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Boats and ships | Historyworld

HISTORY OF BOATS AND SHIPS

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Shi'as | SHI'AS

After the death of Ali, opponents of the new Umayyad dynasty promote the claims of Ali's two sons, Hasan and Husayn (grandsons of Muhammad). Their party becomes known as Shi'at Ali (the 'party of Ali'). The political cau...

Shi'as | HISTORY OF ISLAM

Shi'as

After the death of Ali, opponents of the new Umayyad dynasty promote the claims of Ali's two sons, Hasan and Husayn (grandsons of Muhammad). Their party becomes known as Shi'at Ali (the 'party of Ali'). The political cau...

Shi'as | SHI'ITE MUSLIMS

Shi'as

After the death of Ali, opponents of the new Umayyad dynasty promote the claims of Ali's two sons, Hasan and Husayn (grandsons of Muhammad). Their party becomes known as Shi'at Ali (the 'party of Ali'). The political cau...

Ships of the line | HISTORY OF WARFARE - SEA

Ships of the line

For nearly a century after the Armada, a naval battle consists of a general melee with ships from each side engaging in individual combat. But during the Anglo-Dutch wars discipline begins to be imposed on fleets, with t...

The Ismailis break away from the | HISTORY OF THE ISMAILIS

The Ismaili sect

The Ismailis break away from the main body of the Shi'as on the question of the line of imams in succession to Muhammad (precisely the issue on which the Shi'as and Sunnis have broken away from each other ). Between Shi'...

Deprived of their military power, the | HISTORY OF THE ISMAILIS

The Aga Khan

Deprived of their military power, the Assassins survive in Persia as the Nizari Ismaili, a minor heretical sect of Shi'ite Islam (see the Shi'as). Their leaders still claim descent, through Nizar, from Ali and Fatima. In...

Togrul Beg gradually fights his way | HISTORY OF IRAN (PERSIA)

Seljuks

Togrul Beg gradually fights his way westwards through Persia. By 1055 he is in a position to enter Baghdad itself. He does so without violence, being welcomed by the caliph as a liberator from the Shi'as. The caliph give...

Togrul Beg gradually fights his way | HISTORY OF THE TURKS

Seljuks

Togrul Beg gradually fights his way westwards through Persia. By 1055 he is in a position to enter Baghdad itself. He does so without violence, being welcomed by the caliph as a liberator from the Shi'as. The caliph give...

Togrul Beg gradually fights his way | HISTORY OF MIGRATION

Seljuks

Togrul Beg gradually fights his way westwards through Persia. By 1055 he is in a position to enter Baghdad itself. He does so without violence, being welcomed by the caliph as a liberator from the Shi'as. The caliph give...

An Ismaili leader, Ubaydulla, conquers in | HISTORY OF EGYPT

The Fatimids

An Ismaili leader, Ubaydulla, conquers in 909 a stretch of north Africa, displacing the Aghlabids in Kairouan. He founds there a dynasty known as Fatimid - for he claims to be a caliph in the Shi'a line of descent from A...

An Ismaili leader, Ubaydulla, conquers in | HISTORY OF THE ISMAILIS

The Fatimids

An Ismaili leader, Ubaydulla, conquers in 909 a stretch of north Africa, displacing the Aghlabids in Kairouan. He founds there a dynasty known as Fatimid - for he claims to be a caliph in the Shi'a line of descent from A...

An Ismaili leader, Ubaydulla, conquers in | HISTORY OF NORTH AFRICA

The Fatimids

An Ismaili leader, Ubaydulla, conquers in 909 a stretch of north Africa, displacing the Aghlabids in Kairouan. He founds there a dynasty known as Fatimid - for he claims to be a caliph in the Shi'a line of descent from A...

Mas'ud is campaigning in the eastern | HISTORY OF IRAN (PERSIA)

Seljuks

Mas'ud is campaigning in the eastern part of his empire, in India, when Togrul Beg, a grandson of Seljuk, strikes in the west. Mas'ud hurries home to confront this threat. He meets the Seljuk army in 1040 at Dandandqan,...

Mas'ud is campaigning in the eastern | HISTORY OF THE TURKS

Seljuks

Mas'ud is campaigning in the eastern part of his empire, in India, when Togrul Beg, a grandson of Seljuk, strikes in the west. Mas'ud hurries home to confront this threat. He meets the Seljuk army in 1040 at Dandandqan,...

Mas'ud is campaigning in the eastern | HISTORY OF MIGRATION

Seljuks

Mas'ud is campaigning in the eastern part of his empire, in India, when Togrul Beg, a grandson of Seljuk, strikes in the west. Mas'ud hurries home to confront this threat. He meets the Seljuk army in 1040 at Dandandqan,...

Othman, chosen as the third caliph, | HISTORY OF THE CALIPHS

Muhammad and caliphs

Othman, chosen as the third caliph, is a son-in-law of Muhammad. By the end of his reign, in 656, Arabs have conquered as far afield as north Africa, Turkey and Afghanistan....

Othman, chosen as the third caliph, | HISTORY OF MUHAMMAD

Muhammad and caliphs

Othman, chosen as the third caliph, is a son-in-law of Muhammad. By the end of his reign, in 656, Arabs have conquered as far afield as north Africa, Turkey and Afghanistan....

Othman, chosen as the third caliph, | HISTORY OF ISLAM

Muhammad and caliphs

Othman, chosen as the third caliph, is a son-in-law of Muhammad. By the end of his reign, in 656, Arabs have conquered as far afield as north Africa, Turkey and Afghanistan....

After four centuries of dominance by | HISTORY OF IRAN (PERSIA)

Ismail I

After four centuries of dominance by powerful intruders (Seljuk Turks, Mongols), Persia acquires in the 16th century a new dynasty from the heartland of the classical Persian empire.

Azer...

Demonstrations begin in Syria in March | HISTORY OF SYRIA

Civil War

Demonstrations begin in Syria in March 2011, three months after the beginning of the Arab Spring. At the start there are especially large numbers of protesters in Daraa, a city in the southwest of the country near the b...

On 1 May 2003, two days | IRAQ

The aftermath of war

On 1 May 2003, two days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush enjoys a spectacular photo opportunity. He appears on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, stationed off the coast of California, and makes a...

Ships sailing to and from the | HISTORY OF THE DUTCH EMPIRE

Cape Town

Ships sailing to and from the east make a habit of calling in at the bay below Table mountain - to barter with the Khoikhoi tribes of the region for fresh food, and to engage in an informal postal system. Letters and new...

Ships sailing to and from the | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town

Ships sailing to and from the east make a habit of calling in at the bay below Table mountain - to barter with the Khoikhoi tribes of the region for fresh food, and to engage in an informal postal system. Letters and new...

Ships sailing to and from the | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Cape Town

Ships sailing to and from the east make a habit of calling in at the bay below Table mountain - to barter with the Khoikhoi tribes of the region for fresh food, and to engage in an informal postal system. Letters and new...

Four more ships reach Jamestown in | HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Virginia

Four more ships reach Jamestown in 1609. The number of settlers is up to 500 when Smith is injured, later that year, and has to sail home to England. During the next winter, in his absence, there is appalling famine - th...

Four more ships reach Jamestown in | HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA

Virginia

Four more ships reach Jamestown in 1609. The number of settlers is up to 500 when Smith is injured, later that year, and has to sail home to England. During the next winter, in his absence, there is appalling famine - th...

Four more ships reach Jamestown in | HISTORY OF BRITISH COLONIAL AMERICA

Virginia

Four more ships reach Jamestown in 1609. The number of settlers is up to 500 when Smith is injured, later that year, and has to sail home to England. During the next winter, in his absence, there is appalling famine - th...

Four more ships reach Jamestown in | HISTORY OF ENGLAND

Virginia

Four more ships reach Jamestown in 1609. The number of settlers is up to 500 when Smith is injured, later that year, and has to sail home to England. During the next winter, in his absence, there is appalling famine - th...

The three ships of the expedition, | HISTORY OF EXPLORATION

The Northeast Passage

The three ships of the expedition, under the command of Hugh Willoughby, are towed down the river. As they pass Greenwich Palace, they salute the ailing Edward VI (the 15-year-old king is within six weeks of his death)....