AP World 1.2 - Developments in Dar al-Islam

‘ Aishah al Bāūnīyah

(d. 1517) was one of the greatest women mystics in Islamic history.

Muslim communities

were only concentrated in small areas and never penetrated core regions of Hindu culture.

‘ Aishah al Bāūnīyah

(d. 1517) was one of the greatest women mystics in Islamic history.

Muslim communities

were only concentrated in small areas and never penetrated core regions of Hindu culture.

philosophical texts

Scientific, medical, and (esp from ancient Greece and Hellenistic world) were translated in Arabic.

Ulama

(Islamic scholars) often condemned Sufis because they oftens deviated from the sharia (Islamic law)

Sufi master

A(n) and an Arab poet, Āishah wrote of her great devotion to God and His prophet Muhammad, and spoke of love and longing on her mystical quest for union.

Abbasids

The aimed to have philosophy, science, and medicine texts translated.

city of Baghdad

762 founded the and made it their capital.

Conquests

began an enduring encounter between Islam and Hindu- based Indian civilization.

Timbuktu

had over 150 Quranic schools.

Sufi missionaries

had the biggest impact on frontier regions of Islam.

Baghdad

became a centre of science, culture, philosophy and invention in what became known as the Golden Age of Islam.

Arabic

becomes language of trade, religion, administration, education.