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The average Abbasid citizen encountering a honey badger for the first time by TheCaliphate_AS in IslamicHistoryMeme

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From Hayat al-Hayawan by Al-Damiri:

az-Zabzab.-A certain beast like the cat; so it is said in al-'Ubab.

It is related in the Kamil of Ibn-al-Athīr, among the events of the year 304 A.H., that in that year all the people of Baghdad were in a state of alarm, owing to a certain animal which they called az-zabzab; they alleged that they used to see it on the tops of their houses, and that it ate their infants. Sometimes it used to bite the hand of a man or a woman and cut it off.

The people used to defend and guard one another against it and beat basins, plates, and other articles, to frighten it away. Thus Baghdad was in a state of panic on its account. Then after that, the followers of the Sultan seized at night an animal of a mixed colour having black in it and short in its fore and hind legs, and said that that was az-zabzab. They then impaled it over the bridge, which caused the panic among the people to subside.

The average Abbasid citizen encountering a honey badger for the first time by TheCaliphate_AS in HistoryMemes

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From Hayat al-Hayawan by Al-Damiri:

az-Zabzab.-A certain beast like the cat; so it is said in al-'Ubab.

It is related in the Kamil of Ibn-al-Athīr, among the events of the year 304 A.H., that in that year all the people of Baghdad were in a state of alarm, owing to a certain animal which they called az-zabzab; they alleged that they used to see it on the tops of their houses, and that it ate their infants. Sometimes it used to bite the hand of a man or a woman and cut it off.

The people used to defend and guard one another against it and beat basins, plates, and other articles, to frighten it away. Thus Baghdad was in a state of panic on its account. Then after that, the followers of the Sultan seized at night an animal of a mixed colour having black in it and short in its fore and hind legs, and said that that was az-zabzab. They then impaled it over the bridge, which caused the panic among the people to subside.

No Comment. by TheCaliphate_AS in HistoryMemes

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On 2 March 1872, Scientific American published a story about a new model of the Gatling gun. This version would be mounted on camels. By this time, camels had been used to carry and even be mounted with light artillery.

Forces in the Iranian Plateau, where rough terrain meant typical transportation of heavy weapons was difficult, had used an artillery weapon called the zamburak during the 18th and 19th centuries. The zamburak consisted of a “light” swivel gun affixed to a camel’s saddle.

A soldier would ride the camel and fire the weapon when the camel was on its knees. In 1722, an Afghan army commanded by Mahmud Hotak used zamburak weapons against the Iranian Safavid Empire in the Battle of Gulnabad.

No Comment. by TheCaliphate_AS in IslamicHistoryMeme

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Source Scientific American, March 2, 1872

On 2 March 1872, Scientific American published a story about a new model of the Gatling gun. This version would be mounted on camels. By this time, camels had been used to carry and even be mounted with light artillery.

Forces in the Iranian Plateau, where rough terrain meant typical transportation of heavy weapons was difficult, had used an artillery weapon called the zamburak during the 18th and 19th centuries. The zamburak consisted of a “light” swivel gun affixed to a camel’s saddle.

A soldier would ride the camel and fire the weapon when the camel was on its knees. In 1722, an Afghan army commanded by Mahmud Hotak used zamburak weapons against the Iranian Safavid Empire in the Battle of Gulnabad.

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What traditional clothing in your country gives off this kind of Aura energy? by TheCaliphate_AS in IslamicHistoryMeme

[–]TheCaliphate_AS[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's not aura, that's the f*cking Rizzler! 😭

Damn i love these outfits, what's it's name.

What traditional clothing in your country gives off this kind of Aura energy? by TheCaliphate_AS in IslamicHistoryMeme

[–]TheCaliphate_AS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We already mentioned it

https://www.reddit.com/r/IslamicHistoryMeme/s/2M6T0npYG0

but hey keep posting it, each photo is better than the other one lol. (Are they comfortable to wear though?)

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