Hajjaj bin Yusuf Saqafi was the Omayyad governor of Iraq. When reports reached him of this incident, he wrote to Raja Dahir demanding that the captives be released and the responsible pirates punished. Dahir refused. This refusal set the stage for the onset of hostilities. It was the responsibility of the Caliphate to protect its citizens and to More

The conquest of Sindh, located in today’s Pakistan, happened in stages. During the Caliphate of Omar ibn al Khattab (r), Muslim armies approached the coast of Makran, but Omar (r) withdrew the troops in response to reports of a harsh and inhospitable terrain. Emir Muawiya subdued eastern Afghanistan and the Northwest Frontier areas. However, it More

At the time of the American Revolutionary War, ‘Canada’ was not a single country but regions, two of the most powerful of which were Nova Scotia and former French colony of Quebec. More

From Viking ships to luxurious ocean liners, History Revealed nominates the tubs that have made the biggest waves... More

Some 885,000 Muslim soldiers — more than twice than previously thought — supported Allied forces in World War I, finds new research into the little-known role played by Muslims in the conflict. More

Here, writing for History Extra, Dr Knox reveals 10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Scottish history. More

On 16 September 1620, a merchant ship, the Mayflower, sailed from England and made its way to the New World. More

Diocletian, who came to the throne in 284, was of lowly origins and lacked a formal higher education, but he came up with an answer that had eluded his predecessors. First, in 286, he appointed an old comrade in arms, Maximian, as co-Augustus. Then, in 293, he co-opted two junior imperial rulers, Constantius and Galerius, as Caesars. More

From across the imperial frontiers, the Germans adopted improved farming techniques, the two crop rotation system, and iron ploughshares. Increased agricultural productivity allowed for population expansion. Having the empire as a neighbour stimulated trade, especially in slaves. This probably encouraged aggressive war-making among the already More

When Roman forces reached the Euphrates in the 60s BC, they met the Arsacid dynasty of the Parthians, which had been expanding westward for over two centuries. More

After 250 years of stability, the third century AD saw the Roman empire descend into an era of chaos – and, says Harry Sidebottom, its rulers only had themselves to blame. More

The Forbidden City, the Great Wall, fabulous ceramics: the Ming is how we see historic China. The Ming came out of the shock of Mongol occupation and the civil wars of the 1350s. More