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Adhan

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007000511
info:lc/authorities/sh2007000511
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Variants

Adan
Azaan
Azan
Call to prayer (Islam)
Prayer, Call to (Islam)

Broader Terms

Prayer--Islam

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Aden (Yémen)
adhan Label from public data source Wikidata
Adhan

Sources

found: Work cat.: Risālah fī ḥukm istikhdām mukabbirāt al-ṣawt fī al-ṣalāh wa-bayān anna istiʻmālahā al-ūlá fī al-adhān faqaṭ, 1995.

found: Encyclopaedia of Islam Online, Dec. 14, 2006(Ad̲h̲ān; "announcement," a technical term for the call to the divine service of Friday and the five daily ṣalāts)

found: Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World Online, Dec. 14, 2006(Adhan (call signaling prayer times))

found: Wikipedia, Dec. 14, 2006(Adhan (azaan, adhān [in Ara.], ad̲ān, adhaan, azan), Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin)

LC Classification

BP184.3

Change Notes

2007-01-25: new

2007-03-17: revised

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