13Thirteenth: vocabulary and its meanings
1mujtalā
Meaning
- The place where the eye looks and where a thing is revealed and made manifest
2durrah
Meaning
- A precious pearl; its plural is durar
3musrā
Meaning
- The place of the night journey — from isrāʾ, travelling by night
4al-batriq
Meaning
- The patriarch, the chief of bishops; its plural is baṭārika
5al-kharāj
Meaning
- What is taken from the produce of the land, or from people's wealth — the land tax
6ishtarrat
Meaning
- It spread and grew strong
7shaqqā al-raḥā
Meaning
- "The two millstones": the two stones that grind — here, squeezing the Crusaders between two forces
8al-asbilah
Meaning
- Plural of sabīl: a water-channel endowed for giving drink to the public
9al-Aqṣā
Meaning
- The Farthest Mosque — counted as the third of the two sanctuaries
10al-khānāt
Meaning
- Plural of khān: lodging places for merchants and travellers