Mahallah
View of Sarshahar Mahallah in Ordubad, Azerbaijan
A 'mahallah, mahalla, mahallya, or mohalla, mëhallë (Arabic: محلة, maḥalla, Bengali: মহল্লা, mahallā, Hindi: मोहल्ला mōhallā, Persian: محله maḥalla, Urdu: محله, Azerbaijani: Məhəllə), Albanian: mëhallë) is a country subdivision or neighbourhood in parts of the Arab world, Balkans, Western and South Asia and nearby Nations.
- El Mahalla El Kubra (Egypt)
- Mahalla (Bangladesh)
- Mahalla (Uzbekistan)
- Mahalle (Turkey)
- Mahala (Podgorica)
Notable Mahallahs
- Mohalla Sadiqabad, Pakistan
- Shahi Mohalla, Pakistan
Russia and former Soviet Union
A mahalla is an Islamic congregation or parish in Russia and a number of countries once part of the Soviet Union. Typically, a mahalla supports a single mosque. An imam is seen as the spiritual head of a mahalla. A mahalla is directly subordinate to a muhtasib and a territorial muhtasibat. [1]
References
- ↑ Allen J. Frank (2001). "Muslim Religious Institutions in Imperial Russia". ISBN 9789004119758.
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