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The prescribed times of the prayers depicted in place of the position of the sun in the sky, relative to the worshipper. Fajr: Begins at dawn, may be performed up to sunrise after Fajr nafl prayer
The Muslim conquest of the Maghreb (Arabic: فَتْحُ اَلْمَغْرِب, romanized: Fath al-Maghrib, lit. 'Conquest of the West') or Arab conquest of North Africa by the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates commenced in 647 and concluded in 709, when the Byzantine Empire lost its last remaining strongholds to Caliph Al-Walid I.
The Maghreb (/ ˈ m ɑː ɡ r ə b /; [4] Arabic: ْاَلْمَغْرِب, romanized: al-Maghrib, lit. 'The place where the sun sets' [ælˈmaɣrɪb] ⓘ), also known as the Arab Maghreb (Arabic: اَلْمَغْرِبُ الْعَرَبِيُّ, romanized: al-Maghrib al-ʿArabi, lit.
Maghrebis were known in ancient and medieval times as the Roman Africans or Moors.The word Moor is of Phoenician origin. [14] The etymology of the word can be traced back to the Phoenician term Mahurin, meaning "Westerners", from which the ancient Greeks derive Mauro, and from which Latin derives Mauri.
Maghrib prayer at Masjid al-Haram in Saudi Arabia.. Maghrib (Arabic: صلاة المغرب) is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayers), and contains three cycles (). ...
Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
Arabs at a cafe in Algiers, 1899.. Maghrebi Arabs (Arabic: العرب المغاربة, romanized: al-‘Arab al-Maghāriba) or North African Arabs (Arabic: عرب شمال أفريقيا, romanized: ‘Arab Shamāl Ifrīqiyā) are the inhabitants of the Maghreb region of North Africa whose ethnic identity is Arab, whose native language is Arabic and trace their ancestry to the tribes of the ...
Theory. Arabic maqam; Arab tone system; Algerian scale; Rhythm in Arabic music; Taqsim; Jins; Lazma; Teslim; Quarter tone; Arabic musical instruments; Great Book of Music