Harran
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Harran is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Its area is 904 km2, and its population is 96,072. It is approximately 40 kilometres southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometres from the Syrian bor
The Harran plain
Harran and other major cities of ancient Syria
Harran depicted on the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome
Ruins of the medieval Umayyyad Madrasa of Harran (717 CE)
Ibn Taymiyya
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Ibn Taymiyya was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, Mujtahid, traditionist, Qadiri Sufi, proto-Salafist theologian and iconoclast. Born in Harran in 1263 CE and fleeing from the Mongol invasion, he was t
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…Ibn Hamdan, scholar and judge (1206–1295) Ibn Taymiyyah, jurist and theologian (1263–1328) List of cities of the ancient Near East…
The Umayyad Mosque pictured in 1895, where Ibn Taymiyya used to give lessons.
An artist illustrated of Ghazan Khan, a historical figure harshly rebuked by Ibn Taymiyya, mainly due to his constant state of hostility towards the Mamluks of Egypt.
Citadel of Cairo, the place where Ibn Taymiyya was imprisoned for 18 months
The Citadel of Damascus, the prison which Ibn Taymiyya died in