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Bika, El
(Encyclopedia)Bika, El: see Biqa, Al.Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-
(Encyclopedia)Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-, nom de guerre of Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai, 1971–2019, Iraqi jihadist leader. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, he helped found a Sunni militia. Arres...Imru al-Kais
(Encyclopedia)Imru al-Kais: see Amru al-Kais.Litani
(Encyclopedia)Litani, river, Lebanon: see Biqa, Al. ...Al-Hakam II
(Encyclopedia)Al-Hakam II: see Hakam II, al-.Abd al-Qadir
(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Qadir: see Abd al-Kader.Murad V
(Encyclopedia)Murad V, 1840–1904, Ottoman sultan (1876), son of Abd al-Majid. He came to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) when his uncle, Abd al-Aziz, was deposed, but he was soon declared insane and was...Ibn Khalikan
(Encyclopedia)Ibn Khalikan ĭbn khăˈlēkăn [key] or Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii, 1211–82, Arabic biographer, b. in Erbil, Iraq. Ibn Khallikan lived and served as a judge and scholar in M...Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii
(Encyclopedia)Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii: see Ibn Khalikan. ...Hasa, Al
(Encyclopedia)Hasa, Al äl häˈsä, hăˈsə [key], region, E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Administrated as the Eastern Province, Hofuf is the chief town. Dates, wheat, and rice are produced. It was taken fr...Browse by Subject
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