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Harran |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 22 February, 2005 |
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Harran is a very old town situated in the Jazira province of modern Turkey near the sources of the Balkh River. Badly effected by the Crusades, it nevertheless had its production of scientists that are worthy of note.
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Kufa |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 14 February, 2005 |
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Kufa had a key role in the history of science being the home of the encyclopaedic scholar Al-kindi and the great chemist Jabir Ibn Hayan.
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Khwarizm |
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By: FSTC Ltd, Sun 06 February, 2005 |
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Khwarizm is the city of the birth of algebra, where Albiruni corrected and refined the sciences of the past and thought of the earth spinning on its axis many centuries before Copernicus.
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Bukhara |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 21 January, 2005 |
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Bukhara, a city in central Asia has a history indicative of a number of eastern Islamic cities. It produced important scholars, most famously Ibn Sina and the compiler of the most quoted source of sayings of Prophet Muhammad - Imam Bukhari
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Basra |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 04 January, 2005 |
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Basra became like many places in the Muslim world a centre for knowledge and commerce. Originally set up on the orders of the Caliph as a military camp, the town had good fortunes but suffered from devastating military attacks including by the Mongols who were at that time allied to the Christians.
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Granada |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 20 December, 2004 |
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Granada on the southern coast of Spain was to stay in Muslim hands until 1492. Its fall came centuries after other Muslim areas fell to the Christians. This article highlights some of the important legacies of Muslim Granada.
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Tunis |
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By: FSTC, Tue 30 November, 2004 |
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The birthplace of the founder of social science and prominent historian, Ibn Khaldun, Tunis has had it high and low points. It became a capital city as early as 894 CE and its historical importance it outlined here.
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Valencia |
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By: FSTC Ltd, Mon 22 November, 2004 |
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Valencia is a great symbol of the thoroughness and diversity of Muslim legacy, affecting literally every form and manner of civilization. The rest of Europe was influenced by many contributions found there.
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Cordoba |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 12 November, 2004 |
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If the role of Cordoba in the rise of Muslim science and civilization, and subsequently the rise of Western and modern civilization, was considered, it would fill a whole encyclopedia. Here only the briefest of outline is made.
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Fes |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 13 October, 2004 |
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The date of the foundation of Fes is from the early 9th century. Fes soon after received an influx of diverse origins, Berbers, Jews, Arabs, including also Spanish Muslims from Cordoba. A strong scientific tradition was established in Fes, and many men of science lived there.
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