8.4: Key Terms
• ‘Abd Allah al-Mahdi
• Abdul Malik
• Abu al-‘Abbas al-Saffah, Caliph
• Abu Bakr, Caliph
• Ahmad Ibn Tulun
• ‘A’isha
• Al-Azhar
• Al-Hakim
• ‘Ali, Caliph
• al-Ma’mun
• Al-Mansur, Caliph
• Al-Mu‘izz
• Al-Muqaddimah
• Alexios Komnenos, Emperor
• Alids
• Amsar
• Ansar
• Asabiyyah
• Aybak
• Battle of Ajnadayn
• Battle of Badr
• Battle of Karbala
• Battle of Manzikert
• Battle of Marj Rahit
• Battle of Qadisiya
• Battle of Siffin
• Battle of the Camel
• Battle of the Trench
• Battle of Uhud
• Battle of Yarmuk
• Baybars
• Bayt al-Hikmah
• Cyclical Theory of History
• Hadith
• Hajj
• Harun al-Rashid, Caliph
• Hijra
• Husayn
• Ibn Khaldun
• ibn Zubayr
• Isma‘ilis
• Jihad
• Jizya
• Ka’ba
• Kharanj
• Kharijis
• Majlis
• Mamluks
• Marwan, Caliph
• Mawali
• Mu‘awiya, Caliph
• Mu‘tazila
• Muhajirun
• Muhammad ad-Darazi
• Muruwah
• People of the Book
• Quran
• Qutuz
• Ramadan
• Salah al-Din
• Salat
• Sawm
• Shahada
• Shajar al-Durr
• Sharia law
• Sunna
• The Battle of Ayn Jalut
• The Battle of Hattin
• Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
• ‘Umar, Caliph
• ‘Umar II, Caliph
• Umma
• Urban II, Pope
• ‘Uthman, Caliph
• Yazid
• Zakat