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In the late Middle Ages, Aden was largely in control of the East African markets: influence from Yemen was important on the Swahili coast and the African Horn. In fact, thanks to the migration of Yemeni clans, East Africa experienced significant commercial and cultural growth.

Although they emerged in Fars, the Buyids never used the concept of Iran as a political identity, nor did they assert themselves as rulers of the Persians, nor did they even sponsor Persian language and culture. Rather, they sponsored Arab culture and used Arab titles.

Baroque architecture began in the Hellenistic East (Anatolia and Alexandria), then moved to the Roman West with Apollodorus of Damascus. Among its distinctive elements: the arched lintels, which appeared for the first time in the Severan Forum at Leptis Magna (Libya) and were..+

Arab states established in Iran • Emirate of Bani Dalf al-Ajl in Iraq al-Ajam (capital: Karaj) • Emirate of the Alawites in Tabaristan (capital: Amol) • Emirate of the Muzaffarids in Fars (capital: Shiraz)

In the late Middle Ages, Aden was largely in control of the East African markets: influence from Yemen was important on the Swahili coast and the African Horn. In fact, thanks to the migration of Yemeni clans, East Africa experienced significant commercial and cultural growth.

Details of medieval Yemeni culture, Rasulid period: Under the Rasulids, Yemen became again the cultural hub of Arabia that it used to be in antiquity. The country was a major center of art, science and culture. Scholars from all over the Indian Ocean came there to study.

The Rasulid State, a Yemeni dynasty of Ghassanids and Ummayades origin, led Yemen’s golden age of science and culture. Its kings were scholars like Al-‘Abbas (botany), Al-Mu’ayyad (veterinary), ‘Umar (astronomy), and Yusuf (medicine).

An interesting fact about the spread of Islam in the Indian subcontinent is that it was shaped by the rivalry between two Muslim Indias: one of Turkic and Hanafi influence, the other of Arab and Shafi’i influence. In this context, Yemen played a significant role.