4751993514 | islam | religion (Muhammad is the prophet of allah) ; means submission in Arabic (submit to allah) | 0 | |
4751993612 | muslim | follower of islam faith | 1 | |
4751993788 | quran | religious text of islam | 2 | |
4751996533 | muhammad | last messenger and prophet sent by allah to guide humanity in the right way | 3 | |
4751998000 | hadith | record of the traditions or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, revered and received as a major source of religious law and moral guidance (comes 2nd to the quran) | 4 | |
4751998001 | umma | means community in Arabic (Islamic community) | 5 | |
4751998586 | mecca | birthplace of Muhammad and islam; holiest city of islam; located in Saudi arabia; only muslims are allowed into the city; location for hajj | 6 | |
4751998670 | ka'aba | located in mecca; building in the center of mosque; most sacred muslim site | 7 | |
4751998782 | shahada | the testimony; Islamic creed declaring belief in the oneness of God and the acceptance of Muhammad as God's prophet | 8 | |
4751999200 | alms | giving to others as an act of virtue, either materially or in the sense of providing capabilities (e.g. education) for free | 9 | |
4751999579 | ramadan | the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset; one of the 5 pillars of islam; strict praying | 10 | |
4751999836 | eid al-fitr | Islamic holiday; marks the end of Ramadan; 3 day celebration; means the festival of fast breaking | 11 | |
4751999958 | hajj | pilgrimage to mecca; one of the 5 pillars of islam | 12 | |
4752000195 | jihad | (among Muslims) a war or struggle against unbelievers. | 13 | |
4752000377 | dar al-islam | Islamic sate territory; area of the world under Islamic rule; means the home of islam/ the home of submission | 14 | |
4752000545 | shari'a | means the path/way; Islamic law- the detailed system of religious law developed by Muslim scholars in the first three centuries of Islam | 15 | |
4752000546 | hijra | Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in AD 622, prompted by the opposition of the merchants of Mecca and marking the consolidation of the first Muslim community | 16 | |
4752000916 | byzantine empire | Eastern Roman Empire; continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople | 17 | |
4752001065 | sassanid empire | the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam | 18 | |
4752001317 | ibn battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler. | 19 | |
4752001663 | abu bakr | companion of 1st Muslim leader after Muhammad, regarded by Sunni's as the 1st caliph and rightful successor | 20 | |
4752001664 | caliph | the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad | 21 | |
4752002562 | ali | male Arabic name; literally means "high" or "Elevated". It is a common name in Arabic countries and the rest of the Muslim world. | 22 | |
4752002563 | shi'a | one of the two main branches of Islam; followed especially in Iran, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor. | 23 | |
4752002898 | ummayad | a member of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world from AD 660 (or 661) to 750 and Moorish Spain from 756 to 1031. The dynasty claimed descent from Umayya, a distant relative of Muhammad.; dynasty | 24 | |
4752003021 | sunnis | one of the two main branches of Islam; commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs. | 25 | |
4752003022 | damascus | Widely regarded as world's oldest city; capital of syria | 26 | |
4752003411 | husayn | Husayn is an important figure in Islam, as he was a member of the Ahl al-Bayt (the household of Muhammad); male given name used by Muslim, meaning good or handsome | 27 | |
4752003703 | battle of karbala | The battle took place between a small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn ibn Ali, and a larger military detachment from the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph; sunnis & shias | 28 | |
4752003859 | imam | the person who leads prayers in a mosque | 29 | |
4752003917 | twelvers | Shi'a) is commonly used as a synonym for "Twelvers" since this branch comprises the majority group in Shia Islam | 30 | |
4752004013 | ismailis | a member of a branch of Shiite Muslims that seceded from the main group in the 8th century because of their belief that Ismail, the son of the sixth Shiite imam, should have become the seventh imam. | 31 | |
4752004672 | dome of the rock | a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. | 32 | |
4752004894 | al-Aqsa mosque | Located in Jerusalem; 3rd holiest site in islam | 33 | |
4752006474 | Charles martel | Christian; Frankish leader; stopped muslim advance into W Europe in battle of tours | 34 | |
4752006475 | battle of tours | stopped muslim advance into W Europe in battle of tours; | 35 | |
4752007285 | abbasids | a member of the Abbasid dynasty. | 36 | |
4752007536 | baghdad | Capital of Iraq; has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world | 37 | |
4752008522 | fatimids | Ismaili Shia Islamic caliphate that spanned a large area of North Africa, from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The dynasty ruled across the Mediterranean coast of Africa and ultimately made Egypt the centre of the caliphate. | 38 | |
4752008624 | Seljuk turks | major branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. | 39 | |
4752008741 | battle of manzikert | fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuq Turks | 40 | |
4752008851 | sultan | Muslim sovereign. | 41 | |
4752009053 | chinngis kahn | 42 | ||
4752009539 | battle of ain jalut | 43 | ||
4752010121 | timur the lame | 44 | ||
4752010122 | ulama | 45 | ||
4752011192 | sufis | 46 | ||
4752014386 | sultanate of delhi | 47 | ||
4752014712 | Mughal empire | 48 | ||
4752015139 | ghana | 49 | ||
4752015458 | almoravids | 50 | ||
4752015586 | mali | 51 | ||
4752015767 | mansa musa | 52 | ||
4752017026 | timbuktu | 53 | ||
4752017027 | songhay | 54 | ||
4752017263 | ethiopa | 55 | ||
4752017264 | kilwa | 56 | ||
4752017481 | swahili | 57 | ||
4752017662 | jalal al-din rumi | 58 | ||
4752020400 | ibn khaldun | 59 | ||
4752021178 | universal history | 60 | ||
4752021179 | minaret | 61 | ||
4752021390 | muezzin | 62 | ||
4752021826 | instanbul | 63 | ||
4752022322 | taj mahal | 64 | ||
4752022424 | bazaar | 65 | ||
4752022577 | dhimmi | 66 | ||
4752022829 | crusades | 67 | ||
4752023436 | battle of manikert | 68 | ||
4752023752 | alexius I | 69 | ||
4752023753 | urban II | 70 | ||
4752025218 | salah al-din | 71 | ||
4752027756 | reconquista | 72 | ||
4752028168 | moses maimonides | 73 | ||
4752028806 | alhambra | 74 | ||
4752029025 | Spanish inquistion | 75 | ||
4752029026 | marranos | 76 | ||
4752029842 | moriscos | 77 | ||
4752029950 | tomas de torquemada | 78 | ||
4752030594 | apostasy | 79 | ||
4752031109 | heresy | 80 | ||
4752031313 | blasphemy | 81 | ||
4752031314 | usury | 82 | ||
4752031598 | ferdinand | 83 | ||
4752031599 | isabella | 84 | ||
4754086395 | cordoba | 85 | ||
4754086396 | ibn sina | 86 | ||
4754086751 | qanun fi'l-tibb | 87 |
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