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" Comoros - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Blanchy, Sophie
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AL
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English
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1061294
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ALei1691
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Blanchy, Sophie
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Comoros - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Blanchy, Sophie
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(3,621 words)
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Illustration 1. Miḥrāb of Sima mosque, Nzwani, sixth/twelfth century. Photograph courtesy of S. Blanchy (2010). Illustration 2. Miḥrāb of Tsingoni mosque, Mayotte, tenth/sixteenth century. Photograph courtesy of S. Blanchy (2008). Illustration 3. Miḥrāb of Ntsaweni mosque, Ngazidja, ninth/fifteenth century. Photograph courtesy of CNDRS, Moroni (1985). The Comoros Archipelago consists of four islands in the Mozambique Channel, with a total area of 2033 square kilometres (785 square miles). Having been carried to the islands by traders, Islam played a role in the construction of the local social hierarchies.
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Islam.
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ALei1691.pdf
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