Quizlet WHAP chapter 6 terms

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  1. 610 a.d.: when muhammad recieved the first revelations of quran
  2. 629: when muhammad left mecca for medina
  3. ayan: a wealthy and deeply entrenched landed elite who emerged in the early decades of abbasid rule
  4. baghdad, iraq: where the abbasids moved political center to
  5. Bedouins: arabic camel nomads
  6. caliph: the office of the political and religious successor of muhammad
  7. Damascus, syria: where islam shifted to under umayyad rule
  8. ka'ba: one of the most revered religious shrines
  9. mawali: non-arab muslim
  10. ridda wars: wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of islam
  11. shi'is: supporters of ali (most were fundamental)
  12. ummayad clan of quraysh tribe: responsible for the foundation of mecca