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The geographers of this school, such as Istakhri, al-Muqaddasi and Ibn Hawqal, wrote extensively of the peoples, products, and customs of areas in the Muslim world, with little interest in the non-Muslim realms, [3] and produced world atlases, each one featuring a world map and twenty regional maps. [4]: 194
Al-Idrisi was born into the Hammudid dynasty of North Africa and Al-Andalus.A descendent of Muhammad via the powerful Idrisid dynasty. [1] [2] Al-Idrisi was believed to be born the city of Ceuta in 1100, at the time controlled by the Almoravids, where his great-grandfather had been forced to settle after the fall of Hammudid Málaga to the Zirids of Granada. [3]
Medina, [ a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah ( Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized : al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah ( المدينة, al-Madina ), is the capital of Medina Province in the ...
A mosque ( / mɒsk / MOSK ), also called a masjid ( / ˈmæsdʒɪd, ˈmʌs -/ MASS-jid, MUSS- ), [ note 1] is a place of worship for Muslims. [ 1] The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed, such as an outdoor courtyard. [ 2][ 3] Originally, mosques were simple places of prayer for ...
In his reign, a currency for the Muslim world was minted. This led to war with the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II (Battle of Sebastopolis) in 692 in Asia Minor. The Byzantines were decisively defeated by the Caliph after the defection of a large contingent of Slavs. The Islamic currency was then made the exclusive currency in the Muslim world.
The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam [ 1] or to societies in which Islam is practiced. [ 2][ 3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries in which Islam ...
Islam/Map. Appearance. hide. < Portal:Islam. World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center, 2014) The distribution of the predominant Islamic madhhab (school of law) followed in majority-Muslim countries and regions. See also Islam by country , Christianity by country, Judaism by country, Protestantism by country, Commons:Category ...
In its current Arabic form and spelling, the term Mosul, or rather "Mawsil," means "linking point"—or, loosely, "Junction City," in Arabic. On Mosul's eastern side are the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, and Assyrians still call the entire city Nineveh (or Ninweh). [ 7]