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A list of all the words in this study likely to be unfamiliar to English readers would constitute an analytical index. The aim here is simply to provide general definitions for key words. Each of these words is defined more specifically within the text. Latin words which occur in standard reference works are excluded, as are designations of Christian officials which may be found in standard texts of Spanish history, and words which occur infrequently or in contexts of minor importance.

adelantati: elected officials governing Mudéjar communities, roughly corresponding to Christian jurados see pp.72ss.

aljafería: a converted Muslim stronghold used as a royal palace by Aragonese monarchs; the most important aljafería was in Zaragoza

aljama: the corporate municipal body of Mudéjares; roughly comparable to the Christian universitas

amin: the principal financial officer of the aljama; see pp. 88ss.

çabiçala: the prayer leader of the aljama; see p. 74 n.4l.

çala: Muslim public prayer; loosely, the call to prayer

çalmedina: the "mayor" of the morería (q.v.); see pp. 87-88.

cavallería: war tax to support cavalry units

carnicería: Muslims' meat market; see pp.95ss.

cena: originally, a feudal duty of hospitality, but in this study it refers to a standard tax: see p.196 and tax tables

çofra: a tax, either on wood or payable in wood for the needs of a castle

convivencia: literally, "living together": Castilian designation for the interrelation of the various medieval Iberian religious and ethnic groups

çuna: Islamic law (Romance for sunna)

exaricus: a Mudéjar farmer; see pp. 40-41

faqi: the legal officer of the aljama

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fiancer: Catalan for fidejussor, q.v.

fidejussor: co-signer of a loan or guarantor of a business venture

geneta: designation for Muslim cavalry units; loosely, a style of horsemanship modeled after these

judería: the Jewish quarter of an Iberian city

jurats: Catalan designation for jurados, or, loosely, the adelantati, q.v.

maravedí: see morabeti

merino: Christian municipal official; roughly, the "mayor"

morabetí(n): property tax; see pp.196, 199

morería: the Muslim quarter of an Iberian city; see pp.64ss.

Mudéjar: a Muslim living under Spanish Christian domination

mustaçaf: the market official of the aljama; see p. 101

peyta: standard tax on aljamas, usually a head tax

qadi: the chief judicial official of the aljama and generally its most powerful officer; see pp.74ss

qa'id: a military leader: see p.77, n.49

ravale: literally, "suburb"; loosely, the Muslim quarter or the morería

sueldo: unit of currency: see note p.25; loosely, "salary"

scribanus: court-appointed notary: see p.92 et ss.

sisa: general war tax, collected principally in rural Valencia

torcimana: translator for a Muslim aljama; see p.94, n.116

xara: Islamic customary law (shari'a), as distinct from çuna (q.v.), Islamic religious law