Jama'at Khana  Jamatkhana (from , literally "congregational place") is an amalgamation derived from the Arabic word "jama‘a" (gathering) and the Persian word "khana" (house, place). It is a term used by some Muslim communities around the world, particularly sufi ones, to denote a place of gathering. Among some communities of Muslims, the term is often used interchangeably with the Arabic word Musallah (a place of worship that has not been formally sanctified as a "masjid"  or is a place that is being temporarily used as a place of worship by a Muslim). The Nizārī Ismā'īlī community uses the term "Jama'at Khana" to denote their places of worship. While the "masjid" (literally: the place of a Muslim's "sujood" or prostration before God) or "mosque" (in English) is the term used by the Qur'an to denote the primary space of "salaat" (communal Muslim prayers), a range of spaces for Islamic communal purposes can be currently found throughout the Muslim world. Some are concentrated within particular geographic regions while others are in use by specific communities. Some of these include: "husayniyas"  (also known as "ashurkhanas," "imambaras,""matams", or "tekiyas") used by Ithna ‘Ashari Shi‘i communities; ""khanaqas," "ribats," "tekkes"  and "zawiyas"  used by mystically-oriented Muslim communities commonly referred to as Sufis; the "cemevi"  of the Turkish Alevis; and the "majlis" and "khalwas" of the Druze. For Nizārī Ismā'īlīs, the primary space of religious and social gathering is the "Jamatkhana". The term "Jamatkhana" is also used to refer to spaces used by a number of other Muslim communities with bases in South Asia, such as the Chisti Sufi "tariqa," and various branches of the Musta’li Ismaili community including the Dawoodi Bohras and Alavi Bohras. The Chisti Sufi "tariqa" utilizes their "Jamatkhanas" as a meeting space for conversation and counsel with the "pir" or teacher.