Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

Glossary

Abu

Father

Ama

Nurse

al-Andalus

Moorish Spain

al-Hama

Alhama

al-Hamra

the Alhambra

al-Jazira

Algeciras

al-Mariya

Almeria

al-Qahira

Cairo

bab

gate

Balansiya

Valencia

Dimashk

Damascus

faqih

religious scholars or experts

funduq

hostels for travelling merchants

Gharnata

Granada

hadith

sayings of the Prophet Mohammed

hammam

public baths

Iblis

devil; leader of the fallen angels

Ishbiliya

Seville

Iskanderiya

Alexandria

jihad

holy war

Kashtalla

Castile

khutba

Friday sermon

madresseh

religious schools

Malaka

Malaga

maristan

hospital/asylum for the sick and the insane

qadi

magistrate

Qurtuba

Cordoba

riwaq

students’ quarters

Rumi

Roman

Sarakusta

Zaragoza

Tanja

Tangier

Tulaytula

Toledo

Ummi

Mother

zajal

popular strophic poems composed impromptu in the colloquial Arabic of al-Andalus and handed down orally since the tenth century