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Published Date : 2022
Auther : Prof. Dr. Atef Mansour Ramadan
Publisher : Sharjah Archaeology Authority
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Islamic money played an important role in political life in the Islamic era in a way that was unprecedented in any era. This is due to the great importance that money has enjoyed in the political system of the Islamic state since the beginning of Islam. Money represented the most important symbols of the king and the sultan that The caliphs and rulers were keen to adopt it immediately after they ascended to power. The caliph or ruler had to do a major matter to announce his assumption of power. The first of these things was to strike the mint and write his name on it, then pray for him in the Friday sermon, then engrave the style ribbon with his name.



Snake cults in Iron Age south eastern Arabia. A consideration on autochthonous developments and possible connections with other Middle Eastern traditions

Published Date : 2015
Auther : Tracey Cian
Publisher : UCL Qatar
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English

This document presents a research proposal on the significance of snakes in the religious beliefs ...

Excavations at Jebel Faya — The FAY-NE1 shelter sequence

Published Date : 2022
Auther : Knut Bretzke / Nicholas J. Conard / Hans-Peter Uerpmann
Publisher : Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 44
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الإنجليزية

This article studies the FAY-NE1 site located in Jebel Faya, which is key to the ...