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26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Hijra
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emigration
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Kaaba
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cube
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Koran
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Islam’s sacred book
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Surah
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Chapter
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Caliphs
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successor
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Qibla
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the directions (toward Mecca) Muslims face while praying
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Imam
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leader of the collective worship
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Minbar
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pulpit set up in front of the southern (quibla) wall
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Mosque
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Islamic house of worship
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Mihrab
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a semicircular niche usually set into the qibla wall
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Maqsura
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area generally reserved for the ruler
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Minarets
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towers from which the faithful are called to worship
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Hypostyle halls
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communal worship halls with roofs held up by a multitude of columns
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Iwans
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vaulted rectangular recesses
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Central plan
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single large dome-covered interior space
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Malwiya
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snail shell
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Blind arcade
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series of arches in relief with blocked openings
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Arabesques
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purely decorative tracings of tendrils, leaves, and stalks
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Calligraphy
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ornamental writing
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Kufic
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angular Arabic script almost right angles
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Finial
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a crowning ornament
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Muqarnas
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tier after tier of stalactite-like prismatic forms that seem aimed at denying the structures solidity
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Mamluks
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Turkish slaves
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Sultan
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ruler
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Madrasa
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place of study
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Shahnama
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Book of Kings, Persian national epic poem
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