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The works of Ibn Khordadbeh (c. 870) and Jayhani (c. 910s) were at the basis of a new Perso-Arab tradition in Persia and Central Asia. [10] The exact relationship between the books of Khordadbeh and Jayhani is unknown, because the two books had the same title, have often been mixed up, and Jayhani's book has been lost, so that it can only be approximately reconstructed from the works of other ...
Al-Biruni. Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni / ælbɪˈruːni / ( Persian: ابوریحان بیرونی; Arabic: أبو الريحان البيروني; 973 – after 1050), [ 5] known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously "Father of Comparative Religion ...
Abbas ibn Firnas. Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini ( Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 A.D. ), known as Abbas ibn Firnas ( Arabic: عباس ابن فرناس) was an Andalusi polymath: [ 1][ 2][ 3] an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer ...
Islamic world contributions to Medieval Europe. A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, illustration from the Book of Games of Alfonso X (c. 1285). [ 1] During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was at its cultural peak, supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant.
One stamp was issued on this occasion. Value: 50 p. 1977 –6 Birth Centenary of Agha Khan III – 2 November 1977. One stamp was issued on this occasion. Value: Rs. 2. 1977 –7 Iqbal Centenary 1977 – 9 November 1977. Five stamps were issued in se-tenant horizontal strip on this occasion. Value: 20 p, 65 p, Rs. 1.25, Rs. 2.25 Rs. 3.
The Most Comprehensive Pakistan Postage Stamps Colour Catalogue 2006 – 2007, Edited by: MI Choudhary, Lahore, Pakistan; Popular's Pakistan Postage Stamps Catalogue 6th Edition, Edited by: A. Latif Rashed, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006; External links. Collect Pakistan Postage Stamps Stamp Catalogue. Akhtar ul Islam Siddiqui Editor, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Islam/Map. Appearance. hide. < Portal:Islam. World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center, 2014) The distribution of the predominant Islamic madhhab (school of law) followed in majority-Muslim countries and regions. See also Islam by country , Christianity by country, Judaism by country, Protestantism by country, Commons:Category ...
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.