A history of medieval islam j j saunders

GLOSSARY Kafir (A): infidel.

Kara (T): black.

Kasr (A): castle.

Katib (A): secretary.

Khan (T): chief, prince.

Kharaj (A): land-tax.

Khatun (T): queen.

Khutba (A): mosque sermon.

Kiblah (A): direction of Mecca.

Kuds (A): holy. Al-Kuds: the holy (city), i.e. Jerusalem.

Kul (T): lake. Baikal: rich lake.

Madrasa (A): college.

Maghrib (A): the west.

Mahdi (A): the guided one, supposed to appear in the last days.

Malik (A): king. Mulk: kingdom.

Mamluk (A): slave.

Masjid (A): mosque.

Mawla (A): client, helper, freed siave. Plural ‘Mawali.’

Mihrab (A): niche in mosque, showing direction of Mecca.

Minbar (A): mosque pulpit.

Mi‘raj (A): Muhammad’s journey to heaven.

Muharram (A): first month of Muslim year. The 10th Muharram is the anniversary of Husain’s death at Karbala in 680.

Mulhid (A): heretic, deviator.

Nabi (A): prophet.

Nahr (A): river.

Nasara (A): Christians, Nazarenes. Singular ‘Nasrani.’

Rasul (A): messenger, apostle.

Ridda (A): apostasy.

Rum (A): the Roman or Byzantine Empire, later the Seljuk State in Asia Minor.

Salat (A): ritual prayer, divine service.

Sarai (P): palace.

Shah (P): king.

Shahid (A): witness, martyr. xi