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ch.9 islam
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sheik | the ruler of an Arab tribe, chosen from one of the leading families by a council of elders |
| Allah | Arabic for God; the supreme god of Islam |
| Quran | the holy scriptures of the religion of Islam |
| Bedouin | a nomadic Arab who lived in the Arabian, Syrian, or African deserts |
| hajj | a pilgrimage to Makkah, one of the requirements of the Five Pillars of Islam |
| Five Pillars Of Islam | acts of worship every Muslim must perform; includes belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage |
| caliph | a successor of Muhammad as spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslim |
| jihad | "struggle in the way of God |
| caliphate | the office of a caliph |
| Shia | a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as the true leaders of Islam |
| Sunni | cosmopolitan a place or area that contains several different cultures and groups |
| vizier | a high government official in Egypt; council headed by a prime minister |
| sultan | "holder of power", the military and political head of state leader of the Suljuk Turks and the Germans |
| bazaar | a covered market in Islamic cities |
| dowry | gift of money or property paid at the time of marriage, either by the bride's parents to her husband or, in Islamic societies, by a husband to his wife |
| astrolabe | an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of stars |
| arabesques | geometric patterns repeated over and over to completely cover a surface with decoration |
| minaret | the tower of mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five |
| muezzin | the crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of a mosque |