He was the cousin, and the son-in-law, of the prophet- Shia Muslims think he was the rightful caliph
Who is Ali?
100
The year that Muhammad died
What is 632?
100
This means recitation in Arabic, and refers to the main religious text of Islam
What is Qur'an?
100
This man was a Sufi wise man who, in a story, sat by a river with a wineskin filled with water and a woman who was his mother
Who is Hasan of Basra?
100
This is the part of the Arabian penninsula where Mecca and Medina are located
What is the Hijaz?
200
She was the first wife of the prophet, a businesswoman who was older than her husband.
Who is Khadija?
200
This is the year of the Hijra, or Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina with his followers
What is 622?
200
This character, a merchant adventurer/hero, traveled in the Indian Ocean seeking a variety of luxury goods so that he could return to Baghdad wealthy.
Who is Sinbad?
200
A female Sufi famous for her wisdom who wrote of God's eternal beauty, but thought that heaven and hell were not a good basis for faith
Who is Rabi'a al-Adawiyya?
200
This refers to the community of follower that went with Muhammad from Mecca to Medina
What is the Umma?
300
She was the daughter of the prophet, and the wife of Ali
Who if Fatima?
300
The decade when the official, canonical Qur’an was complied
What are the 650s?
300
This scholar wrote an article outlining the concept of "Southernization" in the pre-modern/medieval period, a response to the idea of "Westernization" during the modern period
The term for religious law in Arabic
Who is Lynda Shaffer?
300
This man was a professor in Baghdad, but resigned for ten years to study under Sufi mystics so he could understand the link between Sufi knowledge and Sunni ritual/institutions
Who is Al-Ghazzali?
300
This is the black square structure located in Mecca that was once filled with a variety of religious icons, and now is a sacred site for Muslims
What is the Ka'ba?
400
These people were non-Arab Muslims in the new Islamic empire; they were considered clients of the empire, and they could range in ethnic groups from Persians, Berbers, Egyptians, or Syrians
Who are Malawis?
400
The term for religious law in Arabic
What is Sharia?
400
This famous Sufi poet wrote in Persian, and said that lovers do not want to ever sleep because "this moment is all there is"
Who is Rumi?
400
This term refers to the "abode" or "house of Islam, or the larger Islamic world