Sumaya

“Udru, a language common among India's Muslims, exhibits Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Indian influences. Its name derives from the Turkic word "ordu", meaning army, since it was at the Turkic army camps that these four languages intermingled.”
― Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

“As part of his administrative reforms, Suleiman lowered taxes on peasants in his Empire. This led to immigration of Christian peasants who left the rest of Europe to live and work in the Ottoman Empire.”
― Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

“Although he took Constantinople by force, Mehmet did not impose Islam on the city's inhabitants. They were free to continue to practice religion as they did before the conquest.”
― Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

“Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful" - Abu Bak's warfare rules, to his army”
― Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past