the professional life of the muezzins and it's reflection in muslim mind and language: a social history

adhan (prayer call) as one of the cultural characteristics of islam, contains a wide range of cultural and social elements which necessitates the study of adhan as an occupation in muslim's everyday life besides the considering it's origination and developments in islamic history. along with a brief review of historical background of adhan in early islam, in the present survey the cultural and social elements and official structure of adhan and also the professional life of muezzins in islamic society have been studied and it has been shown that the subculture of adhan is clearly different from that of the similar structures one can find them in other religions and it is not a second hand adaptation from jewish or christian context.