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An Najaf

(Encyclopedia) An Najaf An Najaf än näˈjäf [key], city (2020 pop. 874,000), S central Iraq, on a lake near the Euphrates River. The city, one of Shi'a Islam's holiest, is…

Ouargla

(Encyclopedia) OuarglaOuarglawärˈglä [key], town and oasis, E Algeria. It is the administrative center of a well-watered oasis at the junction of several Saharan desert caravan routes. Ouargla lies…

Waite, Terry

(Encyclopedia) Waite, Terry (Terence Waite), 1939–, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie, the archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in…

Lankaran

(Encyclopedia) LankaranLankaranlĭnˌkărănˈ [key] or LenkoranLenkoranlyĕnˌkəränˈyə [key], city (1989 pop. 45,020), SE Azerbaijan, near the Iranian border, on the Caspian Sea. It is a port and an…

Qom

(Encyclopedia) QomQomkôm [key], city (1991 pop. 681,253), Tehran prov., W central Iran. Located in a semiarid region, it is an industrial and transportation center. Its manufactures include textiles…

Jinnah, Muhammad Ali

(Encyclopedia) Jinnah, Muhammad AliJinnah, Muhammad Aliməhämˈəd älēˈ jĭnˈə [key], 1876–1948, founder of Pakistan, b. Karachi. After his admission to the bar in England, he returned to India to…

Islam

(Encyclopedia) IslamIslamĭslämˈ, ĭsˈläm, [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world…

Ladakh

(Encyclopedia) LadakhLadakhlədäkˈ [key], region, 45,762 sq mi (118,524 sq km), E Kashmir, on the border of China. Leh is the chief town. Allied ethnologically and geographically with the Tibet region…

Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand

(Encyclopedia) Lavigerie, Charles Martial AllemandLavigerie, Charles Martial Allemandshärl märsēälˈ älmäNˈ lävēzhərēˈ [key], 1825–92, French churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b. near…

Ashura

(Encyclopedia) Ashura, holy day in Islam, the 10th day of the month of Muharram. It commemorates the day Noah left the ark and the day Moses was saved by God from the Egyptians, and is a voluntary…