Related Terms
- Akıncı: (Turkish) "raider", a later replacement for ghāzī
- al-'Awāsim: the Syrio-Anatolian frontier area between the Byzantine and various caliphal empires
- ribāt: fortified convent used by a militant religious order; most commonly used in North Africa
- thughūr: an advanced/frontier fortress
- uj: Turkish term for frontier; uj begi (frontier lord) was a title assumed by early Ottoman rulers; later replaced by serhadd (frontier)
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