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[MADRASA] Looking for good sites on Islamic History
proudtobemuslim
07/10/01 at 00:33:15
Assalam-u-Alaikum, Does anyone know of any good sites about Islamic History... particularly the era around the time of the Caliphate of Ali (RA) until the time of Yazid ibn Muawiyyah. Jazzak-Allahu Khair Wassalam-u-Alaikum Uzer

Re: Islamic History
Moe
11/15/00 at 20:24:40
i would liek some info on islamic history in north america

Re: Islamic History
se7en
11/16/00 at 13:58:57
as salaamu alaykum wa rahmatAllahi wa barakatuh, The site http://users.erols.com/zenithco/index.html  has some good basic info on Islamic history in general, nothing too detailed though. For some info on Muslims in America: http://users.erols.com/gmqm/mamerica.html#intro Here are some excerpts, pretty amazing stuff: Anthropologists have proven that the Mandinkas under Mansa Musa's instructions explored many parts of North America via the Mississippi and other rivers systems. At Four Corners, Arizona, writings show that they even brought elephants from Africa to the area. Columbus admitted in his papers that on Monday, October 21, 1492 CE while his ship was sailing near Gibara on the north-east coast of Cuba, he saw a mosque on the top of a beautiful mountain. The ruins of mosques and minarets with inscriptions of Qur'anic verses have been discovered in Cuba, Mexico, Texas and Nevada. Dr. Barry Fell (Harvard University) introduced in his book Saga America - 1980 solid scientific evidence supporting the arrival, centuries before Columbus, of Muslims from North and West Africa. Dr. Fell discovered the existence of Muslim schools at Valley of Fire, Allan Springs, Logomarsino, Keyhole Canyon, Washoe and Hickison Summit Pass (Nevada), Mesa Verde (Colorado), Mimbres Valley (New Mexico) and Tipper Canoe (Indiana) dating back to 700-800 CE. Engraved on rocks in the old western US, he found texts, diagrams and charts representing the last surviving fragments of what was once a system of schools - at both an elementary and higher levels. The language of instruction was North African Arabic written with old Kufic Arabic script. The subjects of instruction included writing, reading, arithmetic, religion, history, geography, mathematics, astronomy and sea navigation. The descendants of the Muslim visitors of North America are members of the present Iroquois, Algonquin, Anasazi, Hohokam and Olmec native people. There are 565 names of places (villages, towns, cities, mountains, lakes, rivers, etc.) in USA (484) and Canada (81) which are derived from Islamic and Arabic roots. These places were originally named by the natives in pre-Columbian period. Some of these names carried holy meanings such as: Mecca (Indiana) - 720 inhabitants, Makkah Indian tribe (Washington), Medina (Idaho) - 2100, Medina (NY) - 8500, Medina and Hazen (North Dakota) - 1100 and 5000, respectively, Medina (Ohio) - 12,000, Medina (Tennessee) - 1100, Medina (Texas) - 26,000, Medina (Ontario) -1200, Mahomet (Illinois) - 3200, Mona (Utah) - 1100, Arva (Ontario) - 700, and many others. A careful study of the names of the native Indian tribes revealed that many names are derived from Arab and Islamic roots and origins, i.e. Anasazi, Apache, Arawak, Arikana, Chavin Cherokee, Cree, Hohokam, Hupa, Hopi, Makkah, Mahigan, Mohawk, Nazca, Zulu, Zuni, etc. Columbus sailed from Palos (Delba), Spain. He was bound for Gomera (Canary Islands) - Gomera is an Arabic word meaning ‘small firebrand’ - there he fell in love with Beatriz Bobadilla, daughter of the first captain General of the island (the family name Bobadilla is derived from the Arab Islamic name Abouabdilla). Nevertheless, the Bobadilla clan was not easy to ignore. Another Bobadilla (Francisco), later as the royal commissioner, put Columbus in chains and transferred him from Santo Domingo back to Spain (November 1500 CE). The Bobadilla family was related to Abbadid dynasty of Seville (1031 -1091 CE).

Re: Islamic History
jannah
11/16/00 at 18:09:21
that's cool. it is indeed very sad when you're traveling all over this country and you visit alot of towns that have names like mecca and madina and ppl tell you muslims settled here way back when.. are there any now.. nope all been assimilated... very sad thing

Re: Islamic History
Arsalan
11/17/00 at 01:39:23
Assalamu alaikum, Uzer, make use of your time in Pakistan man!  Get a hold of "Taareekh-ul-Islam" in Urdu and read it.  It has 3 volumes I think.  It's good stuff! Wassalamu alaikum.
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