ribāṭ

…religious building is the little-known ribāṭ. As early as in the 8th century, the Muslim empire entrusted the protection of its frontiers, especially the remote ones, to warriors for the faith (murābiṭūn, “bound ones”) who lived, permanently or temporarily, in special institutions known as ribāṭs. Evidence for these exist in…

…religious community living in a ribāṭ, a fortified monastery, serving both religious and military functions. Men who possessed certain religious qualifications, such as the reciters of the Qurʾān (qurrāʾ), transmitters of Hadith (muḥaddithūn), jurists of Islamic law (fuqahāʾ), and ascetics, lived in the ribāṭ and were held in honour by…

The city has a noted ribāṭ (monastery-fortress), founded in 180 ce, to which it owes its name; also in the city are several old mosques and a modern mosque that was completed in 1968 and dedicated to Tunisia’s first president, Habib Bourguiba, who was born in Monastir. Benefiting from Bourguiba’s…

…a revival of the hostel-like ribāṭ inside cities. Khānqāhs (monastic complexes), monasteries, and various establishments of learning other than formal madrasahs were also built.

…emir Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad) and ribāṭ (monastery-fortress; dating from the 9th century), the souks (marketplaces), and some Muslim quarters; the old city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. The town is also the site of extensive catacombs dating back to the sizeable Christian presence in the 3rd…