Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes

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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