The Islamic City Handout

Islamic Cities of the Middle East & North Africa                          MELC20040

Glossary:

Chebayis: tribal community in southern Iraq

mukhtar/ ‘umda/ katkhoda: village headman

Shaikh: tribal chieftain

waqf: charitable endowment or foundation

mehallet: neighborhoods

tariqa: Sufi brotherhood

suq: public market

adhan (commonly pronounced azan): the call to prayer five times a day

Cities and terms referred to in the video:

Jibla and San‘a, Yemen

Qayrawan, Tunisia

Istanbul, Turkey

Islamabad, Pakistan

Cairo, Egypt

ziggurat

minaret: tower of a mosque from which the adhan is given

Fatehpur Sikri, India

Marrakesh, Morocco

University of el-‘Ain in the United Arab Emirates

Fez, Morocco