Hiqab turns the history of the Islamic world into something you can explore, not just read.

Drag a single timeline from the 7th century to the modern age and watch dynasties rise, expand, and fall across a living, breathing map — borders shift, capitals glow, and trade and pilgrimage routes light up year by year.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPLORE

• Interactive map — territory of every state, redrawn for any year you choose

• Year Lens — scrub through time in both Hijri and Gregorian years

• Dynasties & states — Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Andalus, Seljuq, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, and more

• Figures — caliphs, sultans, scholars, and commanders, with biographies and lineage

• Battles — sides, commanders, and how each engagement unfolded

• Cities — capitals and centers of trade, science, and culture

• Movements & schools — the traditions and sects that shaped the era

• Sources — the classical references behind the content

• The Story — read the history as a guided “book,” chapter by chapter

• Compare — put any two dynasties side by side

• Parallel timeline — see what was happening across regions at the same moment

WORKS OFFLINE

The full reference library is built into the app, so you can browse history, the map, dynasties, and the story with no internet connection. Content refreshes quietly in the background when you’re online.

Arabic-first, with English support.

Inspired by the “Ne3raf” (نعرف) history series.