AR 173, Sept. 28, 2009

Islam -- means “peace” and “submission”
Prophet Muhammad (ca. 570-632)
Mecca
Koran
Five Pillars: 1. Declaration of Faith in Oneness of Allah; 2. Prayer; 3. Fasting; 4. Almsgiving; and 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca

Mosque: qibla, mihrab, minaret
Great Mosque at Samarra (Iraq 848-52)
Quwat al Islam Mosque in Dehli  (built 1192-1196 by Muhammad of Ghor (died 1206))
Qutb Minar (built by Qutb al-Din Aybak (late 12th – early 13th c.) Mamluk or Slave Dyn)

“Delhi Sultanates”
Mughal Empire (1526-1858)
            Babur (r. 1525-1530)
            Humayun (r. 1530-1556)
            Akbar (r. 1556-1605) (Akbarnama, biography))
            Jahangir (r. 1605-1627)
            Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58)