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Abbasid caliph: A practice
abbot: The leader of a monastery
ābdārīs : "water-carriers"
abeghay: A celibate priest in the Armenian church
ablution: A practice
Abraham: the name
Abyssinian eunuchs : A practice
Abyssinian men-at-arms: A practice
Academy of Gaon Jacob: in Iraq
Academy of the land of Israel: A practice
Addax: A practice
Admiration to the Caliph : Pilgrims to Mecca gather in Baghdad and pay respect to the Caliph
agha: Title
agriculture: A practice
Agur bricks: i.e. ajur, kiln-burnt bricks
ahawra: "vessel on the River Sind"
aḥīdo: Title for a governor
akādīsh : "non-pedigree horses"
Akhī: chief of an Akhī guild
Akhiyya: medieval Anatolian professional organizations
ʿalas: "variety of barley at Ẓafāri"
Alexandria, apocalyptic attacks upon: The Byzantines will attack Alexandria by sea in an early Islamic conception of the apocalypse
Alexandros: the name
Ali: the name
ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib in Ṣūfī succession: A practice
allegiance of jinn to Muhammad: A practice
Alliances between Christians and Muslims: The Byzantines will ally with Muslims to attack Persia in an early Islamic conception of the apocalpyse
almonds: A practice
alms: A practice
aloes-wood: A practice
alphabet: A practice
ʿālū: plum (Persian ālū)
ambassador: A practice
ambergris: A practice
amīr al-a‘lām: Title
amīr-dād : Title of an office
amīr ḥājib: An office
amīr al-Ḥājj: A practice
amīr hor: A practice
amīr: Title
Amīrī: a type of coin
amīr jandār: A practice
Amīr al-Juyūsh: Fatimid commander-in-chief
amīr al-muʾminīn: Title for the caliph
Amīr of Mecca: A practice
amīr al-umarāʾ: Title, meaning "amīr of amīrs" or "chief amīr"
Ammonia: A practice
anathema: A practice
anbārāt : A practice
ancestry from Samuel: being a descendant of prophet Samuel
angel: A practice
animal dung: A practice
anly: "(Pennisetum typhoideum) a type of millet"
annual pilgrimage to Adam’s Peak: A practice
Annunciation: Christian dominical feast
anthropomorphism: Ascribing human shape to God
Antichrist, apocalyptic opponents of: A practice
Antichrist: An eschatological figure in Christianity and Islam on the side of evil
Antichrist, temptations of: Muslim apocalyptic reports describe the ways in which the Antichrist (Dajjal) will tempt believers
antimony: A practice
Antisemitism: A practice
Apaturia: at Athens
Aphroditē: A practice
Apis: [= Serapis]
Apocalyptic army swallowed up by the earth: occurs in or around Mecca/Medina
Apollo: A practice
apostles: The earliest followers of Jesus, appointed by him
apples: A practice
apricot: A practice
ʿaqīqa: A ceremony on the seventh day after a child's birth
aqrūf: "conical hat"
Aqueducts: Watercourses constructed to carry water
ʿaraba: "cart on the Russian steppe"
Arab horsemen: A practice
Arabic: The language
Arab money: A practice
Arabs, betrayal of: The Bedouins will ally with the Muslims, but will not join the battles in an early Islamic conception of the apocalypse
Arabs, loss of status in the apocalypse: A practice
arāk-wood: "(Salvadora persica, for toothpicks)"
Aramaic language: A practice
Arats‘: Sixth month of the Armenian calendar
archdeacon: A practice
archers: A practice
archimandrite: A practice
ʿarḍ-dāsht: A petition
areca-nut: A practice
areca palms: A practice
Areg: Eighth month of the Armenian calendar
Areopagus: tribunal
Ares: deity
Aries: constellation
Ark: the place where Torah scrolls are stored in a synagogue
Ark of the Covenant: A practice
Armenian calendar: A practice
Armenian kat'oghikos: office
armored elephants: A practice
ʿarrādāt: ballistas
Artemis: A practice
Artificers in silk: A practice
Artisans: A practice