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The maqam (musical scale) used here is Saba Zamzamah.
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Saracen was a term widely used among Christian writers in Europe during the Middle Ages to refer to Arab Muslims. In the early centuries of the Common Era, Greek and Latin writings used this term to refer to the people who lived in desert areas in and near the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, and in Arabia Deserta. In Europe during the Early Middle Ages, the term came to be associated with tribes of Arabia. The oldest source mentioning the term Saracen dates back to the 7th century. It was found in Doctrina Jacobi, a commentary that discussed the event of the Arab conquests on Palestine.

By the 12th century, Saracen had become synonymous with Muslim in Medieval Latin literature. In the Western languages before the 16th century, Saracen was commonly used to refer to Muslim Arabs, and the words Muslim and Islam were generally not used (with a few isolated exceptions).The term became gradually obsolete following the Age of Discovery.

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from East Meets East, released January 1, 2020

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Secret Archives of the Vatican Croydon, UK

Secret Archives of the Vatican's music is usually described as Transglobal Breakbeat Dub Science. It contains elements of many genres: breakbeat, dub, dubstep, triphop, drum and bass, Indian, Arabian, Turkish, medieval, folk musics and much more. Music that is sufficiently advanced as to be indistinguishable from magic! ... more

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