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Oghuz/Ghuzz
Turkic tribes → Seljuqs.
Iqta‘
land grant for military service.
Ghaza/Ghazi
frontier holy war / warrior.
Rum
Anatolia (Byzantine lands).
Maghrib
Islamic west.
Mashriq
Islamic east.
Shahinshah
“King of Kings,” Buyid Persian title.
title used by Buyid rulers, borrowed from ancient Persian traditions of kingship
Muwahhidun (Druze)
Religious movement around al-Hakim.
followers of Hamza b. ‘Ali and the cult of al-Hakim
‘ashura’ & ghadir al-khumm
Shi’ite religious holidays publicly celebrated by Buyids
sabb
public cursing of the first three caliphs initiated by the Buyids
Al-Qahira (Cairo --founded 970)
Fatimid capital in Egypt
Al-Azhar
Mosque complex founded by Fatimids in Cairo