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H-Mideast-Medieval: Islamic Lands of the Medieval Period - H-Net discussion group dedicated to the study of Islamic lands during the Middle Ages. Sponsored by the Middle East Medievalists (MEM). Features subject overview, archive, reviews, announcements, and subscription information.
Islam Land - A collection of downloadable articles, leaflets and books on Islam.
Arabian Folk Tales - Collection of gay Islamic folktales and historical anecdotes, from the 1001 Nights and the Delight of Hearts.
Islam and Ottoman Times - Survey of Turkish homosexuality from ancient times to the present.
Abu Nuwas, the first and foremost Islamic gay poet - The gay life and poetry of Abu Nuwas, the homosexual Arab poet of medieval Baghdad.
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H-Mideast-Medieval - Discussion list about the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period.

Wikipedia Articles

Flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference - The flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference has an overall green background, this is to represent the green fertilty of the Islamic lands (This is also said to be symbolic to Islam). In the center, there is an upward-facing red crescent enveloped in a white disc which is to symbolise Islam and that Allah is higher than all of the human beings.
Islamic conquest of Afghanistan - The Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (656-870 CE) began after the Islamic conquest of Persia, when Arab Muslims shattered the might of the Persian Sassanians at the battles of Walaja, al-Qādisiyyah and Nahavand. The Arabs then began to move towards the lands east of Persia and in 652 captured the city, Herat.
Great Seljuq Empire - The Great Seljuq Empire was a medieval Islamic- and Turkoman-ruled Persianate empire that once controlled the lands from Anatolia to Punjab. The empire was founded by Tuğrul Bey in 1037 after the efforts by the founder of the dynasty, Seljuq Bey, back in the first quarter of the 11th century.
Studia Islamica - Studia Islamica is an Islamic studies journal focusing on the history, religion, law, literature and language of primarily south-western Asia and Mediterranean lands. According to its publisher it has published the works of well-known Orientalists such as Robert Brunschvig, Joseph Schacht, G.
Geonim - ... were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura and Pumbedita, in Babylonia, and were the generally accepted spiritual leaders of the Jewish community world wide in the early medieval era, in contrast to the Resh Galuta (Exilarch) who wielded secular authority over the Jews in Islamic lands.