It was a naval battle fought between the Portuguese and an alliance of the sultan of Gujarat, the zamorin of Calicut and the rulers of Egypt. The Indians had sought help from the Mamluks of Egypt ...

A German, Thetmar, writes of visiting in 1217. Later, the Mamluk sultan Baybars I found Petra deserted. 1812 Swiss scholar Johann Ludwig Burckhardt becomes the first European for centuries to ...

Constructed between 1996 and 2007 at the request of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ... chandeliers and admire the fusion of Fatimid, Mamluk and Ottoman architectural styles, representing ...

SOKOTO: The Sultan of Sokoto, his eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has appointed Professor Jabbi Kilgore, a Sultanate senior councillor, to represent him and the Sultanate Council in ...

Malaysian king Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar - who was dressed in an orange blazer - and two of his sons prior to their departure from Subang Air Base on Feb 7, 2025. (Photo: Facebook/Sultan ...

Built in 1910, this large complex housed Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his family while he was in power. Visitors to the museum can learn more about the "Father of the Nation" as they ...