Alupa and Bukkid.

The difference between 1000 and 1152 for the rest of the world is shown below.

Observations:

The territory formally claimed by the Abbasids is extremely fractured now, but there is a new force in the region; the Sultanate of Persia, headed by Caliph Nizam ‘the Bold’. This extends far into the steppes.

The Byzantine Empire is still fairing well, perhaps with some overall gains.

The Umayyad Empire in the far west retains control of Spain and has spread south through Africa.

Ireland has united under King Savary ‘the Wise’ of Éire and is beginning to make gains in Britain, starting with west Wales.

The British Isles in general are beginning to crystallise into three strong kingdoms: the aforementioned Éire plus Scotland and England.

The Menumarotid Empire, previously limited to eastern Europe, has subsumedsitting, perhaps extending the lesson to the region of 1 hour 45minutes on some occasions. No individual would have questioned the Shaikh if he concluded the lesson after 2 chapters, however from his own desire to benefit the people he continued.

An individual who is young and in the prime of his strength would not consider that an issue, however in the context of the Shaikh, a man in his older age, to sit for that period of time late after ‘Isha in one place is sufficient in of itself, however to also be consistently talking for that period of time is not an affair of great ease.

It was certainly a practical lesson regarding the well-known aspect of the importance of patience in seeking knowledge, and persistence and diligence.