muslims

What if India had remained united after independence in 1947 instead of being divided into two countries? What would be the impact on Asia and the world as a whole? How would India be different from OTL? I assume that whitout the partition, there would be no mass population transfers causing...

Wikipedia's statement on viking relations with the iberian statelets. There were raids of course, with the article mentioning the idea that Asturian King Alfonso III built his naval fortifications due to the viking threat. So I'm curious, given that Vikings created communities all over the...

Inspired by https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/626-constantinople-falls-what-next.515755 I was thinking about the scenario in the thread above when it hit me how absurd the OTL 626 siege must have looked. On one side, the ancient world's toughest nut to crack and its fleet; OTOH...

Tierra de Infieles y Vino de Arroz Infidel Recovery On the mid 18th century after the famine in the late 17th century and the eruption of Taal, the Pagan and Crypto Muslim populations in Luzon would start to flourish again, the Gaddangs would be said to dominate the Upper Reaches of the...

Would it be possible for Copts to rebel against their Muslims overlords some time after their conquest? What would be the last possible date for it to happen? As far as I know, after the century of Arab rule, they didn't even dream about such scenario. Who would lead the rebellion? Personally, I...

Is it possible for the Qarmatian state in Arabia, which lasted from the late 9th till the late 10th centuries, to linger for a bit longer? From what i can discern of them, they were an apocalyptic, very radical Shia Muslim sect, who were bent on avenging Ali's death no matter the cost. Their...

Did the Soviet Union ever consider approaching Taiwan in offering to help subvert the Communist regime in Beijing during the Sino-Soviet conflict? Reviewing the history of the Kuomintang of China, which formed the KMT / Nationalist Party of China that eventually ruled Taiwan, I discovered that...