Ribat

Posted on 06/29/2012 by marina

RIBAT. رباة
A station or fort on the frontier of an enemy’s country, erected for the accommodation of Muslim warriors (Hamilton’s Hidayah, vol. ii. p. 357.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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