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A tolerant Shia rival to the Sunni caliphs
John Merrington
Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the
The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...
Our Morocco expert delves into her adopted homeland’s cultural and religious heart
Terrorism’s record of failure
A Rajasthan tiger hunt picture and a silver kiddush cup from Khurasan with coeval inscriptions in Hebrew and Arabic starred at two sales that put the spotlight on the art of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent
The Land of the Rising Sun’s eight female rulers are all but forgotten, but their lives and reigns were filled with drama