On the discussion of other sacred structures, Camilla wrote about the time keepers of the mosque. It really intrigued me that there was a person thats sole purpose was to keep time in regards to the 5 daily prayers.

I decided to do my concept map on the Muwaqqit and dipped into the 5 prayers times a bit. I started with explaining what  Muwaqqit was and why that position came to an end. The obvious answer is technology but also the structures of the states played into who was in charge of keeping time for prayer. Looking at the time keeper I wanted to know why prayer at a certain time was important. With the concept map I discussed the 5 prayer times, and the changes urbanization and technology have had on calculating the times. Initially I wanted to look at the Muwaqqit and other personnel in religous structures that held the same importance as the Muwaqqit. I couldn’t really find anything that would give my anything substantial.