On This Day

Campaign of Tabuk, October 26, 630

On October 26*, 630, the Prophet Muhammad set out on his last campaign for Tabuk…

Siege & Conquest of Jerusalem, September 20 – October 2, 1187

On October 2, 1187, Sultan Salah al-Din Ayyubi conquered the city of Jerusalem after a…

The Battle of Ain Jalut, how the Mamluks of Egpyt saved the Muslim world

On September 03, 1260, the forces of the Mamluks of Egypt defeated the Ilkhanid (Mongol)…

Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi, the greatest physician of the Middle Ages

On August 27, 854, celebrated alchemist, physician, philosopher and polymath Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (Rhazes)…

How the Ottoman admiral Turgut Reis died during the Siege of Malta

Described as the greatest disciple of Khairedihn (Hayreddin Barbarossa), he emerged as a successful pupil and managed to maintain Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean despite all the difficulties. Many historians believe that, had he lived, the siege of Malta would have succeeded.

Indian uprising of 1857

On May 10, 1857, the first Indian War of Independence or Indian Uprising of 1857…

Battle of Heliopolis, July 6, 640

On this day, July 06, 640, the Rashidun Caliphate forces defeated the Byzantine armies in…

Battle of Hattin, July 5, 1187

On this day, July 4, 2021, Sultan Salah al-Din Ayyubi defeated the Crusaders in the…

Yavuz Sultan Selim (Selim I) ascends the Ottoman throne

On April 25, 1512, Yavuz Sultan Selim ascended the Ottoman throne in Istanbul. Later, he also became the First Ottoman Caliph in 1517.

The Battle of Jebel Hamrin, March 25, 1917, WW1

On this day, 25 March 1917 CE, the Sixth Ottoman army under the command of…