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1929 Wall Street Crash

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Event that changed the world 1929 - The Wall Street Crash. Petikan history dot com ( link ) and britannica (link). On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the NYSE  in a single day. The Wall Street crash of 1929, also called the Great Crash, was a sudden and steep decline in stock  prices in the United States in late October of that year. Over the course of four business days—Black Thursday (October 24) through Black Tuesday (October 29)—the Dow Jones Industrial Average  dropped from 305.85 points to 230.07 points, representing a decrease in stock prices of 25 percent. Bangunan ruang ofis - - - - -

1928 Penicillin Discovery

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Event that changed the world 1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. Fleming (d.1955) was a professor of bacteriology at St Mary's Hospital, London. Fleming was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine, along with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who helped in the development of penicillin. Fleming was knighted in 1944, and in 1999 he featured in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most important people of the century. Baca 'Alexander Fleming, penicillin discovery, the first antibiotic'. immerse education - link . An accidental Nobel Prize. adam smith institute - link . Ruang ofis Tallinn - - - - -

1927 The First Talking Pictures

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Event that changed the world 1927 - The first talking picture. Petikan medium dot com ( link ): In New York City, on October 6th, 1927, Warner Brothers and the Vitaphone Corporation premiered their "Supreme Triumph",  The Jazz Singer . The film is remembered as the first talking picture and the first movie musical. Neither of those claims are true. Petikan screen rant dot com ( link ): The Jazz Singer  was one of the biggest box office hits of 1927 and ended up winning an honorary Academy Award for Darryl F. Zanuck. Ruang ofis Tallinn - - - - -

1927 Flying the Atlantic

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Event that changed the world 1927 - Charles Lindbergh flies the Atlantic solo. Petikan pioneers of flight ( link ): On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his  Spirit of St. Louis  from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. In 1919 New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered a $25,000 prize for the completion of the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Early in 1927, Charles Lindbergh obtained the backing of nine St. Louis investors to compete for the prize. Spirit of St Louis Lindbergh's Transatlantic flight. bay observer may 2023 - link . Notes kertas Estonia 100 - - - - -

1917 - Tank Battles

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Event that changed the world 1917 - The first Tank Battle. Perang yang dikenali juga sebagai The Battle of Cambrai. Petikan ww1 ( link ): The Battle of Cambrai, launched in November 1917, heralded the first time tanks were used in significant force, a little over a year after they had made their tentative  debut at Flers  on the  Somme  in September 1916.  By the autumn of 1917 the popular reputation of tank effectiveness had suffered.  Aside from their undoubted initial value as a suprise tactic  they were deemed to be of limited use in offensive operations, unwieldy and prone to malfunction. Petikan cwgc ( link ): The Battle of Cambrai is renowned for being an example of the first large scale use of tanks in warfare. Taking place in France during World War One, the Battle resulted in over 12,000 British and Commonwealth casualties whose lives are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, CWGC. Note kertas Estonia - - - - -

1916 Battle of the Somme

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Event that changed the world 1916 - The first day of the Battle of the Somme. The River Somme is in France. Petikan war museum ( link ): The Battle of the Somme (1 July - 18 November 1916) was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front. For many in Britain, the resulting battle remains the most painful and infamous episode of the First World War .   Petikan army museum ( link ): The 1916 Somme offensive was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the WW1 (1914-18). The opening day of the attack, 1 July 1916, saw the British Army sustain 57,000 casualties, the bloodiest day in its history. Meja dan kopi - - - - -

1915 The Sinking of Lusitania

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Event that changed the world 1915 - The sinking of Lusitania. What was the Lusitania? The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line. Lusitania was first launched in 1906.  Built for the transatlantic passenger trade, it was luxurious and noted for its speed. During World War I the Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo, resulting in great loss of life. Baca How the sinking of Lusitania change WW1. history dot com - link . Lusitania Meja Bilik  - - - - -

1914 Franz Ferdinand Assassination

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Event that changed the world 1914 - Franz Ferdinand Assassination.  Who is Franz Ferdinand - he is Archduke and the heir to the Austrian throne. Academic Hostel, Tallinn - - - - -

The Sinking of Titanic 1912

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Event that changed the world 1912 - Sinking of the Titanic. Bilik penginapan Tallinn - - - - -

Event That Changed the World 1909

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Year 1909: Louis Bleriot Flies across the Channel - the first aeronautics. Bleriot was born in 1872 near Cambrai, France. Penginapan Academic Hostel, Tallinn - - - - -

Hutan Lipur Sekayu Terengganu

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Selain Batu Bersurat satu lagi tempat tumpuan pelawat apabila tiba di Hulu Terengganu adalah Hutan Lipur Sekayu. Lokasinya agak ceruk dengan keadaan sekeliling yang sunyi. Taman Pertanian Negeri Sekayu Selamat Datang ke Hutan Lipur Sekayu Jalan masuk yang sunyi dan kehijauan - - - - -

Bahan Bacaan Batu Bersurat Terengganu

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Berikut beberapa artikel bacaan mengenai sejarah dan info lain mengenai BBT. Artikel "Batu Bersurat Terengganu: satu tafsiran terhadap pelaksanaan syariah Islam" oleh Rahimin Affandi, Mohd Kamil Majid etc. Jurnal Fiqah 7, pp107-148, 2010. 42 m/surat. "Batu Bersurat Terengganu: satu analisis kritikal mengikut perspektif Islam". Rahimin Affandi, Mohd Kamil Majid etc. Link -  myjurnal . 29 m/surat. This is interesting! "Tarikh sebenar BBT berdasarkan teknik tawaquf (bacaan ketetapan): jadual waktu Hijar dan Al-Quran". Jurnal usim link  usim  2019. 10 m/surat. Petikan ( link ) - Berdasarkan teknik Tawafuq ini, ia menunjukkan tarikh sebenar Batu Bersurat Terengganu ialah 6 REJAB 702H. Malah semakan rentas dalam perkiraan bulan berdasarkan Surah Yunus 10, ayat 5 turut menjelaskan tarikh yang sama iaitu 6 Rejab 702 H kerana semakan dimulakan dengan tarikh hijrah dan mengambilkira aspek bahawa pasti ada berlakunya istiqmal dalam perkiraan bulan-bulan Islam yang te...

Sedikit Sejarah Batu Bersurat Terengganu

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Batu Bersurat Terengganu (BBT) dijumpai pada tahun 1887. Ia ditemui di tebing Sungai Tersat (Sungai Tara) berdekatan Kampung Buluh, Kuala Berang, Terengganu. Sebaik ditemui BBT telah dibawa ke sebuah surau berdekatan, Surau Tok Rashid. Nama Tok Rashid ini agak terkenal sebagai tokoh agama tempatan (baca link -  tdm ).  Pada 1902 BBT telah dibawa ke Kuala Terengganu dengan rakit. Langkah membawa BBT ke KT adalah usaha seorang kenamaan Terengganu bernama Pengiran Anum Engku Abdul Kadir. Ini susulan beliau  singgah bersolat di Surau Tok Rashid dan terlihat batu tersebut yang diguna sebagai pelapik kaki. BBT dipersembah kepada Sultan Zainal Abidin III. Sultan memerintah BBT di letak di Bukit Puteri dan tersadai di situ selama 20 tahun iaitu sehingga 1922. Pada 1923 Penasihat British Terengganu telah mendapat kebenaran meminjamkan BBT ke Muzium Raffles Singapura untuk dikaji. BBT kekal di Singapura selama 37 tahun. Pada 1960 apabila Muzium Negara KL siap BBT telah dipinjam unt...

Memorial Batu Bersurat Terengganu

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Apabila membincangkan sejarah kedatangan Islam di Alam Melayu nama Kuala Berang pasti akan di sebut. Satu bukti sejarah awal Islam khususnya di Tanah Melayu di temui di Kuala Berang. Artifak sejarah yang dimaksudkan adalah kewujudan sebuah batu inskripsi iaitu Batu Bersurat. Kini di lokasi penemuan Batu Bersurat tersebut telah didirikan sebuah memorial iaitu Memorial Batu Bersurat. Replika Batu Bersurat di Kuala Berang Catatan sejarah Batu Bersurat - - - - -

Samanu Persian Dishes

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Samanu merupakan salah satu menu hidangan Parsi. Ia disediakan ketika sambutan atau perayaan contohnya Nowruz. Nowruz disambut pada 20 dan 21 Mac setiap tahun (the iranian project -  link ). [Cetusan lepas membaca buku travelogue iran]. Samanu (iran tour -  link ) Samanu ( wiki ) - - - - -

Abyaneh Historical Village

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Sebuah kampung kuno bernama Abyaneh Village. Dikatakan telah berusia lebih lima ribu tahun. [Cetusan lepas membaca buku travelogue iran].     Abyaneh Historical Village source - amusing planet ( link )  - - - - -

Buku Net - Europe's Balkan Muslim

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Buku Europe's Balkan Muslims oleh Nathalie Clayer dan Xavier Bouragel. Terbitan Hurst tahun 2017. About the authors: A specialist on Albanian Islam, Nathalie Clayer is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies at EHESS in Paris. She is also a historian of religion and nationalism in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman eras. Xavier Bougarel is a researcher at the Centre for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies at EHESS in Paris. He also specialises in Islam in south-east Europe and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. mm GBP45 - Hardback  - - - - -

Buku Net - Muslims and Citizens

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Buku Muslims and Citizen oleh Ian Coller terbitan **20. Ian Coller is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of  Arab France: Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798–1831 . Petikan: A groundbreaking study of the role of Muslims in eighteenth‑century France   “This elegant, braided history of Muslims and French citizenship is urgently needed. It will be a ‘must read’ for students of the French Revolution and anyone interested in modern France.”—Carla Hesse, University of California, Berkeley   From the beginning, French revolutionaries imagined their transformation as a universal one that must include Muslims, Europe’s most immediate neighbors. They believed in a world in which Muslims could and would be French citizens, but they disagreed violently about how to implement their visions of universalism and accommodate religious and social difference. Muslims, too, saw an opportunity, particularly as European powers turned against ...

Sedikit Mengenai Buyid Fars, Ray dan Baghdad

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Buyid diasaskan oleh Ali ibn Buya pada 934. Beliau berjaya menawan Fars dan menjadikan Shiraz sebagai kota pusat. Adik Ali ibn Buya bernama Hassan ibn Buya pula berjaya menawan Jibal pada penghujung 930 dan pada 943 telah menawan Ray dan menjadikannya kota pusat. Pada 945 adik bongsu mereka Ahmad ibn Buya berjaya menawan Iraq dan mengambil Baghdad sebagai kota pusat. Ahmad ibn Buya diberi gelaran hormat Muizz al-Dawla, Ali ibn Buya pula gelaran Imad ad-Dawla dan Hassan gelaran Rukn ad-Dawla. Dinasti Buyid meneruskan penguasaan mereka di tiga wilayah Fars, Ray dan Baghdad untuk beberapa tempoh. Buyid Fars dipimpin oleh mulanya Imad ad-Dawla pada 934-949 dan berakhir oleh Abu Mansur pada period 1051-1062. Manakala Buyid Ray oleh Rukn ad-Dawla (935-976) dan berakhir dengan Majd ad-Dawla (997-1029). Buyid Baghdad pula oleh Muizz ad-Dawla 945-967; Izz ad-Dawla 966-978; Adud ad-Dawla 978-983; Samsam ad-Dawla 983-987 hinggalah berakhir dengan al-Malik al-Rahim 1048-1055.  Pemerintahan Buy...

Membaca Buyid Baghdad

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Buyid atau ada yang mengguna nama Buwayhid sering ditemui bila kita membaca tentang perkembangan pemerintahan khalifah Islam Baghdad. Buyid menjadi dominan dalam period Abbasiah khususnya menjelang kurun ke10. Period kemunculan dan kemuncak puak Buyid di Baghdad adalah sekitar 934 hingga 1062. Beberapa entri tentang Buyid/Buwayhid telah dimuat dalam beberapa tempat berasingan. Untuk memudahkan rujukan kesemua entri tersebut akan dikumpul bersekali dalam satu laman. Berikut adalah beberapa tajuk entri yang dimaksudkan: Abbasid dan Buwayhid period awal 1000s -  entri . Dinasti Buwayhid al-Mustakfi hingga al-Qaim  -  entri . Pengganti Izz - Adud ad-Dawla (d.983) -  entri Pengganti Muizz ad-Dawla - Izz ad-Dawla (d.978) -   entri Amir Ibn Raiq dan Muizz ad-Dawla ( entri ) Period Amir Umara Ibnu Raiq (d.942) -  entri . Buwayhids, Samanids, Ghaznavids -  entri Abbasid dan dominasi Buwayhids 964-991 ( entri ) Buwayhid kawal kewangan Abbasid al-Mustakfi (9...