caliphate

A few threads here have postulated what could happen in Persia and Central Asia if the Arabs fail to break through the Zagros into the core of Persia. But what happens to the Caliphates in that scenario, in particular the Umayyads? Persia and Khorasan were the power bases of the Abbasids. Are...

I was reading a few months ago about the reasons why the Romans created the empire that united the Mediterranean, and I was struck by a few of them: 1. The location of the Apennine Peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean. 2. The considerable human resources of the peninsula. 3. The...

Wings of Islam 1st Chapter: Beginning 602 to 604: Ctesiphon, capital of the Persian Empire The Persian Emperor, Koshrow II, hears concerning reports about Turkic tribes amassing at the Empire borders. He decides to prepare his armies for an expedition to permanently deal with the...

Marwan was the most senior living Umayyad after Muawiyah, 25 years older than Yazid, and had a lifetime of experience in governance, unlike Yazid.  In his twenties he partook in the initial invasion of Ifriqiyah alongside Hassan, Husain, Ibn Zubayr, Ibn Umar and many other companions. Then he...

OTL, In April 744 Yazid iii mentioned he would implement the following policies: Not to build any buildings of stone or brick, nor to dig any canals. (Referring to palaces and private gardens) Not to hoard wealth. Not to give wealth to wives or children. To transfer wealth from one province to...

In mid 744, after the assassination of Walid ii, at the site of the prophet's mother's grave (alAbwa), the majority of Banu Hashim, including the Abbasids: Ibrahim al imam, Saffah and AlMansur, all pledged fealty to Muhammad ibn Abdullah anNafs azZakiyyah. The Abbasids won the loyalty of...

In 695, Justinian II was deposed and the ERE entered a twenty-year long period of instability. Now my question is, how to prevent that? I have thought of several possibilities, including - Justinian II being more lenient with his taxes, eliminating the primary reason for the populace’s...

What if the Arabs succesfully took Constaninople during the first siege in 674-678? Would they be able to take the entire Roman Empire as they did the Persian? Or would the Empire be able to succeed and relocate its capital? What would this fall mean for the future of the Orthodox Church? How...

During the 9 year Anarchy at Samarra, the Caliphate reached its lowest level. 5 Caliphs murdered, numerous independent dynasties popping up in the provinces. An enormous and devastating rebellion in the marshes of southern Iraq, and in 870 the Saffarids came close to taking Baghdad itself...

this a popular pod and I have not seen anyone doing a timeline about and this will not be the exception this will only be writing the battle had Heraclius actually led if you want to a timeline based on how I write the battle go ahead So In This what if, in this scenario, the formation of the...

Problems with Damascus: The Umayyads chose Damascus as their capital, but while it's a good, centrally located Levantine capital, it seems to me to be a poor capital for a Caliphate stretching from the Atlantic to the Indus. Firstly Damascus is quite isolated. Landlocked with no Navigable...

Unless I'm mistaken, my understanding was that under the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates, most if not all islamic lands were unified politically under a single Caliphate. The Umayyads were succeeded by the Abbasids, which, while retaining most of the Islamic world, lost Iberia and some other...

The fourth and last of the Rashidun caliphs, Ali's reign was engulfed by a civil war, the First Fitna, between him and the supporters of Mu'awiya, governor of Syria and a member of the Banu Umayya clan. The biggest battle of the war, fought at Siffin, ended in a stalemate thanks to a call for...

Plausibility Check on one of the Caliphates (Abbasid or Ottomans) surviving to the present day as a primarily religious state, similar to the Papal States or the Vatican. Also threw in the possibly of a new Caliphate under the Saudis. Some possible POD's: 1258 - Mongols sack Baghdad, but...

The nature of the Islamic/Caliphal conquests and the subsequent social effects as a result are extremely fascinating. The Caliphates of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasids were unique in a historical context, they where distinctly Arab in character through their culture, customs, ruling elite and...

Muhammed (PBUH) wife, Ayesha, was one of the most prominent figures in early Islam. Considered one of the best scholars of Islamic jurisprudence during her lifetime, Ayesha preached Jumuah sermons in the Prophet's Masjid, led soldiers into battle and enjoyed major political influence in the...

What would it take for the major Muslim countries, run by Islamist or Islamist-friendly governments, to create a Pan-Islamist bloc that can at least challenge (probably not outright win in a total war, more like win in a proxy war) the other major alliances like the Warsaw Pact/Comintern and...

Established in the 19th century, the Senussi are/were a Sufi religious order which eventually formed the ruling dynasty in the Kingdom of Libya. In the first few decades of the 20th century, the order was governed by Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi: What if Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi accepts Atatürk's...

While looking from a broad macro-historical perspective the conquests were quick and inevitable after the devastation of the war of 602-628 and the various internal crises both the Byzantines and Sassanids had to deal with afterward, Umar(RA), after defeating the Byzantines and Sassanids at...

After a while being out, I set a few things straight in my life. I'll keep the details for myself. I decided to return and continue my participation on Alternate History. In the mean time I started put an halt to all of the TL I was busy with and open a new account rather than the old one. I...