Islamic cult

Catalogue of the Oasis Museum, hall 12:

Islamic cult

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The practice of the Islamic cult implies the existence of a Mosque in each village for prayers at noon on Friday (the remaining prayers may be said in the Mosque or in any other place).

It also implies the presence of a cemetery near the village, where the dead are buried, wrapped up in a while cloth, without a coffin, and laid on their right side to look at Mecca. Two stones on the grown show the position of each grave.

Most of the cemeteries are placed under the symbolic protection of a shrine, which provides a place to visit and pry. Being usually the Mosque just for men, the shrine is attended mostly by women.

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Sermon before the Friday’s prayer
Explaining picture by Rachid Bouskri

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Friday’s prayer
Explaining picture by Rachid Bouskri

Mosque of Ksar Ifri (Todra):

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Mosque of Ksar Ait Yala (Todra): praying hall
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1998.

Mosque Ikelane in Ksar Afanour (Todra): ablutions hall
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1998.

Mosque Ikelane in Afanour (Todra):

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Buckets for ablutions
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 460/462.

Stones for dry ablutions
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 463/465.

Mimbar: pulpit for Friday’s sermon

Origin: Ksar Ait Senan, Todra, 19^th century. Ref. 466.

Mosque of El Khorbat Akedim (Ferkla): the mimbar in the praying hall
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1998.

Candlestick
Origin: Zauïa de Sidi El Meshoor, Igoudamène. Ref. 467.

Julian calendar and prayers timetables
Origin: Ksar Tiilit, Dadès. Ref. 468.
Amplify detail of the inscriptions

Censer
Origin: Ferkla, 19^th century. Ref. 469.

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Naash: hand-barrow to transport corpses to the cemetery
Origin: Ksar Ait Mohamed, Todra, 20^th century. Ref. 470.

Cemetery and shrine in Tazzarine
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1994

Cementery in Ifrioun (Drâa)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1999

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Shrine in Khassouan (Drâa)
Photo: Roger Mimó, 1999

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Aït Atta group going to visit a shrine

Announcement of the start of ramadan

Koran students

Tablet to learn the Koran
Origin: Guelmim. Ref. 471.

Tablet to learn the Koran
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 472.

Slate to rub out writing on the tablet
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 473.

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Koran with its leather box
Origin: Zaouïa of Sidi El Meshoor, Igoudamène. Ref. 474.
Amplify detail of the illustrated page

Koran

Origin: Asrir (Ferkla). Ref. 475

Book about Arabic language written in 1566 (974-H)

Origin: Ksar Tiilit, Dadès, 16^th century. Ref. 476.

Book of religious poetry written in 1873 (1290-H)

Origin: Ait Kassi Ouali, Dadès, 19^th century. Ref. 477.

Talismans with their boxes
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 478 a 487.

Talisman wrote by saffron

Origin: Ferkla, 19^th century. Ref. 458.

Legal documents written by the Koran master: marriages, divorces,
donations of goods, renunciation of rights, distributions of inheritances...
Origin: Boudenib, Guir, 19^th century. Ref. 488.

Some documents:

Cession of a house for 30 years Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 442.	Rahan: loan of money against the right of using a culture country Origin: Ferkla, 1927 (1345-H). Ref. 443.	Partition of countries between heritors Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 444.	Reception of an inheritance Origin: Ferkla, 1924 (1342-H). Ref. 445.
Contract between a shepherd and the owner of the flock Origin: Ferkla, 1930 (1348-H). Ref. 446.	Recognition of a debt Origin: Ferkla, 1913 (1331-H). Ref. 447.	Guardianship of an orphan Origin: Ferkla, 1806 (1220-H). Ref. 448.	Debiha: guarantee of protection over 4 families, one of them Jewish, during a disturbances period Origin: Ferkla, 1878 (1295-H). Ref. 449.
Donation to a shrine Origin: Ferkla, 1938. Ref. 395.	Accusation of robbery Origin: Ferkla, 1884 (1302-H). Ref. 396.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 397.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 398.
Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 399.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 401.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 402 obverse.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 402 back.
Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 403 obverse.	Ref. 403 back.	Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 404 obverse.	Ref. 404 back.
Origin: Boudenib, 1862 (1279-H). Ref. 406 obverse.	Ref. 406 back.	Origin: Boudenib, 1924 (1343-H). Ref. 407 obverse.	Ref. 407 back.
Origin: Boudenib, 1942. Ref. 408.	Origin: Boudenib, 1942. Ref. 409.	Origin: Boudenib, 1921 (1340-H). Ref. 410.	Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 411.
Origin: Boudenib, 1868 (1285-H). Ref. 412.	Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 413.	Origin: Boudenib, 1927 (1346-H). Ref. 414.	Origin: Boudenib, 1942. Ref. 415.
Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 416.	Origin: Boudenib, 1879 (1296-H). Ref. 417.	Origin: Boudenib, 1920 (1339-H). Ref. 418.	Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 419.
Origin: Boudenib, 1862 (1279-H). Ref. 420.	Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 421.	Origin: Boudenib, 1924 (1343-H). Ref. 422.	Origin: Boudenib, 1923 (1342-H). Ref. 423.
Origin: Boudenib, 1923. Ref. 424.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 425	Origin: Ferkla, 1919 (1338-H). Ref. 426	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 428.
Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 427 obverse.	Ref. 427 back.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 430 obverse.	Ref. 430 back.
Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 431 obverse.	Ref. 431 back.	Origin: Ferkla, 1841 (1257-H). Ref. 429.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 432.

Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 400.	Origin: Boudenib, 20^th century. Ref. 405 obverse.	Ref. 405 back.
Origin: Boudenib. Ref. 433.	Origin: Ferkla, 1897 (1315-H). Ref. 435 obverse.	Ref. 435 back.
Origin: Boudenib, 1923 (1342-H). Ref. 434.	Origin: Ferkla, 1882 (1300-H). Ref. 436.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 437.
Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 438.	Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 439.	Origin: Ferkla, 1910 (1328-H). Ref. 440.
Origin: Boudenib, 1920 (1339-H). Ref. 441.

Educating texts:

Page of a book Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 450.	Page of a book about grammar Origin:Ferkla. Ref. 451 obverse.	Ref. 451 back.	Page of a book about poetry Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 452 obverse.	Ref. 452 back.
Page of a book about the Koran Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 453.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 454 obverse.	Ref. 454 back.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 455 obverse.	Ref. 455 back.
Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 456 obverse.	Ref. 456 back.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 457 obverse.	Ref. 457 back.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 656.
Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 657.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 658.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 659.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 660.	Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 661.
Page of a book about the Islamic law Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 662.	Page of a book about islamic education Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 663.	Page of a book about islamic education Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 664.	Page of a book about islamic education Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 665.	Page of a book about islamic education Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 666.
Page of a book about islamic education Origin: Ferkla. Ref. 667.

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