 1048-1123 CE), was…
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Khaldun
Abd al-Rahman ibn Khaldun is considered a forerunner of original…
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Turkish-American TV: Interview with President of FSTC
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Ibn Al-Haytham on Eye and Brain, Vision and Perception
Ibn al-Haytham was the major figure in the study of…
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An Obituary: Professor Ahmad Y. al-Hassan
On 28 April 2012 Professor Dr Ahmad Yusuf al-Hassan Gabarin…
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Rhazes in the Renaissance of Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius' (1514–64) first publication was a Paraphrasis of the…
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A Medical Classic: Al-Razi’s Treatise on Smallpox and Measles
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‘Ali b. Sahl Rabban al-Tabari Author of Firdaws al-hikma (Paradise of Wisdom)
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Obituary: Professor H. H. Gunhan Danisman (1943-2009)
At the beginning of 2009, we lost our colleague and…
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The Influence of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi on Ottoman Scientific Literature
The works of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi have always attracted the…
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The Influence of Ibn al-Haytham on Kamal al-Din al-Farisi
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Nader El-Bizri: Ibn al-Haytham – An Introduction
This presentation focused on the historical and epistemic bearings of…
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In Memoriam: Peter Raymond MBE
The Trustees of FSTC: Prof. Salim Al-Hassani, Prof. M. El-Gomati,…
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Kamal al-Din Abu al-Hasan (or al-Hasan) al-Farisi
In this short bio-bibliography of Kamal al-Din al-Farisi, Dr Saira…
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Kristiane Backer Interviews Professor Salim Al-Hassani
Kristiane Backer conducted an interview with Professor Salim Al-Hassani, founder…
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Piri Reis: A Genius 16th-Century Ottoman Cartographer and Navigator
Piri Reis is a well known Ottoman-Turkish admiral, geographer and…
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Jim Al-Khalili in an Interview with New Scientist: Islam’s House of Wisdom will Rise Again
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Interview with Professor Rabie E. Abdel-Halim
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The Horizon of Katip Celebi’s Thought
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Interview with Professor Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
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Interview with Professor George Saliba
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Interview with Professor Emilie Savage-Smith
Professor Emilie Savage-Smith expands in this remarkable interview on Islamic…
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Interview with Dr. Zohor Idrisi
In the following interview, Dr Zohor Idrisi sheds light on…
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Interview with Prof Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Interviewing Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, the eminent specialist of the…
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Interview with Abdul Sahib Shakiry
The interview with Abdul Sahib Shakiry went along on his…
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Interview with Anthony Garnaut: Islam in China
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The Six-Cylinder Water Pump of Taqi al-Din: Its Mathematics, Operation and Virtual Design
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Ahmad Salim Sa‘idan: A Palestinian Historian of Arabic Mathematics
Since the middle of the 20th century, the history of…
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In Memory of Aydin Sayili
Aydin Sayilli (1913-1993) was an eminent historian of science whose…
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Al-Muqaddasi: The Geographer from Palestine
A notable fact that should be remembered when we talk…
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Vidinli Huseyin Tawfik: A Modern Turkish Specialist of Linear Algebra
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Islamic Automation: Al-Jazari’s Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
In the following essay, Dr. Gunalan Nadarajan, Associate Dean of…
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In Memoriam of Aydin Sayili: Biography and Account of his Scientific Activity
The following article presents a thorough intellectual biography of the…
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Taqi al-Din ibn Ma‘ruf and the Science of Optics: The Nature of Light and the Mechanism of Vision by Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir
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Taqi al-Din ibn Ma‘ruf and the Science of Optics: The Nature of Light and the Mechanism of Vision
In this article, some aspects of Kitab Nūr hadaqat al-ibsār…
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Ridhwan al-Sa’ati: A Biographical Outline
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Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma’ruf: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay
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Abu ‘l-Barakat al-Baghdadi: Outline of a Non-Aristotelian Natural Philosophy
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Nasuh Al-Matrakî, A Noteworthy Ottoman Artist-Mathematician of the Sixteenth Century
Matrakci Nasuh was a famous Ottoman polymath, writer and knight…
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The List of Al-jazari Articles Published on Muslim Heritage Website
Some 800 years in the past, in 1206, a brilliant…
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800 Years Later: In Memory of Al-Jazari, A Genius Mechanical Engineer
Al-Jazari (1136-1206) was an important Arab Muslim scholar. He was…
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Mulla Nasruddin Khodja a Major Character of Muslim Satiric Literature
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Famous Figures of the Modern Turkish Medical School
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Latinized Names of Muslim Scholars
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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Ibn Yahya Al-Zarqali
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Copernicus and Arabic Astronomy: A Review of Recent Research
Some 800 years in the past, in 1206, a brilliant…
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Scandinavia and Ibn Fadlan
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Al-Urdi’s Article on ‘The Quality of Observation’
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Alfraganus and the Elements of Astronomy
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Scientific Life during the Period of the Anatolian Seljuks
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Aydin Sayili (1913-1993) At Work: His Scientific Biography
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Ibn Jubair: Capturing the Decline of Islamic Power
Ibn Jubair is widely recognised as one of the greatest…
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Islamic Science, the Scholar and Ethics
The ethics or philosophy of science has in more recent…
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Al-Ramhormuzi and the Wonders of India
Captain Buzurg ibn Shahriyar, a shipmaster from Khuzistan compiled a…
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Professor Sevim Tekeli – a short autobiography
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Al-Razi the Medical Scholar
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The Scholars of Damascus
Scholars of Damascus specialised in numerous fields including medicine, economics…
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The Scholars of Aleppo: Al Farabi, Al-Qifti and al-Adim
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The Scholars of Aleppo: Al Mahassin, Al Urdi, Al-Lubudi, Al-Halabi
The article describes the works of the following scholars: Al…
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The Scholars of Samarkand
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Salerno and Constantine the African
Salerno came to prominence as the first faculty-University of the…
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Were the Berbers and Seljuks instrumental in decline of Muslim Civilisation?
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Ibn Hazm’s Philosophy and Thoughts on Science
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Christopher Wren and the Muslim Origin of Gothic Architecture
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Ziryab, the Musician, Astronomer, Fashion Designer and Gastronome
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Al-Kindi, Cryptography, Code Breaking and Ciphers
Cryptography paved the way for the development of arguably humanity's…
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Al-Muqaddasi: An Encyclopaedic Scholar
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Multi-ethnic Science Community with Islam
By far the most multi-ethnic culture and civilisation that had…
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City Design and Planning of the Abbassids
The Abbassid period is characterised by large-scale design and city…
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Zheng He – the Chinese Muslim Admiral
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Ibn Al-Haytham the Muslim Physicist
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