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Sep 19, 2011

Al Andalus

Posted By Snow at 9/19/2011
Can you believe this.. Apparently, the modern day Spain & Portugal, once had a Muslim civilization. In the 8th-15th century, Muslims governed areas of the Iberian Peninsula better known as Andalucia (Al Andalus الأندلس). & it reached its most glorious in the 10th century, during the Umayyad Caliphate. ماشاء الله

Under the Islamic rule, Andalucia witnessed Muslims, Christians & Jews living together peacefully. وجعلناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا [Q49:13 | QA] It was a beacon of learning, the city of Cordoba itself was a leading economic centre in the Mediterranean. ماشاء الله

Here are some of its architectural legacy in Spain:



The Santa María la Blanca is of Moorish influence
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The buildings are of Moorish architecture, bcoz they were built by the Moors. [wiki] The Moors are Berber, African & Arab descent from North Africa. They're also Muslims, so the architecture is also known as Islamic architecture. Then after the Reconquista, the Christian architecture with influences from the Islamic ones are known as "mudéjar". [whc]

& here are similar Spanish-Arabic words:

álgebra  الجبر  alegbra
algoritmo  الخوارزمية  algorithm
alquimia  الخيمياء  alchemy
almanaque  المناخ  almanac
botánica  بستاني  botany
meteorología  مطر  meteorology

adobe  أدوبي  adobe
acebibe  الزبيب  raisin
aceite  زيت  oil
aceituna  الزيتون  olive
acemite  السميد  semolina
acequia  سقى  irrigate
aduana  ديوان  divan
aguacate  أفوكادو  avocado
albaricoque  البرقوق  apricot
álcali  القلوي  alkaline
alcancía  الكنز  money box
alcázar  القصر  palace
algodón  القطن  cotton
almizcle  المسك  musk
almohada  المخدة  pillow
arroz  أرز  rice
azafrán  زعفران  saffron
azúcar  سكر  sugar
bazar  بازار  bazaar
blusa  بلوزة  blouse
café  قهوة  coffee
califa  خليفة  caliph
camisa  قميص  camisole
copa  كوب  cup
cueva  كهف  cave
dinero  دينار  money
ébano  أبنوس  ebony
elixir  الإكسير  elixir
espinaca  سبانخ  spinach
fulano  فلان  fellow
gato  قط  cat
hasta  حتى 
jabón  صابون  soap
jarabe  شراب  syrup
jarra  جرة  jar
jerife  شريف  sherif
jazmín  ياسمين  jasmine
limón  ليمون  lemon
mango  مانجو  mango
mezquino  مسكين  measly
naranja  نارنج  orange
observar  ابصر  observe
olé  والله 
pantalones  بنطلون  pants
pistachos  فستق  pistachio
sésamo  سمسم  sesame
suello  صلصال  soil
tarifa  تعريفة  tariff
visir  وزير  vizier

& here are similar European-Arabic words:

(English) admiral  أميرال 
(English) ally  ولي 
(English) antique  عتيق 
(English) bright  برق 
(English) cat  قط 
(English) cave  كهف 
(English) complete  كاملة 
(English) cotton  قطن 
(English) crime  جرم 
(English) crimson  قرمزي 
(English) cup  كوب 
(English) cut  قطع 
(English) earth  الأرض 
(English) exceed  ازيد 
(English) eye  عين 
(English) faction  فئة 
(English) gazelle  غزال 
(English) ghoul  غول 
(English) he  هو 
(English) jar  جرة 
(English) kohl  كحل 
(English) lemon  ليمون 
(English) leniant  لين 
(English) merry  مرح 
(English) musk  مسك 
(English) noble  نبـل 
(English) observe  ابصر 
(English) or  او 
(English) paradise  فردوس  ‎
(English) sandal  صندل 
(English) serpent  ثعبان 
(English) sesame  سمسم 
(English) sheriff  شريف 
(English) shutter  ستر 
(English) sin  اثم 
(English) soap  صابون 
(English) soil  صلصال 
(English) story  أساطير 
(English) sugar  سكر 
(English) tall  طويل 
(English) tamarind  تمر هندي 
(English) trachea  التراقي 
(English) vizier  وزير 
(English) waist  وسط 
(English) when  حين 
(French) azur  أزرق 
(French) toubib  طبيب 
(German) burg  برج 
(Greek) κόρνα  قرن 
(Greek) πορτοκάλι  برتقال 

I seek refuge to Allah SWT from errors.
Only Allah SWT knows best. والله أعلم



5 comments on "Al Andalus"


Snow on Sep 20, 2011, 2:57:00 AM said...

Yeah, before this I keep finding people saying the Maghribis (Moroccan, or maybe also westerners) are so beautiful. "The girls are jealous of me coz I look Maghribi!" Ummm.. OK. So, ha ha.. Is this a small sample of the beauty that people are so jealous of?

الحمد لله




Snow on Sep 20, 2011, 5:34:00 AM said...

Princess Lalla Salma is moroccan. She was an information services engineer. Currently she advocates for cancer research & prevention, founding the Lalla Salma Association against Cancer [profile | photo]




Snow on Sep 20, 2011, 6:32:00 AM said...

There's an amazing story of a Castilian nobleman in the 11th century. Born Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, he served Alfonso VI before being exiled bcoz of his unauthorized expedition into Granada in 1079.

Then the Andalusian knights found him ill & thirsty; and he was presented to the Moorish king, Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud. Then on Rodrigo came to serve both Yusuf and his successor - as a leading figure in the vibrant Moorish force.

& this is how he earned the title El Cid (السيد The Master).

El Cid is a very famous man in history of Spain & Europe. He is said to be the grandest warrior & the father of all of Europe’s monarchs. [ref] ماشا لله

..............

El Cid ruled & passed away in the city of Valencia. The city was ruled by the Moors from the 8th - 13th, shortly interrupted only by El Cid. Valencia has abundant Islamic architectural legacy from this period, e.g: the old walls, the Baños del Almirante bath house, El Micalet & the irrigation system which is still in use today. [wiki, ref]




Snow on Sep 20, 2011, 7:46:00 AM said...

I'm amazed how the men can build such fine feminine architecture.. it's flowery & flowers are feminine to me. were they charming gentlemen? (◠v◠)

BTW I saw on video about the design of Alhambra being harmonious. how they took care of its measure & proportions. ماشا لله & they looove learning! ♥ Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud himself was an arab mathematician. He wrote the Book of Perfection (كتاب الإستكمال) in mathematics.




Snow on Aug 18, 2012, 1:49:00 PM said...

"In 711, the Moorish invasion of the Iberian Peninsula was seen by the many in the Jewish population as a liberation, and marked as the beginning of what many have seen as the Golden age of Jewish culture in the Iberian Peninsula (the Islamic Al-Andalus).." [wiki]

Beginning in the 8th century, Muslims had occupied and settled most of the Iberian Peninsula. Jews, who had lived in these regions since Roman times, were considered "People of the Book" and given special status and often thrived under Muslim rule. The tolerance of the Muslim Moorish rulers of al-Andalus attracted Jewish immigration, and Jewish enclaves in Muslim Iberian cities flourished as places of learning and commerce. [wiki]

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