A. The States in the Maghrib (i.e. North-West Africa)

















B. Tangier: A Regional Town

A. Politics in Egypt and Environs

1. The Fatimids

2. The Ayyubids



3. The Mamluks

a. Origins





b. Achievements

B. The hajj from Damascus to Mecca

1. The Governance Structure of the Mamluk hajj













2. The Journey








3. The hajj

Key Terms:
Atlantic Ocean
Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Berbers
Arabs
Fatimids
Cairo
Egypt
Shia Islam
Abbasid dynasty
Almoravids
Almohads
Marinids
Hafsids
Abd al-Wahids
Genoa
Mediterranean
Andalusia
Maliki School
Hanafi School
Shafi-i School
Hanabali School
Sufism
Shaykh
barak
Dar al-Islam
Fez
hajj
rihla
madrasas
qadi
Tunis
Saladin, a.k.a. Salahuddin (r. 1171-1193)
Ayyubid dynasty
Syria
Red Sea
Nile River
Alexandria
ijazas
sharifs
amir al-hajj
imam
muezzin
mikats
ihram
tawaf
Ka'ba
Angel Gabriel
Hagar
Is'mail
Abraham
Blessed Well of Zamzam
al-Safa
al-Marwa
sa'y
Mount of Mercy
Plain of 'Arafat
al-Hajj


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