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arid
[ar-id] |
lacking enough water for things to grow
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caravanserai
[kar-uh-van-suh-ree] |
overnight Turkish hotel for merchants set up at 15 mile intervals along the trade route
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infidel
[in-fi-dl, -del] |
person who does not believe in the prevailing religion
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corsair
[kawr-sair] |
pirate - especially off the Barbary coast
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fratricide
[fra-tri-sahyd, frey-] |
killing one's brothers or sisters
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harem
[hair-uhm, har-] |
part of the Muslim household in which the women live
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dervish
[dur-vish] |
member of any various Muslim religious groups dedicated to a life of poverty and chastity
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bazaar
[buh-zahr] |
market or street of shops and stalls - especially in Middle Eastern countries
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mosque
[mosk, mawsk] |
Muslim temple or place of worship
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jihad
[ji-hahd] |
war by Muslims against unbelievers or enemies of Islam carried out as a religious duty
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