Islamic West

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The Islamic West refers to the western regions of the Islamic world, particularly North Africa and al-Andalus, known for their distinctive cultural, religious, and artistic traditions within Islamic civilization.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
religious region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western Islamic lands ⓘ
al-Maghrib al-Islami ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
contrastedWith Islamic East ⓘ
Mashriq ⓘ
culturalFeature Andalusian architectural style ⓘ
Andalusian music traditions ⓘ
Maliki legal culture ⓘ
Sufi brotherhoods ⓘ
courtyard gardens ⓘ
distinctive Maghribi script ⓘ
horseshoe arches in architecture ⓘ
muqarnas decoration ⓘ
zellij tilework ⓘ
dominantMadhhab Maliki school of law ⓘ
linked to: Maliki school
floruitCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
geographicalPosition Atlantic façade of the Islamic world ⓘ
western Mediterranean ⓘ
hasPart Algeria ⓘ
Ifriqiya ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

Islamic Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Spain

Libya ⓘ
Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

Morocco ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
historicalLanguage Andalusi Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Andalusian Arabic

Classical Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Mozarabic ⓘ
linked to: Mozarabic language
historicalProcess Arabization of Berber populations ⓘ
Islamization of North Africa ⓘ
Reconquista in Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Reconquista

expulsion of Muslims from Iberia ⓘ
intellectualTradition astronomy ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
knownFor blend of Arab, Berber, and Iberian cultures ⓘ
distinctive regional Islamic art ⓘ
frontier interactions with Christian Europe ⓘ
transmission of classical knowledge to Europe ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
Romance languages in al-Andalus ⓘ
legacy influence on European scholasticism ⓘ
influence on Iberian and Mediterranean architecture ⓘ
surviving Maliki legal traditions in North Africa ⓘ
majorCity Ceuta ⓘ
Córdoba ⓘ
Fez ⓘ
Granada ⓘ
Kairouan ⓘ
Marrakesh ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
Tlemcen ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
majorDynasty Aghlabids ⓘ
linked to: Aghlabid dynasty

Almohads ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Almoravids ⓘ
linked to: Almoravid dynasty

Hafsid dynasty ⓘ
Idrisids ⓘ
linked to: Idrisid dynasty

Marinids ⓘ
linked to: Marinid dynasty

Nasrids of Granada ⓘ
linked to: Nasrid dynasty

Umayyads of Córdoba ⓘ
Zirids ⓘ
linked to: Zirid dynasty
notableInstitution Alcázar of Seville ⓘ
Alhambra palace complex ⓘ
linked to: Alhambra

Great Mosque of Córdoba ⓘ
Kairouan Great Mosque ⓘ
University of al-Qarawiyyin ⓘ
notableScholar Ibn Hazm ⓘ
Ibn Khaldun ⓘ
Ibn Rushd ⓘ
linked to: Averroes

Ibn Tufayl ⓘ
Ibn al-Arabi ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Arabi

al-Baqillani ⓘ
linked to: Al-Baqillani

al-Qurtubi ⓘ
al-Shatibi ⓘ
partOf Islamic world ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousMinority Christians ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

Jews ⓘ
timePeriod early Islamic period to early modern period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maghribi script → geographicOrigin → Islamic West ⓘ
Maghrebi Maliki tradition → developedIn → Islamic West (al-Maghrib al-Islāmī) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic West
Jenne → culturalSphere → Islamic West Africa ⓘ
linked to: Islamic West
Gao Kingdom → culturalInfluenceFrom → Islamic North Africa ⓘ
linked to: Islamic West
Budd al-ʿĀrif → associatedWith → Western Islamic world ⓘ
linked to: Islamic West
Susu Kingdom → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Islamic North Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Susu kingdom
linked to: Islamic West
Western Islamic lands → alsoKnownAs → Western Islamic world ⓘ
linked to: Islamic West
Islamic East → contrastedWith → Islamic West ⓘ
al-Mahdi → religiousTradition → Maghrebi Islam ⓘ
linked to: Islamic West