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Abbot of Kilwinning The Abbot of Kilwinning (later Commendator of Kilwinning) was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Kilwinning Abbey, Cunningham (now in North Ayrshire), founded sometime between 1162 and 1167. The patron is not known for certain, but it is likely to have been Richard de Morville, Lord of Cunningham.
Abbot of Kinloss The Abbot of Kinloss (later Commendator of Kinloss) was the head of the property and Cistercian monastic community of Kinloss Abbey, Moray, founded by King David I of Scotland around 1151 by monks from Melrose Abbey. The abbey was transformed into a temporal lordship for Edward Bruce, the last commendator, who became Lord Kinross.
Abbot of Lindores The Abbot of Lindores (later Commendator of Lindores) was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Lindores Abbey, Fife (the nearby town of Newburgh was created by and belonged to the abbey). The position was created when the abbey was founded sometime between 1190 and 1191 by King William the Lion's brother Prince David, Earl of Huntingdon and Lord of Garioch.
Abbot of Melrose The Abbot and then Commendator of Melrose was the head of the monastic community of Melrose Abbey, in the Border region of "Scotland". The abbey was founded in 1136 on the patronage of David I (DabĂ­d mac MaĂ­l Choluim), King of Scots, by Cistercian monks from Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.
Abbot of Paisley The Abbot of Paisley (later Commendator of Paisley; Prior of Paisley before 1219) was the head of the Cluniac monastic community of Paisley Abbey and its property. The monastery was founded as a priory at Renfrew in 1163, but moved to Paisley in 1169.
Abbot of Rievaulx Abbot of Rievaulx was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, northern England, founded in 1131 by Walter l'Espec. The Abbots of Rievaulx were amongst the most powerful christian leaders in northern England until the dissolution of the monastery by Henry VIII of England in 1538.
Abbot of Saddell The Abbot of Saddell was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Saddell Abbey, in Argyll, Scotland. Few abbots are known by name, and although the abbey was founded in 1207, it is not until we hear of his death on July 12, 1393, that Abbot Patrick becomes the first abbot known by name.
Abbot of Scone The Abbot of Scone, before 1163 x 4, Prior of Scone, and then by the beginning of the 16th century, the Commendator of Scone, was the head of the community of Augustinian canons of Scone Abbey and their lands. The priory was established by King Alaxandair mac MaĂ­l Choluim (Alexander I) sometime between 1114 and 1120, and was elevated to the status of an abbey in 1163 or 1164.
Abbot of Sweetheart The Abbot of Sweetheart (later Commendator of Sweetheart; also Abbot of New Abbey) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, founded by monks from Dundrennan Abbey with the patronage of Derbhfhorghaill inghean Ailein (aka "Dervorguilla Balliol"), Lady of Galloway, about 1275. The following are a list of abbots and commendators.
Abbot of Tongland The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
Abbot Pass hut The Abbot Pass hut is an alpine hut located on the continental divide at Abbot Pass, nestled between Mount Victoria and Mount Lefroy. It is directly on the border of Banff National Park, Alberta and Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Abbot's Hill School Abbot's Hill School is a girls school in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It had been the home of John Dickinson (1782–1869) who was his own architect in its building, just east of his paper mills called Nash Mills.
Abbot's Chair The Abbot's Chair is the common name of a former monastic cross, the Charlesworth Cross, in the English county of Derbyshire. Only the socket remains of this boundary cross, built by the monks of Basingwerk Abbey in North Wales; it lies close to the so-called Monks Road at , near the entrance track to Taiga Farm.
Abbotsbury Abbotsbury is a small village in south west Dorset, England, situated on The Fleet under a steep limestone hill, seven miles north west of Weymouth and seven miles south west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 480 (2001), which has been relatively stable for 50 years.
Abbotsbury Castle Abbotsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in south west Dorset, England, situated on Wears Hill above the village of Abbotsbury, seven miles west of Dorchester and the famous hill fort at Maiden Castle. The fort was occupied by the Celtic Durotriges tribe and was situated on a high chalk hill overlooking the English Channel, making it the front line of defence from invasion.
Abbotsbury Garland Day Held on 13 May each year, the Abbotsbury Garland Day celebrations have taken place in the Dorset village of Abbotsbury since about the early 19th century. They were first described in Hutchins' History of Dorset published in 1867.
Abbotsbury Swannery Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world. It is situated near the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England, nine miles west of Weymouth on a two acre site around the Fleet lagoon protected from the weather of Lyme Bay by Chesil Beach.
Abbotsford Rangers Abbotsford Rangers are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference against teams from Ogden, Provo, Salem, Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima.
Abbotsford Senior Secondary School Abbotsford Senior Secondary now Abbotsford Collegiate is a public high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia part of School District 34 Abbotsford. The school name was changed over the summer of 2006, as part of the school district merging Abbotsford Senior, and the Career Techincal School together.
Abbotsford, New South Wales Abbotsford is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 10 kms west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay.
Abbotsford, Victoria Abbotsford (parts of which were also known as Carringbush at the turn of the 19th century) is a small inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and separated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River. Formerly part of the City of Collingwood, it is now part of the City of Yarra.
Abbotsleigh Abbotsleigh School for Girls commonly known as Abbotsleigh School or simply just Abbotsleigh is a private girls school in Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia. It was founded in 1885 and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS) as well as being a member of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW and the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia.
Abbotswick Abbotswick (or Abbotswick Hall) at Navestock Side, in the English county of Essex is a small country house standing in a well timbered garden with a small lake. It dates from about 1800 but was rebuilt early in the 20th Century.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a 1948 comedy/horror film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. This is the first of several films where they meet up with classic characters from Universal's stable.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (full on-screen title is Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man) is a 1951 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello and Nancy Guild.
Abbott District Abbott Districts are school districts covered by a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that found that the education provided to urban school children was inadequate and unconstitutional. The Court in Abbott II and in subsequent rulings, ordered the State to assure that these children receive an adequate - and constitutional - education through implementation of a comprehensive set of programs and reforms, including standards-based education supported by parity funding; supplemental programs; preschool education; and school facilities improvements.
Abbott Handerson Thayer Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921) was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, as shown by the fact that his paintings are in the most important U.
Abbott Lawrence Rotch Abbott Lawrence Rotch (January 6 1861 – April 7 1912) was an American meteorologist and founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in 1885. This weather observatory has become the longest, continually operating observation site in the United States and an important site for world climatology.
Abbott Mysteries Abbott Mysteries was a comedy-mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances Crane (1896-1981). Initially a summer replacement for Quick As a Flash, the series was heard on Mutual and NBC between the years 1945 and 1955.
Abbott Papyrus The Abbott Papyrus details the investigations by Ancient Egyptian officials into tomb robberies that occurred during the reign of the pharaoh Ramesses IX. The document, which was named after its original owner, now resides in the British Museum.
Abbott's Duiker Abbott's Duiker (Cephalophus spadix also known as Minde in Swahili) is a large forest dwelling Duiker (small antelope) found only in a couple of scattered enclaves in Tanzania. It is believed by some to be a subspecies of the Yellow-backed Duiker.
Abbott's Get Together Abbott's Get Together is a longrunning convention for magicians in the United States, which is held each year in Michigan. It was founded in 1937 by Percy Abbott (1886-1960), an Australia-born magician who owned several Australian magic supply companies in the early 1900s, and then in 1929 cofounded the Blackstone Magic Company in Colon, Michigan with Harry Blackstone Sr..
Abbott's moray eel The Abbott's moray eel, Gymnothorax eurostus, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific anti-tropical in distribution. Reported from the Seychelles, but Randall and van Egmond 1994 believe otherwise.
Abbottabad Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is the principal city of the Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is 4120 feet (1256 m) above sea level, and is located 63 miles (101 km) from Rawalpindi, 52 miles from Kohala Bridge and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities of Pakistan.
Abbottabad Public School Abbottabad Public School, also commonly referred to as APS and Railway Public School, is a private, all boys, boarding school for, 7th to 12th grade students, located in Abbottabad, Pakistan. APS is one of the best secondary and higher education schools in the region, both in academics as well as in extra curricular activities.
Abbreviated dialing Abbreviated dialing is the use of a very short telephone number to reach public services. Typically these are two or three digits, and are most commonly known as being emergency telephone numbers like 1-1-2 and 9-1-1.
Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems (ATLAS) is a Mil-spec language for automatic testing of avionics equipment. It is a high-level computer language and can be used on any computer whose supporting software can translate it into the appropriate low-level instructions.
Abbreviator Abbreviator, plural Abbreviators in English or Abbreviatores in Latin, also called Breviators, were a body of writers in the papal chancery, whose business was to sketch out and prepare in due form the pope's bulls, briefs and consistorial decrees before these are written out in extenso by the scriptores.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, (October 26, 1874 – April 5, 1948), was a socialite and philanthropist and the second-generation matriarch of the prominent Rockefeller family. The "woman in the family", she was especially noteworthy for her pivotal contribution, along with crucial financial support from her husband, to the establishment of the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1929.
Abby Barry Bergman Abby Barry Bergman (born 1946) is a science educator, author, and school administrator. Having earned a doctorate in science education at Columbia University, Bergman authored and co-authored several books in the areas of science education and school administration.
Abby Cadabby Abby Cadabby is a fairy-in-training who first appeared in the 37th season of the children's television show Sesame Street. She is performed by Leslie Carrara and was designed by Ed Christie and built by Rollie Krewson.
Abby Dodge Abigail Johnson Dodge is a cookbook author and a Contributing Editor at Fine Cooking Magazine, where she served as founding director of the magazine’s test kitchen. In addition, Abby regularly appears on TV and radio and in industry videos.
Abby Howe Turner Abby Howe Turner (1875-1957) was a noted professor of Physiology and Zoology who founded the department of physiology at Mount Holyoke College. She specialized in colloid osmotic pressure and circulatory reactions to gravity.
Abby Lippman Abby Lippman got her BA from Cornell University and her PhD from McGill University. She is currently Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational health, with cross appointments in Family Medicine and Social Studies of Medicine, all at McGill.
Abby May Abigail May Alcott (October 8, 1800-November 25, 1877) (or Abigail May the third) was the wife of Bronson Alcott and mother of Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. She was the first paid social worker in the state of Massachusetts, and was the model for the character of Marmee in the book Little Women.
Abby Normal Abby Normal is a musician from North Carolina. He has been performing since 1992, and is best known for his work with Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 and The Graveyard Boulevard, though he has successfully performed as both a solo artist, and with other bands.
Abby Wambach Mary Abigail ("Abby") Wambach (born June 2, 1980 in Pittsford, New York) is an Olympic medalist and professional soccer player. She has emerged as one of the top women's soccer players in the world and is the best American female goal-scorer since Mia Hamm.
Abby Whiteside Abby Whiteside (1881-1956) was an influential and controversial piano teacher whose ideas are still much debated. She challenged the finger-centric approach of much Classical piano teaching and instead advocated a holistic attitude in which the arm is the conductor of a musical image conceived first in the mind.
Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton Abbye "Pudge" Stockton (born August 11,1917 in Santa Monica, California - died June 26,2006) was a professional strongwoman and forerunner of present day female bodybuilders, who became famous through her involvement with Muscle Beach in the 1940s.
Abc notation abc, developed by Chris Walshaw, is a language designed to notate music—tunes and lyrics—in ASCII format. It was originally designed for folk and traditional tunes of Western European origin (commonly English, Irish and Scottish) which can be written on one stave in standard staff notation.
Abciximab Abciximab (previously known as c7E3 Fab), manufactured by Centocor and distributed by Eli Lilly under the trade name ReoPro®, is a platelet aggregation inhibitor mainly used during and after coronary artery procedures like angioplasty to prevent platelets from sticking together and causing thrombus (blood clot) formation within the coronary artery. Its mechanism of action is inhibition of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa.
Abckiria Abckiria (also sometimes spelled ABC-kiria, and spelled "ABC-kirja" in modern Finnish), in English "The ABC book", is the first book published in Finnish language. It was written by a bishop and reformist Mikael Agricola, and was first published in 1543.
Abcoude-Proostdij Abcoude-Proostdij (sometimes called "Abcoude-Proosdij" and "Abcoude-Proostdij en Aasdom") is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The muncipality was formed in 1815, when the municipality of Abcoude was split into two parts.
Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa bin Nusair (عبد العزيز بن موسى) was the son of the Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya Musa bin Nusair. He crossed the strait of Gilbratar in 712 to take part in the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi the eminent Muslim scholar and sufi was born in Damascus in 1641 into a family of Islamic scholarship. His father, Isma`il Abd al-Ghani, was a jurist in the Hanafi school of fiqh and contributor to Arabic literature.
Abd al-Hamid Kishk Sheikh Abd al-Hamid Kishk (Arabic:عبد الحميد كشك) (b.1933- December 6, 1996) was a well-known Egyptian preacher, activist, author and scholar of Islam who graduated from the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
Abd al-Karim Qasim Abd al-Karim Qasim ( ); also various other spellings; including Qassim, Kassem, Quasim; popularly known as "az-Za‘īm" (Arabic: الزعيم) "the leader") (1914 – February 9, 1963), was an Iraqi military officer involved in the 1958 military coup d'état. Named Prime Minister of Iraq, Qasim associated himself with the ordinary Iraqi people.
Abd al-Masih ibn Ishaq al-Kindi Abd al-Masih ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (English: servant of Messiah, son of Isaac, from the clan of Kind) is the alias of a Christian character in the medieval theological work Apology of al-Kindy. The book was translated into Latin by a team working for Peter the Venerable, and into English by Sir William Muir.
Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi was a Pakistani charity director who is suspected of helping to finance terrorist groups. According to American counter-terrorism officials Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi, while serving as the director of the Pakistan offices of two charities, was actually subverting those charities funds to finance terrorism.
Abd al-Qadir `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī (6 September 1808 - 26 May 1883, in Arabic عبد القادر الجزائري) was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by the Algerians as their national hero.
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (alternatively spelt 'Abd al Qadir al Husseini) (1907-1948) was a Palestinian nationalist and fighter who in late 1933 founded the secret military group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle, (Munazzamat al-Jihad al-Muqaddas),Swedenburg, 1999, p. 150 Sayigh, 2000, p.
Abd al-Qadir II Abd al-Qadir II (1603/4 - 1606) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar. At some point following his deposition from the throne in 1606, Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia appointed him governor of Chilga (also known as Ayikel), an important market town near the Ethiopian border with Sennar.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (also known by the alias Mullah Bilal) (Arabic: عبد الرحمن النشيري) is a senior leader of Osama bin Laden's terrorist group Al-Qaeda. He is alleged to be the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing and other terrorist attacks, and was the head of al-Qaida operations on the Arabian peninsula.
Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti or in Egyptian Arabic el Gabarti (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الجبرتي [full name Abd al-Rahman bin Hasan bin Burhan al-Din al-Jabarti; Arabic عبد الرحمن بن حسن بن برهان الدين الجبرتي]; ‎1753-1825) was an Egyptian Muslim scholar and chronicler who spent most of his life in Cairo. While little is known of his life, al-Jabarti is believed to have been born in the village of Geziret Tell el Gabarti in the northern Delta province of Beheira, from which he got his name.
Abd al-Rahman ben Uqba Abd al-Rahman ben Uqba was the Wali, or governor, of Septimania, an Upper Mark (administrative division of the Cordobese emirate) that substituted Aumar ben Aumar in 755. During his governing, Narbonne was lost by conquest to the Franks.
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati Abdal-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926 - 1999) was born in Baghdad, near the shrine of the 12th century Sufi Abdel Qadir al-Jilani. In this respect, al-Bayyati is unique among his peers, most of whom share pastoral roots.
Abd al-Wahhab Marjan Abd al-Wahhab Mirjan (1910–1964) (Arabic: عبد الوهاب مرجان) served as prime minister of Iraq for three months, (December 15, 1957 – March 3, 1958) at the time of that country's short-lived union with Jordan, which was formalized on February 14, 1958. A relative newcomer to the Iraqi government, Mirjan first joined the cabinet in 1957, and was lacking the passion of overseeing the unification of the two states.
Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913 - 1973) (Arabic: عبد الرحمن البزاز `Abd ar-Raḥman al-Bazāz) was an Iraqi administrator, military officer and politician. He served as the Secretary-General of OPEC between 1 May 1964 and 30 April 1965.
Abd ar-Rahman I Abd ar-Rahman I (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الداخل) (born 731; ruled 756; died circa 788) was the founder of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries. The Muslims called the regions of Iberia under their dominion al-Andalus.
Abd ar-Rahman IV Abd ar-Rahman IV Mortada (عبدالرحمن) was the Caliph of Cordoba in the Umayyad dynasty of the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), succeeding Suleiman II, in 1017. That same year, he was murdered at Cadiz while fleeing from a battle in which he had been deserted by the very supporters which had brought him into power.
Abd Al Aziz Awda Abd Al Aziz Awda, also known as Sheik Odeh (born December 20, 1950 in Jabaliyah, Gaza Strip) has Palestinian citizenship and is one of the founders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, deemed by the United States federal government to be a designated international terrorist organization.
Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri (also translitereated Abdulaziz al-Shimmari) is a Kuwaiti citizen detained, without charge, at the United States Guantánamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.Unclassified dossier, from Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Abd Al Razzaq Abdallah Ibrahim Al Tamini Abd Al Razzaq Abdallah Ibrahim Al Tamini (also transliterated Abd Al Razaq Abdallah Hamid Ibrahim Al Sharikh) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Abd Al-Rahim Abd Al-Rahim was self-implicated on videotape as a possible al-Qaeda terrorist in 2002, and has since then been wanted by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which is seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. In January 2002, he was discovered as one of five men who had been videotaped pledging martyrdom, and who were then consequently placed on the original version, upon inception, of the FBI's third major wanted list, which is now known as the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list.
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Kayyali Sayyid Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al-Kayyali (عبد الرحمن الحيدري الكيالي) ‎ (1841–1927) was the first prime minister of modern Iraq. Born to a prominent Baghdad family that had founded the Sufi mystical order of Islam, al-Gillani was chosen in 1920 to head the Iraqi Council of Ministers following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri As-Sayyid Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jifri (born in November 1943) is a prominent Yemeni opposition leader. He was the Vice-President of the Presidency Council of the short-lived Government of the Democratic Republic of Yemen that was established on May 21, 1994.
Abd Al-Rahman Shokry Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (Arabic:عبد الرحمن شكري) was an Egyptian poet from the Divan school of poets, born on 12 October 1886. He was born in Port Said and he travelled to England where he got his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sheffield.
Abd Allah (Zaragoza) Abd Allah ibn al-Hakam al-Tjibi () was the final member of the Banu Tujibi group of local bosses to rule Zaragoza before they were muscled out of control by the Banu Hud family. He ruled for a small piece of 1039 before the Banu Hud seized control.
Abd Dhiyab al-Ajili Abid Dhiya al-Ajili is the current Iraqi Minister for Higher Education in the government of Nouri al-Maliki. He was elected as part of the Sunni Arab-majority Iraqi Accord Front and is a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party.
Abd el-Krim Abd el-Krim (c.1882, Ajdir –February 6, 1963, Cairo) (Amazigh: Mulay Abdelkrim, full name: Muhammad Ibn 'Abd El-Karim El-Khattabi , () was the Berber leader of the Rif, a Berber area of northeastern Morocco.
Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri Abdel-Razzak el-Sanhuri (1895-1971) (Arabic: عبد الرزاق السنهوري) was an Egyptian legal scholar and professor who drafted the first version of the Egyptian Civil Code in 1949. Sanhuri was known for attempting to recreate a "pure" Islamic law by modernizing the sharia using Western civil law.
Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf Abd Shams ibn Manaf (Arabic: عبد شمس بن عبد مناف) was a prominent member of the Quraish tribe of Mecca in modern-day Saudi Arabia. The Banu Abd Shams sub-clan of the Quraish tribe and their descendants take its name from him.
Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai forms an important link between his father, Qusai ibn Kilab (c.400–480), the great-great-grandfather of Shaiba ibn Hashim (Abdul-Mutallib) and his own sons, since he is the progenitor of the Banu Abd-al-dar http://www.
Abd-al-karim Jili عبدالكريم جيلى Abd-al-karim Jili (* 1365; † 1424Abd-al-karim Jili is also listed as dying between 1408 and 1417; but Titus Burckhardt established these dates.), was the Sufi author of Al-Insan-ul-Kamil (The Perfect Man).
Abd-al-Rahman al-Awzai Abu Amr Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr al-Awzai (707 - 774) was the chief representative and eponym of the Awzai school of Islamic law, which descended from the ancient Syrian school. Apparently, born in Damascus, Syria in 707, very little of al-Awzai's writings survive, but his style of Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) is preserved in Abu Yusuf's (d.
Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai In Islam, Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai forms an important link between his father, Qusai ibn Kilab (c.400–480), the great-great-grandfather of Shaiba ibn Hashim (Abdul-Mutallib) and his son, Asad ibn Abd-Al-Uzza, the progenitor of the Banu Asad http://www.
Abd-ar-Rahman III Abd-ar-Rahman III (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الثالث) was the Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961), and the greatest and most successful of the princes of the Ummayad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia). He ascended the throne when he was barely twenty-two and reigned for half a century.
Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr Abd Allah al-Zubayr or Ibn Zubayr or Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr' (624 - 692) (Arabic: عبد الله بن الزبير) was a sahabi whose father was Zubayr ibn al-Awwam the nephew of Khadija, wife of Muhammad, and whose mother was Asma bint Abu Bakr, daughter of the first Caliph Abu Bakr.
Abd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy Abd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy was the son of Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy and a companion of Muhammad. In contrast to his father, who is considered a munafiq by Muslims, he is especially regarded by Shi'a Muslims A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims on Al-islam.
Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul was a chief of the Arab tribe Banu Khazraj and one of the most respected inhabitants of Medina (then known as Yathrib). Upon the arrival of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Abd-Allah became a Muslim but retained a more independent stance towards Muhammad, for which Islamic tradition has labelled him a Munafiq (hypocrite).
Abd-el-Tif prize The Abd-el-Tif prize was an award for painter artists. Decreed on contest, it was created in 1907 under the impulse of Leonce Bénédite, conservative of the Museum of Luxembourg and Claude Jonnart, general governor of Algeria, in order to make it possible to young talented artists to remain one year or two, sometimes more, with the expenses of the State in the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algiers.
Abd-Ya-Layl ibn Amr Abd-Ya-Layl ibn Amr of the Banu Thaqif tribe was one of chieftains of the city of Ta'if, a city hostile to Islam. However, in 631 or 632, he was included in a delegation that resulted in his tribe accepting Islam.
Abdalá Bucaram Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz (born February 20, 1952 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, president of Ecuador between 1996 and 1997, former mayor of Guayaquil and founder and member of the Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (PRE). He was also a sprint]er in the 1972 Olympic team, the [[police chief of Guayas and the president of Barcelona Sporting Club, a soccer team from his hometown.
Abdali-I Abdali-I is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) , created in Pakistan and currently in service of Pakistan's Army. The Abdali-I was originally designed as the two-stage version of the Hatf-I, essentially a solid-propellant stage attached to the bottom of a Hatf-I.
Abdallah Djaballah Saad Abdallah Djaballah (, born May 2, 1956 in Skikda) is an Algerian politician and leader of the Movement for National Reform (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy, also known as the MRN and El-Islah), an Islamist political party that he led in a breakout from the Islamic Renaissance Party (al-Nahda), which he had created but lost control over. Djaballah stood for the presidency twice, in 1999 and 2004.
Abdallah Isaaq Deerow Abdallah Isaaq Deerow was a Minister of Constitutional Affairs of the transitional government of Somalia under the leadership of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. On July 28, 2006, he was killed outside a mosque in Baidoa.
Abdallah Somech Hakham Abdallah (Obadiah) Somech (1813-1889) was an important Rosh yeshiva and Posek of Iraqi Jewry. He was born in Baghdad to Rabbi Abraham Somech, himself a descendant of Nissim Gaon; he was the eldest of eight brothers and eight sisters.
Abdallah Zrika Abdallah Zrika (Arabic: عبد الله زريقة) (born 1953 in Casablanca) is one of the most famous poets of Morocco. His poetry is free, based on spoken language and unrivalled in contemporary Arabic literature in its spontaneity .
Abdülâziz Abdülâziz (Ottoman Turkish: عبد العزيز) (February 9, 1830 – June 4 1876) was the 32nd sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned between June 25, 1861 and May 30, 1876. He was the son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdülmecid in 1861.
Abdülmecid Abdülmecid I (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجيد اول ‘Abdü’l-Mecīd-i evvel) (April 23 1823 – June 25 1861) was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on July 2 1839. His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empire's territories.

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