Dirasat Mosiliya

In the 1950s, Mosul faced economic crises and rising unemployment due to its exclusion from national development projects. Public pressure led the government to include Mosul in its plans, resulting in progress across various sectors. The city saw the establishment of textile, sugar, and cement factories, along with improvements in education, healthcare, and services, notably the Cultural Complex, gradually enhancing living conditions.

The Arab East attracted the attention of many European travelers, and they were attracted to its life for various religious, political, cultural, and touristic reasons. They wrote historical and literary texts that revealed important secrets from the history of the Arab East. This research attempts to shed light on the writings of the British traveler Anne Blunt (1837-1917 AD), who is considered one of the most prominent British travelers who made efforts to discover the East and record important texts about it in her memoirs. She presented an important, detailed vision of Eastern society, using a precise style and deep observation of its details

In the context of stability and security prevailing in the Arab Islamic state after the Islamic Arab conquests, whether in the Maghreb or Andalusia, it was necessary for scholars and intellectuals from all regions to engage actively in their intellectual and scientific pursuits, traveling from one country to another with a sense of safety and reassurance.
The scientific journey of scholars from Andalusia and the Maghreb to Mosul during the 2nd to 7th centuries AH 8-13A.D (Islamic calendar) was one of the significant journeys that deepened intellectual and cultural interaction and the quest for knowledge. Scholars from Andalusia and the Maghreb were among the most avid seekers of knowledge who journeyed to Mosul, benefiting both sides

The Abbasid Caliphate was not strong all along, but rather witnessed the dominance of some foreign powers that negatively affected the decision-making center regarding the management of the regions, including Mosul, as it had a great position with the leaders of the authority throughout its long history, due to its geographical location and its civilizational role, which made it the focus of their attention, and this is what the research is trying to clarify, as it had a great presence among them, as some Abbasid caliphs were present there for two reasons: the first was a forced presence, forced upon them after leaving Baghdad and heading to Mosul to solve a problem or to seek help or escape responsibility, and the second was optional, as their presence there may have been a station to reach a certain place, or for the purpose of visiting it, or to establish political or economic control, and this differed between the circumstances of one caliph and another

the city of Mosul, its cultural depth and the actions of those who were present in it in the historical context require research into the details of its annals and the political authority that controls it, while the Arab Islamic conquest was a turning point and a change in the course of its history extending since the most ancient times, and this conquest was the subject of interest and controversy for those who wrote about Mosul, especially since the difference in the texts of the primary sources imposed possibilities for the time of Islamic control over the city between the year) 16 AH / 637 AD) or (18 AH / 639 AD) or even the year (20 AH / 641 AD), while this variable in opinion is met by the constant that the city was entered by Islamic forces with the help of Arab tribes after an agreement without confrontation and real fighting, the new vision of the conquest of Mosul is that the western side of the city was opened once, while the eastern side was opened more than once because of its agricultural lands, and the vision also derived its data from objective criticism of the sources and the balance with what is available from Arab Islamic sources, and Syriac sources It was interpreted to reach scientific results and textual and logical evidence. The vision was based on diligence based on proven evidence su bject tocritic. Key

St. Mar Michael's Monastery (An Archaeological Field Study)
A number of monasteries were founded in Mesopotamia in the fourth century AD by many monks and saints. One of these monasteries was St. Michael's Monastery، which was built on a beautiful piece of land measuring 4000 square meters in Nineveh on the west bank of the Tigris River in the place that is called today (Hawi Al-Kaneesah). The number of monks at the beginning of the foundation was 300 monks and then increased to 700 monks. Monasteries differ according to the locations on which they are located، including mountain tops، riverbanks، and towns and cities. Every monastery، whether small or large، must have a church to pray in، a cellar for monks، a pavilion for visitors، and a temple to accommodate the number of monks.

The research deals with a set of Assyrian linguistic effects that we find its echoes in the colloquial Mosul dialect, its proverbs and metaphors, as well as what is known as following. The researcher tried to establish the origins of these words by referring to the linguistic dictionaries in the Akkadian (Assyrian) language, as well as to the references that related to the Mosul dialect and proverbs, and making comparisons and what those Assyrian words have evolved from in forms relatively close to the Mosul dialect.