Post-1303 CE victory over Mongol Ilkhanids, Mamluk Commander Amir Salar went to Mecca. Using war spoils, he funded inhabitants & summoned the Zayla'i community giving gold, silver, grain & sweets to secure support from Zayla'i traditional leaders & merchants for Islamic defense..
Somali maritime police (PMPF) can be seen engaging pirates off the coast of Somalia who were holding a tanker hostage. Fake news is being circulated across Iraqi media platforms claiming that an Iraqi tribe called Al-Shaghanba freed the hostages.
Today in 1970, the WW2 epic 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' premieres. A joint U.S. and Japanese production, the two-and-a-half-hour drama covers the events surrounding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, concluding with an incredible 40-minute recreation of the battle itself. Required watching
In 634 CE, after winning the Battle of Dathin (Palestine), Amr ibn al-As’s Muslim forces executed Roman commander Sergius by sewing him alive inside a raw camel hide. Left in the sun, it shrank, crushing and suffocating him for cutting off gold subsidies to starve the Muslims.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年, 1839-1892)
Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) Battling with Kumasaka Chōhan, from the series Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors
1883
The Sunni Assassin order of Nubuwwiyya: A 12th-century Sunni militia formed out of frustration during the Crusades when Abbasids couldn't stop Isma'ili Hashashin strikes. 10,000 strong army ,they brutally purged & depopulated town garrisons loyal to the ismaili Hashashins.
The oldest Muslim graves ever discovered in France. Uncovered in the town of Nimes, these 8th-century CE remains belonged to soldiers stationed there during the Umayyad era.