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In 1909 the Islamic State (Ottoman Turkey) became one of the first nations to start a military aviation program. Military attaches from the Islamic St...

Hand Cannons

A hand cannon is an early form of firearm. It is possibly the oldest type of portable firearm. It is a forerunner of the handgun as well as muskets an...

Famous Diamonds

Some of the biggest, most expensive and famous diamonds have a history linked to Muslims: Darya-ye Noor Diamond: One of the Crown Jewels from Iran....

Mohair

The Angora goat originated from Tibet making its way to Turkey in the 16th century. Until 1849, the Turkish province of Ankara was the sole producer o...

Gatsbys

A Gatsby is a South African style of deli sandwich very similar in content and method of preparation as a hoagie in the United States. It is mostly po...

Civil Law

Several legal institutions in European civil law were adapted from similar institutions in Islamic law during the Middle Ages: The Islamic Hawala i...

Taqi al Din

Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf al-Shami al-Asadi was born in 1521 in Damascus, Syria, and was educated in Cairo, Egypt and died in 1585. He became a ...

Sultan Suleiman I

Suleiman I (born 1494, died 1566) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566. He personally led armies to conquer Belgrade, Rhodes, the Balkan...

Sayyid Abdullah Hassan

Sayyid Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (born 1856, Somalia, died 1920, Ogaden) was Somalia's religious and nationalist leader (called the ‘Mad Mullah’ by the...

Haroon Ar Rashid