Category:Ribats

**ribat**
	small fortification
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العربية: رباط )الرباط - الربط - الخانقاه - التكية(

Deutsch: Ribat (رباط = ribāṭ =Festung) ist die arabische Bezeichnung für Grenzbefestigungen an der Grenze des islamischen Gebietes (Dar al-Islam) zur Durchführung des kriegerischen Dschihad in den ersten Jahrhunderten der islamischen Expansion.

English: A ribat (Arabic: رباط‎; ribāṭ, hospice, hostel, base or retreat) is an Arabic term for a small fortification as built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of North Africa to house military volunteers, called the murabitun. These fortifications later served to protect commercial routes, and as centers for isolated Muslim communities.

Español: La rábida es una palabra que procede del árabe clásico ribāṭ (رباط), a través del árabe dialectal de al-Ándalus, rābiṭa, lugar de estación de los musulmanes que se dedican a la piedad y la guerra santa.