Khanqah

Khanqah (cf Persan khaneh : house, in Arab: زاوية), was initially a place intended to shelter the specialists and erudite religious (`ulamâ'), the equivalent of the Couvent S for the Christians. These establishments were then reserved for the Soufis.

See too

• Zawiya

Random links:

First Anglo-Dutch War | Socata TBM-850 | Season 1 of Joke to share | Oculinidae | The Law of the men | Nakahama_Manjirō

© 2007-2008 speedlook.com; article text available under the terms of GFDL, from fr.wikipedia.org