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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Islamic West canonical 2
Islamic North Africa 1
Islamic West (al-Maghrib al-Islāmī) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (99)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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