masjid = mosque
jami‘ = major congregational mosque
Madrasas (Religious Colleges)
Dedicated boarding schools with lecture halls,prayer spaces and accommodation forstudents and teachers
Begin to appear in Khurasan in 10th century
Spread across Muslim world with Saljuqsin 11th century
Eventually spread to Spain and N. Africa
ijaza ≈ endorsementfrom teacher
Divisions(?) in Muslim World
Geographical?
Dar al-Islam (Abode of Islam)vs. Dar al-Kufr (Abode of Blasphemy)/Dar al-Harb (Abode of War)
jihad = struggle (for faith) ≈ holy war
ribat = fortress for holy warriors
Divisions(?) in Muslim World
Ethnic?dhimmis (non-Muslims underMuslim rule)
Umayyad preference for Arabs
9th-10th c. Persian cultural revival
Divisions(?) in Muslim World
Gender?royal harims (harems)
Slavery?Zayd ibn Haritha
‘Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (1039-1106)
Damascene philologist and jurist of Shafi‘itelegal school
Wrote Kitab al-Jihad (Book of the Holy War),which dictated over course of Muslimyears 498-99 (1105) in Mosque of BaytLahiya (in suburbs of Damascus). Alsodictated part of work again in publicin Jul-Aug 1105
