Index r 339McGaha, Michael, 155–56
Mecca: Jews, 65; period, 46; pilgrimage to,
33; sanctuary, 27–30, 33, 36; sanctuary
stones, 31; temple, 49
Medicine, 7. See also Al-Dustur al-bi-
maristani; Minhaj al-dukkan
Medina period, 46
Meditation, 149
Meknes, 9; charity in, 299–315; Jewish
leadership study, 299–315; Jews in,
300–302; poverty in, 299–315; taxes,
307, 313
Mentalités et sensibilités, 16
Merkabah mysticism, 149, 150, 161
Meroz, Ronit, 155–56
Messiah, 71–72, 164
Messianism, 1, 38
Metaphors, 215, 217, 219, 225; prophets and,
23–24
Mez, Adam, 15
Middle Ages, 4, 7, 12, 72, 291; legends, 54;
pandemics, 17
Middlemen, 312; Jews as, 17
Midrash, 174
Midrash, 1, 46–48, 54, 57, 59–60, 70; influ-
ence, 51
Midrash Hagadol, 54
Mikraot Gedolot, 174
Millets, 17–18
Minhaj al-dukkan: Al-Dustur al-bi-
maristani compared to, 191 , 192–204;
ethics described in, 203–4; Al-Kuhin
al- ̔Attar compiling, 190–204; for
pharmacies, 191–92; recipes, 196–201,
197 , 198 , 200
Mi ̔raj, 150, 153
Miß ̇af al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy Book of
Praises): ̔Abbasid Baghdad and,
249–52; Arabo-Islamic culture in, 248,
253–57; compiling, 241; Dunash and,
249–52; geographical and chronological
boundaries, 247–48; Al-Óakham and,
262–68; historical and cultural scope,
245–48; Ibn Gabirol and, 252–53; music
in, 242; Najarah and, 257–62; PLS and,
242–44, 266–68; poetry of, 242; poets
of, 245–46, 246
Mishnat ha-Midot, 172
Mishneh Torah, 157
Mishqal havarti foneti, 259. See also
Phonetic-syllabic meter
Mizra ̇i, Asher, 279
Modernization, 2, 8, 17; music, 278–79,
281; Ottoman Empire, 285; process, 17,
284
Mohammed, Mahathir, 10
Monotheism, 13
Monsoniego, Yedidiah, 110, 119–20
Morocco, 8–9; Jewry, 5–6, 109–10, 281;
music of, 276–77; Muslims, 109–10. See
also Meknes
Moses, 24, 26, 30; Holy Name and, 172–75,
180, 183; prophethood, 28; in Quran, 45
Mosque of the Expulsion, 143n19
Msgd, 28–29, 35
Msika, Óabiba, 279
Msjd, 27
Mu ̔ādh, 68
Mu ̔alem, Shlomoh Reuven, 161, 257
Mu ̔awiya, 92
Muhammad, 2, 12, 27, 36, 273; ̔Abd Allāh
ibn Salām and, 66–68, 92, 95–96; Abra-
ham compared to, 50–53; as Abraham
follower, 47–48; authority of, 37; beliefs,
72; binding episode and, 59; birth of,
92; Covenant between the Pieces and,
54; custodian of Mecca sanctuary, 30;
enemy of Christianity, 71; expelled from
homeland, 52–53; idolatry and, 51–52;
image, 77; Jewish companions, 64–83;
Jews of Óijāz and, 65; as last of proph-
ets, 60; legends, 70–72, 75–77; Mecca
period, 46; Medina period, 46; mi ̔raj,
150, 153; mission, 47–48; one God and,
50–53; prophethood, 25–26, 28, 30, 69;
in Quran, 47; sages of Israel and, 72–75;
as seal of prophets, 94. See also Prophet
of Islam
Al-Muqtadir, 73–74, 98
Music, 8; in Algiers, 278; Andalusia,
275; Arabo-Islamic culture and, 244,
258–61; in central Asia, 280; in Miß ̇af
al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy Book of Praises),
242; modernization, 278–79, 281; of Mo-
rocco, 276–77; National Conservatory
of Arab Music, 276; Sabbath, 295;