Prof. Dr. Uday Salem Abdullah Hamad

Research Interests:History of the Early Islamic Period and the Umayyad Era, with a focus on economic history, social life, and Islamic conquests.

 Ph.D. in History – College of Arts, University of Baghdad – September 15, 2003

• Course Instructor – Department of History, 2004–2005
• Head of the Department of History, 2010–2012

 The General Conditions of the People of Najran from the 4th Century CE to the End of the Rashidun Era – Student: Moayad Mousa Ahmed, 2009

1. Relations Between the Kingdom of Al-Hirah and the Tribes of Najd and Eastern Arabia Before Islam – Student: Shaimaa Abdul-Baqi Mahmoud, 2009
2. Abu al-Walid al-Baji and His Role in the Scientific and Political Life in al-Andalus (403–474 AH / 1012–1081 CE) – Student: Khalid Abdul-Mutalib, 2010
3. Owners of Disabilities and Their Impact on Political, Intellectual, and Administrative Life During the Rashidun and Umayyad Periods – Student: Rabab Dhiab Abdul, 2010
4. *Social Life in the Hejaz During the First Century AH Through Ibn Saad’s Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra – Student: Mohammed Ramadan Hassan, 2011
5. The Al-Abadi Family and Their Impact on Islam Until the End of the Umayyad Era – Student: Khalaf Mohammed Saleh, 2011
6. Political Assassinations in Early Islam and the Umayyad Era: An Analytical Study – Student: Samir Aziz Alawi, 2012
7. *The German Orientalist Rudy Paret and His Book Muhammad and the Qur’an – Student: Noor Al-Huda Faiq Mohammed, 2013
8. Scientific Life in Khorasan Through Al-Sam’ani’s Al-Ansab (d. 562 AH) from the 3rd to the Mid-6th Century AH – Student: Majid, 2014
9. *Egyptian Scholars During the Mamluk Era Through Al-Dhahabi’s Siyar A’lam al-Nubala – Student: Omar Sabti Hassan, 2014
10. Arab Conditions Before Islam Through Ibn Manzur’s Lisan al-Arab: A Historical Study – Student: Ahmed Rifaat Dawood, 2015
11. Qadi Iyad ibn Mu’awiya (d. 122 AH / 739 CE) and His Impact on Public Life During the Umayyad Era – Student: Salma Nafi’ Abdullah, 2017

Supervised Doctoral Dissertations (8 Dissertations)

1. Visions and Their Impact on Political, Intellectual, and Social Life Until the End of the Prophetic Era – Student: Safaa Jasim Hamad, 2012
2. Taxes in Islam Through the Writings of Orientalist Daniel Dennett: A Critical Study – Student: Muthanna Abbas Awad, 2013
3. Agreement and Disagreement in the Narratives of the Call During the Meccan Period Between Sahih Hadith Scholars and Historians up to 330 AH: A Comparative Analytical Study – Student: Hussein Ubaid, 2014
4. The Impact of Geographical and Political Factors on the Stability of the Granada Sultanate – Student: Khalid Abdul-Mutalib, 2014
5. The People of the Book and Their Impact on Public Life in Early Islam – Student: Rabab Dhiab Abdul, 2016
6. Scientific Life in the Caucasus from the 3rd to the 7th Century AH – Student: Sahad Fadel Abbas, 2016
7. The Jews in the Arabian Peninsula During the Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Periods in the Writings of German Orientalist Israel Wolfson: A Historical-Analytical Study – Student: Othman Fadel Abbas (In Progress)
8. Banu Hanifa in Al-Yamama and Bahrain and Their Impact on Public Life During Early Islam and the Umayyad Era – Student: Ayman Madallah (In Progress)

Additional Supervised Theses (Master’s and Doctoral)

• Sharh Al-Zahr by Shams al-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abd al-Da’im ibn Musa al-Nu’imi al-Asqalani al-Tamimi al-Barmawi (d. 831 AH): Study and Verification – Student: Shahla Abdullah Abdul-Qader
• The Impact of Islamic Conquests on the Formation and Development of Administrative and Financial Systems in the Islamic East Until the End of the Umayyad Era – Student: Firas Hamad Khalaf
• Islamic Arab Conditions Through the Works of Hisham ibn Muhammad ibn al-Kalbi (d. 204 AH) – Student: Fayan Fakhr al-Din Hameed
• The Mother and Her Role in the Upbringing and Value Formation of Children Among Arabs Until the End of the Umayyad Era – Student: Anfal Rashid Hamadi
• The Seven Jurists of Medina: A Historical Study of Their Lives and Their Impact on Public Life Until the End of the First Century AH – Student: Ayman Mohammed Jumaa
• Civilizational Contributions of the Daughters of the Companions (1–132 AH): A Historical Study – Ph.D. Dissertation: Salma Nafi’ Abdullah
• Contributions of the Caliphs’ Sons in the Islamic Conquests Until the End of the Umayyad Era – Master’s Thesis: Mohammed Ubaid Farhan
• Authority of Tribal Leaders and Their Influence in the Arabian Peninsula Before Islam – Ph.D. Dissertation: Sahad Imad Ibrahim
• The Treaty System and Ending Conflicts in the Arab Islamic State Until the End of the Umayyad Era: A Historical Study – Master’s Thesis: Mahmoud Samit Hussein
• Al-Mawali in Early Islam Through the History of Damascus by Ibn Asakir (d. 571 AH): A Historical Study – Master’s Thesis: Saad Ahmed Abdullah
• The Best Arabs and Their Impact on Public Life Until the End of the Umayyad Era – Master’s Thesis (In Progress)
• General Conditions in the Arab State Until the End of the Umayyad Era Through Ibn Asakir’s History of Damascus (d. 571 AH) – Ph.D. Dissertation (In Progress): Saad Ahmed Abdullah

1.  Author of the book: Motivations of the Islamic Conquests During the Rashidun and Umayyad Eras: An Analytical Study, Dar Al-Hamed, AmmanAuthor of the book: Methods of Confrontation Between the Arabs and Byzantines in the Umayyad Era, Dar Al-Hamed, AmmanAuthor of the book: *Ibn Abi Usaibi’a’s Methodology in his Book ‘Uyoon al-Anba’ fi Tabaqat al-Atibba’, Tikrit University Press