Islamic Vocabulary

1. A fertile spot in a desert where water is found.
4. A member of the Muslim dynasty founded by Baber that ruled India until 1857.
6. A ruler of a Muslim country, especially of the former Ottoman Empire.
7. A town in northern Mali
9. A country in Southeast Asia that consists of many islands in the Malay Archipelago
10. I Sultan of Turkey (1520-1566) under whose governance the Ottoman Empire reached the height of its power.
12. Arab prophet and founder of Islam.
13. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Muhammad and rejects the first three caliphs.
15. The capital of Syria since the country's independence in 1946
17. The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler
18. Arabic name for Mecca.
20. Is critically significant in Islamic History for being where Muhammad's final religious base was established after the Hijrah
21. A city of north-central India on the Yamuna River.
23. A square stone building in the center of the Great Mosque at Mecca

2. A Muslim ascetic and mystic.
3. Holy book of Islam
5. any caliph of the dynasty that ruled the Muslim empire from Baghdad (750-1258) and claimed descent from Abbas, uncle of Mohammed
6. The branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad.
8. A nomadic Arab of the desert.
11. A member of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world from ad 660 (or 661) to 750
14. An Arab leader, in particular the chief or head of an Arab tribe, family, or village.
16. Any large group of people, typically with vehicles or animals traveling together, in single file
19. The capital and largest city of Iraq, in the center of the country on the Tigris River.
22. Mogul emperor of India (1556-1605) who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance.