The Kiswah, literally “robe”, is the intricately-embroidered black cloth that covers the Kaaba, the cubical stone structure at the centre of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca ... The Abbasid Caliphate ...

Madina is the city of the Prophet's Mosque, Masjid Nabawi, and is a place of great spiritual importance. The city's population contains almost 1.3 million Muslim residents plus an endless procession ...

The panel of arbitrators ruled against Ali and Muawiyya claimed the caliphate for himself. Ali, who had moved his capital to Kufa in present-day Iraq by this time, refused to accept the decision. A ...

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