Al-ʿAwāṣim (Arabic: العواصم, "the defences, fortifications"; sing. al-ʿāṣimah, اَلْـعَـاصِـمَـة, "protectress") was the Arabic term used to refer to the... 23 KB (2,791 words) - 20:23, 11 May 2024 |
Jund (section Al-Andalus) presided over all of the districts, while in 785 Harun al-Rashid added the new district of Jund al-'Awasim in the north, encompassing the frontier zone with... 8 KB (997 words) - 21:49, 21 January 2024 |
Mardaites (redirect from Al-Jarajima) Mardaites gained a semi-independent status around the Nur Mountains within al-ʿAwāṣim, the Byzantine-Arab border region. They initially agreed to serve as mercenaries... 8 KB (821 words) - 17:46, 6 May 2024 |
command over the frontier provinces with the Byzantine Empire (the al-Thughur wa al-'Awasim), with his seat at Manbij. In this capacity, in July-August 803... 4 KB (554 words) - 04:23, 22 August 2023 |
on the legal rulings of the Qur'an according to the Maliki school. Al-'Awasim min al-Qawasim (العواصم من القواصم) or "Defence Against Disaster", is a history... 14 KB (1,703 words) - 09:18, 12 May 2024 |
this time as an advance strongpoint within the fortified zone of the al-ʿAwāṣim, stretching from Tarsus northeast to Malatya, and as an assembly point... 36 KB (4,024 words) - 19:14, 27 April 2024 |