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10 Cards in this Set
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Adhan
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The islamic call to prayer
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Shiah
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Minority branch to islam (they believe that ali was prophet muhammad's successor
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Sunni
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The largest/majority branch of islam (called mainstream by the text)
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Sufi
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The mystical branch of islam
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Muhammad
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Muslim prophet and arab leader who during his lifetime (571-632AD) spread the religion of islam and unified a great deal of the arabian peninsula
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Ud
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Fretless, plucked, pear-shaped lute that is found in Arabic music traiditions and is the origin of certain lutes of africa, asia, and europe
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Maqam/makam
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Arabic/turkish mode or system of rules and expectation for composition and improvision
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Santur
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Hammered zither from the persian classical tradition
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Dastgah
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Persian mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvision
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Gusheh
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Short melodic phrases that are component parts of each dastgah (365 total)
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