GLOSSARY
Cabd:Slave(seeAppendix1)
Arabian:A
person
living
in
Arabia
orwhotraceshis
ancestry
tothere
Arabian
period:
Theera
during
whichtheArabiansdominatedIslam,
from
Muh.ammad
to
132/750
Dar
al-H.
arb:Regionsnotunderthe
controlofMuslims
Daral-Islm:Regions
underthecontrolofMuslims
dhimnd:
Abelieverinoneofthe
scriptuaryreligionsrecognized
by
Islam
wholivesina
region
underthecontrolofMuslims.
Hehasa
pre-
scribed
position
inIslamiclaw.
Dwn
(al-Jund):
TheMilitaryRegister
early
Islam: The
germinative period
of Islamicate history,
from
Mu.hammad
toal-Ma’mfin(d.218/833)
free:Never
havingexperienced
slavery;
notofslave
origins
freemawla:Amawla
whohasnot
experiencedslavery,
whoisnotof
slave
origins,
i.e.amawla-ally,
mawla-convert,or
mawla-agent
freedslave:Aslavewhohasbeenmanumitted
formermaster:Themasterofaformerslave;one
whohasnorealcon-
trolovertheslave
formerslave:A
slavewhohasbecome
independent,
whetherman-
umittedornot;opposite
ofatrueslave
ghultm:
Slave
(seeAppendix1)
government
area:anarea
which
inpremodern
timescould
support
concentratedpopulations
andinwhich
highly
structured
political
organizations--governments--developed
government
slave:Aslavewhoholds
politicalpower
andwhoemerged
fromtheruler’sora
high
official’shousehold
.hadfth
A
report
ofa
saying
oranactionoftheProphetMu.hammad;
or
such
reports
collectively
insider:Amemberoftheethnic,social,religious,andeconomicpre-
dominant
group
ofasettled
region
ipsimission:Theprocessbywhich
slaveswith
military
power
become
independentbyseizingpower
ontheirown
Islamdom:
"The
society
inwhichtheMuslimsandtheirfaitharerecog-
nizedas
prevalent
and
socially
dominant..,not..,
anareaassuch
buta
complex
of
socialrelations"(Hodgson,1:58.Emphasis
inthe
origi-
nal)
Islamic:Pertainingonly
tothe
religion(not
thecivilization)ofIslam
Islamicate:Pertaining
tothecivilization
(notjust
the
religion)
ofIslam
Jahili:
The
periodimmediatelypreceding
IslaminArabia
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