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19 Cards in this Set
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Minaret |
The Tower of a mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer 5 times a day |
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Hijrah |
The journey of Muhammad and his followers to Medina in 622, which became year one of the official calendar of Islam |
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Caliph |
A successor to Muhammad as Spiritual and Temporal leader of Muslim |
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Astrolabe |
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of stars |
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Bazaar |
A covered market and Islamic cities |
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Quran |
The Holy Scriptures of the religion of islam |
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Sheikh |
The ruler of an Arabic tribe chosen from one of the leading families by a council of elders |
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Mosque |
Muslim house of worship |
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Sultan |
"Holder of power", military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans |
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Vizier |
A high government official in ancient Egypt or in Muslim countries |
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Arabesque |
Geometric patterns repeated over and over |
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Jihad |
Struggle in the way of god |
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Shariah |
A law code drawn up by Muslim scholars after Muhammad's death |
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Islam |
Monotheistic religion that emerged in the Arabian peninsula during the seventh century |
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Hajj |
A pilgrimage to makkah, one of the requirements of the five pillars of islam |
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Shiite |
Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of lslam |
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Muezzin |
The crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of a mosque |
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Dowry |
Gift of money or property |
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Sunni |
Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the umayyads as the true rulers of islam |
