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The Bektashi Order is a Sufi order, originating in the 13th-century Ottoman Empire. [5] Origins of the community point towards the Kızılbaş and Alevism.As the Janissaries became a dominant force in Ottoman politics, they adopted Bektashism as the corps' religion, while Sunni Islam dominated the Muslim millet.
t. e. Medieval Islamic geography and cartography refer to the study of geography and cartography in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age (variously dated between the 8th century and 16th century). Muslim scholars made advances to the map-making traditions of earlier cultures, [ 1 ] explorers and merchants learned in their travels ...
Muhiddin Piri (c. 1470 – 1553), better known as Piri Reis (Turkish: Pîrî Reis), was an Ottoman corsair, navigator, geographer, and cartographer. He is primarily known today for his cartographic works, including his 1513 world map and the Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation), a book with detailed information on early navigational techniques ...
During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was an important contributor to the global cultural scene, innovating and supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant. These included Latin translations of the Greek Classics and of Arabic texts in astronomy, mathematics, science, and ...
Eighth century (701–800 CE / 81–184 AH) 701: Ibn al-Ash'ath 's rebellion in Iraq, battle of Dayr al-Jamajim. 703: Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of Shia Islam, is born. 705: Death of caliph Abd al-Malik. Accession of Al-Walid I as Umayyad Caliph. 711: Conquest of Spain by Tariq ibn Ziyad and of Transoxiana by Qutayba ibn Muslim.
Al-Andalus[ a ] (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name describes the different Muslim [ 1 ][ 2 ] states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most of the peninsula [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] as well as Septimania ...
Hacı Ahmet was a purported Ottoman cartographer linked to a 16th-century map of the world. Hacı Ahmet appended a commentary to the map, outlining his own life and an explanation for the creation of the map. But it is not clear whether Ahmet created the map, or whether he simply translated it into Ottoman Turkish for use in the Ottoman world.
ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, born in Nisibis, Upper Mesopotamia; [1] was a 10th-century Arab [2] Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969. [3] His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat Al-Ard (صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth"). The date of his death, known from his writings, was after ...