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Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2004 News
Palestinian politician, was elected leader of Fatah after the death of Yasir Arafat in November. He emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Arafat as the president of the Palestinian…Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2005 News
leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, breezed to victory in January’s election for president of the Palestinian Authority, winning 62% of the vote. Abbas succeeded former…Abu Hamza al-Masri, 2006 News
Muslim cleric, was convicted in February by a London jury of 11 charges of soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. The judge in the case said…Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2003 News
Palestinian politician, was named prime minister in March by President Yasir Arafat. Palestinian reformists lauded the appointment, while the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said…June 2004
WorldNew Government Formed in Iraq (June 1): Cabinet of 36 Iraqis assumes power from the Iraqi Governing Council. Interim government is led by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ghazi al-Yawar is…Albumazar
(Encyclopedia) AlbumazarAlbumazarälˌb&oomacr;mäˈzər [key], 805?–885, Arab astronomer, more fully Abu-Mashar Jafar ibn Muhammad. In his De magnis conjunctionibus he claimed that the world had been…Aravalli Hills
(Encyclopedia) Aravalli HillsAravalli Hillsəräˈvəlē [key], hill system, N India, stretching 350 mi (560 km) through Rajasthan state. Divided into the Sambhar-Sirohi and the Sambhar-Khetri ranges, the…Shafi'i, al-
(Encyclopedia) Shafi'i, al- (Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i), 767–820, Islamic jurist. Raised and educated in Mecca and Medina, he taught in Egypt and Baghdad. His teachings laid the…Almoravids
(Encyclopedia) AlmoravidsAlmoravidsălmôrˈəvĭdz [key], Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Muslim Spain in the 11th and 12th cent. The Almoravids may have originated in what is now Mauritania…Kitab al-Aghani
(Encyclopedia) Kitab al-AghaniKitab al-Aghanikētäbˈ äl-ägänēˈ [key] [Arab.,=book of songs], collection of poems in many volumes compiled by Abu al-Faraj Ali of Esfahan. It contains poems from the…Trending
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