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Amici roof prism An Amici roof prism, named for its inventor, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Amici, is a type of reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by 90° whilst simultaneously inverting the image. It is commonly used in the eyepieces of telescopes as an image erecting system.
Amicii URSS Amicii URSS (Romanian for "[The] Friends of the Soviet Union") was a cultural association in interwar Romania, reuniting left-wing and anti-fascist intellectuals who advocated a détente between their country and Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union (at a time when Greater Romania, which included Bessarabia and all of Bukovina, was engaged in a diplomatic conflict with the Soviets).Cioroianu, p.
Amicima Amicima, Inc. is a software company headquartered in Santa Cruz, California developing new network protocols for client-server and peer-to-peer communication over the Internet and applications using the new protocols.
Amicus Amicus is the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU (Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU. Amicus also organises in both parts of Ireland and is affiliated to the UK Trades Union Congress, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Scottish Trades Union Congress.
Amicus Bank Amicus Bank was a wholly owned unit of CIBC and provided non-traditional banking format to customers on the go. CIBC decided to outsource non-branch automated banking machines (namely stand alones at services stations, convenience stores) to be maintained by Amicus.
Amicus curiae Amicus curiae (plural amici curiae) is a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "friend of the court," that refers to someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information on a point of law or some other aspect of the case to assist the court in deciding a matter before it.The information may be a legal opinion in the form of a brief], testimony that has not been solicited by any of the parties, or a learned treatise on a matter that bears on the case.
Amidah The Amidah ("Standing"), also called the Shemoneh Esrei ("The Eighteen"), is the central prayer in the Jewish liturgy that observant Jews recite each morning, afternoon, and evening. It is also part of the additional (Musaf) service, which is held after the morning Torah reading every Shabbat and on Biblical holidays.
Amidakuji Amidakuji (阿弥陀籤) is a Japanese method of lottery designed to create random pairings between two sets of any number of things, as long as the number of elements in each set is the same. This is often used to distribute things among people, where the number of things distributed is the same as the number of people.
Amidar Amidar is an idiosyncratic arcade game programmed by Konami, and published in 1981 by Stern. Its basic format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, attempting to visit each location on the board while avoiding the enemies.
Amie Street Amie Street is an online music store and social network service created in 2006 by Brown seniors in Providence, Rhode Island. Based on a demand algorithm to determine song prices, artists upload music onto the site to allow users to purchase it for whatever price the song is currently listed at.
Amien Rais Amien Rais (born Surakarta, Central Java 26 April 1944) is a prominent Indonesian politician who led and inspired the reform movement that forced the resignation of the authoritarian ruler, President Suharto, in 1998. Amien Rais was the leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the two biggest Muslim organizations in Indonesia, in 1995 - 2000.
Amiens Cathedral The Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is the tallest complete cathedral in France, with the greatest interior volume (estimated at 200,000 m³). The vaults of the nave are 42.30 m high, the tallest nave vaults in France. This monumental cathedral is located in Amiens, the chief city of Picardy, in the Somme River valley a little over 100 kilometers north of Paris.
Amiexpress AmiExpress - also known as /X - by Lightspeed technologies was a popular BBS software application for the Commodore Amiga line of computers. AmiExpress was extremely popular among the warez scene for trading (exchanging) software.
Amiga The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner (1932-1994) as the principal hardware designer.
Amiga 1200 The Amiga 1200, or A1200, was Commodore International's third-generation Amiga computer, aimed at the home market. It was released in October 1992, at a base price of ÂŁ399 in the United Kingdom and $599 in the United States.
Amiga 2000 The A2000, also known as the Commodore Amiga 2000, was released in 1987 (around the same time as the low-end high-volume model A500). Although aimed at the high-end market it was technically very similar to the A500, so similar in fact that the A2000B revision was outright based on the A500 design.
Amiga 2500 The Amiga 2500, also known as the A2500, was not a distinct Amiga model, but simply a marketing name for a Commodore Amiga 2000 bundled with a Motorola 68020 or 68030-based accelerator card. The accelerator cards used by the A2500 (the A2620 and A2630) were also available separately as upgrades for the A2000.
Amiga 3000UX The Commodore Amiga 3000UX is a model of the Amiga computer family that was released with Amiga Unix, a full port of AT&T Unix System V Release 4 (SVR4), installed along with AmigaOS. The system was otherwise equivalent to the standard A3000, once the Right-Mouse-Button initiated a boot to KickStart (Amiga's BIOS).
Amiga 4000 The A4000, or Commodore Amiga 4000, was the successor of the A2000 and A3000 computers. The machine came in two models, the A4000/030 and the A4000/040, with a Motorola 68EC030 or Motorola 68040 CPU, respectively.
Amiga 4000T The A4000T, also known as the Commodore Amiga 4000T, was a tower version of the A4000 computer. This was originally released in 1994 with a 25 MHz Motorola 68040 CPU, and rereleased after Commodore's demise in 1995 by Escom, along with a new version which featured a 50 MHz Motorola 68060 CPU.
Amiga 500 The Amiga 500, also known as the A500, was the first "low-end" Commodore Amiga 16/32-bit multimedia home/personal computer. It was announced at the winter Consumer Electronics Show in January 1987, at the same time as the high-end A2000, and competed directly against the Atari 520ST.
Amiga 500+ The Commodore Amiga A-500 PlusThe case badge reads "Commodore A-500 Plus"with "Amiga" embossed elsewhere. However, as with the Amiga range in general, Commodore do not appear to have been overly concerned with naming consistency, the [http://www.
Amiga 600 The Amiga 600, also known as the A600 (codenamed "June Bug" after a B-52's song), was a home computer introduced at the CeBIT show in March 1992. The A600 was the final model of the original A500-esque line based around the Motorola 68000 processor, it was essentially a redesign of the A500 Plus.
Amiga Active Amiga Active was a monthly computer magazine published by Pinprint Publishing, it launched at a time when most other Amiga magazines had already closed, and as a result only had one major competitor Amiga Format. A large proportion of the Amiga Active staff were from CU Amiga Magazine, which closed the previous year.
Amiga Computing Amiga Computing was a monthly computer magazine published by Europress and IDG in both the UK and USA, it published a total of 117 issues and was of a serious nature. The games sectioon was called Gamer, although later in its life Amiga Action was incorporated into it and became the games section.
Amiga Disk File Amiga Disk File aka ADF is a file format used by Amiga computers and emulators to store images of disks. It has been around almost as long as the Amiga itself, although it was not initially called by any particular name.
Amiga emulation Amiga emulation refers to the activity of emulating (mimicking the hardware of) a Commodore Amiga computer system using another computer platform. Most commonly, a user will emulate the Amiga using modern platforms such as Wintel or Macintosh.
Amiga games The Commodore Amiga was an important platform for computer games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Of all the 16-bit home computers, it was the one to gain the greatest success as a games machine due to its graphic and sound subsystems, which were widely considered to be far ahead of their time.
Amiga Old File System On the Amiga, the Old File System was the filesystem for Amiga OS before the Amiga Fast File System. Even though it used 512-byte blocks, it reserved the first small portion of each block for metadata, leaving a very irregular actual data block real capacity of only 488 bytes per block.
Amiga software Amiga software covers a wide range of software for the Amiga computer, both productivity and games, both commercial and hobbyist. The Amiga software market was particularly active in the late 1980s and early 1990s but has since dwindled into only a hobbyist scene.
Amiga Survivor Amiga Survivor was a monthly computer magazine published by Crystal Software. This publication originally started as a black and white A5 size fanzine called The Domain but eventually became a full colour A4 magazine.
Amiga Unix Commodore-Amiga, Inc., in 1990, did a full port of AT&T Unix System V Release 4 for the Amiga computer family (in addition to the proprietary AmigaOS shipping with these systems by default), informally known as Amix.
Amiga User International Amiga User International (or AUI) was a monthly computer magazine published in its later years by AUI Limited, it was the first dedicated Amiga magazine in Europe and in comparison to other Amiga magazines, AUI had a more serious perspective. One of the main features of AUI was the "AUI SuperDisks", which implemented multiple file systems and advanced compression techniques to hold far more data than a standard magazine cover disk.
Amigacore Amigacore is the term given to a particular type of techno music, named so because of the fact it was produced on Commodore Amiga computers (16 bit home computers, popular in the early '90s). Because of the limitations of these home computers, only a limited number of audio channels could be utilised and the sound quality was not the best.
AmigaE AmigaE, or very often simply E, is a programming language created by Wouter van Oortmerssen on the Amiga. He has since moved on to develop the SHEEP programming language for the new AmigaDE platform and the CryScript language (also known as DOG) used during the development of the popular computer game Far Cry.
AmigaOS AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. On top of a basic kernel called Exec, it includes an abstraction of the Amiga's unique hardware, a disk operating system called AmigaDOS, a windowing system called Intuition and a graphical user interface called Workbench.
Amigdalae Amigdalae is a biofeedback based art project by the artist Massimiliano Peretti. The project has been presented for the first time in a scientific environment at the CNRS, National Center of Scientific Research in Paris, November 2005.
Amigisc Amigisc - AMIGISC (Association Initials in Portuguese) Association-Friends of Santa Cristina Group of Social and Civic Intervention was formed in September 2000, it's main goal is achieving a better development of the Civil Parish of Santa Cristina do Couto , in Santo Tirso Municipality, Porto District , Portugal in the areas of environment, health, formation, habitation and culture.
Amigna Amigna is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Amigna is bordered on the south by Seru, on the southwest by Robe, on the west by Sude, on the northwest by Chole, on the north by Gololcha, and on the east by the Mirab (West) Hararghe Zone.
Amigo (restaurant) Amigo (traditional Chinese: 雅谷餐廳) is a French restaurant at 79A Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It is famous for its lavish furnishings and wonderful cuisine, all created by its Hong Kong owner Yeung Wing Chung (楊永松) and his staff.
Amigo Mobility International Inc Amigo Mobility International Inc , founded by Al Thieme in 1968, manufactures the Amigo power operated vehicle (POV)/scooter. The small business operations are located in Bridgeport, MI and produce dual lines of products for both healthcare and commercial applications worldwide.
Amigos de las Américas Amigos de las Américas (or AMIGOS) is a nonprofit organization based in Houston, Texas dedicated to creating opportunities for young people to excel in leadership roles promoting public health, education, and community development throughout the Americas.
Amigos dos Amigos Amigos dos Amigos (ADA, Friends of Friends) is a criminal organization that operates in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. It arose from a conflict between the Comando Vermelho and Terceiro Comando, two other gangs which now are the principle rivals of ADA.
Amigurumi Amigurumi (Japanese: from amu (編む, to knit) and nuigurumi (縫い包み, stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. Amigurumi are typically cute animals (such as bears, rabbits, cats, dogs etc), but can include inanimate objects endowed with anthropomorphic features.
Amihai Mazar Amihai "Ami" Mazar (born 1942) is an Israeli archaeologist. Born in Haifa, Israel (then part of the British Mandate of Palestine), he is currently (since 1994) Professor at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holding the Eleazer Sukenik Chair in the Archaeology of Israel.
Amiina Amiina (formerly Amína and Aníma) is an Icelandic quartet comprising Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir. They frequently perform live and in the studio along with Sigur Rós.
Amikeca Reto Amikeca Reto ('Friendship Network') is a directory of people around the world who do not necessarily want to host other Esperanto speakers, but want to work together and exchange ideas with others around the world.
Amikiri Amikiri (網切 or 網剪, "net cutter"), is a creature illustrated by Toriyama Sekien in his Gazu Hyakki Yakō. It is portrayed as a flying snake-like animal with a bird's head and claws like a lobster's.
Amilcar Compound The Amilcar Compound was a modern front wheel drive car with unitary body/chassis produced shortly before the Second World War by Amilcar and designed by the famous French engineer Jean Albert Gregoire. It made intensive use of Alpax, an aluminum alloy, but the war shortened its career.
Amillennialism Amillennialism (from the Latin prefix a meaning "no," mille meaning "thousand," and annum meaning "year") is a view in Christian eschatology named for its denial of a future, thousand-year, physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, as espoused in the premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20. By contrast, the amillennial view holds that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number, not a literal description; that the millennium has already begun and is identical with the church age (or more rarely, that it ended with the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70); and that while Christ's reign is spiritual in nature during the millennium, at the end of the church age, Christ will return in final judgement and establish permanent physical reign.
Amin al-Rihani Amin al-Rihani (أمين الريحاني) (born 1876 in Freike, Lebanon; died 1940) was a Lebanese writer, a major figure in the mahjar literary movement developed by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theorist of Arab nationalism.
Amin Ahsan Islahi Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997) was an Indian/Pakistani exegete of the Qur'an , who became famous for his Urdu exegeses of Qur'an, Tadabbur-i-Qur’an—an exegesis that he based on Hamiduddin Farahi's (1863-1930) idea of thematic and structural coherence in the Qur'an.
Amin Asmin Tariq Amin Asmin Tariq (born 7 June 1983) is one of the suspects originally arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom, and one of the nineteen whose accounts were frozen by the Bank of England.
Amin Mohamed Durrani Amin Mohamed Durrani is one of 17 people detained on June 2 and June 3, 2006, in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He was 19 years old at the time of arrest, and living with his family on Stonehill Court in Mississauga.
Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari (Arabic: ), (born in 1968 in Saudi Arabia or Yemen, identified as a Yemeni), became wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. In early 2002, he had been named in a suspected Yemen plot, for which he became listed on the FBI's third major "wanted" list, now known as the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list.
Amin Saikal Professor Amin Saikal is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East Central Asia) and Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. Professor Saikal has specialised in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Amina Amina (also called Aminatu) was a Muslim princess of the royal family of the Zazzua area, in what is now the Zaria providence of Nigeria. She was born circa] [[1533 and is estimated to have died at around 1610.
Amina Haq Amina Haq (Urdu: آمنہ حق) (also variously spelled Aaminah Haq and Aminah Haq) is a Pakistani model and actress. She is most famous for her role in the television drama Menhdi, in which she plays of the three daughters, Alishbah.
Amina Lawal Amina Lawal Kurami (born 1973) is a Nigerian woman. In March 2002, an Islamic Sharia court (Funtua Sharia court) in the northern state of Katsina sentenced her to death by stoning for adultery for conceiving a child out of wedlock.
Amina Taylor Amina Taylor is a former editor of Pride magazine and regular contributor to the Guardian, Independent On Sunday, Drum magazine, 5 Live and Sky News, Amina Taylor has her own radio show on BBC London 94.9 which she co-presents with Dotun Adebayo as well being a very popular guest presenter on many of the station's other shows.
Amina Wadud Amina Wadud is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, having joined that university after a stint as Assistant Professor at the International Islamic University in Malaysia, a post she had held since 1989. Wadud's reseach specialities include Gender and Qur'anic Studies.
Aminata Traoré Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1942) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and is a former coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme.
Amination Amination is the process by which an amine group is introduced into an organic molecule. This can occur in a number of ways including reaction with ammonia or another amine such as an alkylation, reductive amination and the Mannich reaction.
Amine Amines are organic compounds and a type of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines resemble ammonia, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic substituents such as alkyl and aryl groups.
Amine Dahar Amine Dahar (born August 5, 1985), is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the Tunisian league. He is a regular member of the Algerian Under 21 national team team.
Amine gas treating Amine gas treating refers to a group of processes that use aqueous solutions of various amines to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from gases. It is a common unit process used in refineries, petrochemical plants, natural gas processing plants and other industries.
Amine oxide An amine oxide, also known as amine-N-oxide and N-oxide, is a chemical compound that contains the functional group R3N+-O− (sometimes written as R3N=O or R3N→O). In the strict sense the term amine oxide applies only to oxides of tertiary amines including nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds like pyridine, but is sometimes also used for the analogous derivatives of primary and secondary amines.
Amino sugar In chemistry, an amino sugar contains an amine group in place of a hydroxyl group. Derivatives of amine containing sugars, such as N-acetylglucosamine and sialic acid, while not formally containing an amine, are also considered amino sugars.
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase An aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (aaRS) is an enzyme that catalyzes the esterification of a specific amino acid to its cognate tRNA to form an aminoacyl-tRNA. The synthetase first binds ATP and the cognate amino acid to form an aminoacyl-adenylate and release inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi).
Aminoacyl-tRNA Aminoacyl-tRNA is tRNA (also known as transfer ribonucleic acid) to which its cognated amino acid is adhered. It catalyzes the reaction between the appropriate amino acid and ATP to form an activated amino acid:
Aminoallyl nucleotide Aminoallyl nucleotides are used in post-labeling of nucleic acids to be used in microarrays. These nucleotides are formally known as 5-(3-aminoallyl)-nucleotides since the aminoallyl group is usually attached to carbon 5 of the pyrimidine ring of uracil and cytosine.
Aminoglycoside Aminoglycosides are a group of antibiotics that are effective against certain types of bacteria. They include amikacin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, netilmicin, paromomycin, streptomycin, tobramycin and apramycin.
Aminolevulinic acid synthase The rate-limiting enzyme in porphyrin and heme biosynthesis is ALA synthase, the enzyme () that catalyses glycine and succinyl-CoA into D-Aminolevulinic acid. In humans, transcription of ALA synthase is tightly controlled by the presence of Fe2+-binding elements, to prevent accumulation of porphyrin intermediates in the absence of iron.
Aminopeptidase Aminopeptidase is a zinc-dependent enzyme produced by glands of the small intestine and assists in the enzymatic digestion of proteins therein. Additional digestive enzymes produced by these glands include dipeptidases, maltase, sucrase, lactase, and enterokinase.
Amiodarone Amiodarone belongs to a class of drugs called Vaughan-Williams Class III antiarrhythmic agent. It is used in the treatment of a wide range of cardiac tachyarrhythmias, including both ventricular and supraventricular (atrial) arrhythmias.
Amiot (car manufacturer) The Amiot, later known as the Amiot-Peneau, was a French tractor type vehicle manufactured in Asnières-sur-Seine from 1897 to 1902. It was not an automobile per se; rather, it was a front-wheel-drive power pack used to convert horse drawn carriages into motor cars.
Amiot 143 The Amiot 143M was a late 1930s French medium bomber originally conceived as a "multiplace de combat": an all-purpose aircraft which would be used as bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and escort fighter.
Amioun Amioun (), or Amyoun, is a small Greek Orthodox village in the Koura valley in North Governorate of Lebanon. The village is famous for the Battle of Amioun between the Byzantine troops and the Monothelite heresies.
Amir al-Muminin Amir al-Muminin (Arabic أمير المؤمنين) usually translated Commander of the Faithful or Prince of the Faithful (a better translation might be Leader of the Believers), is the Arabic style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims. It has been claimed as the title of rulers in Muslim countries and empires and is still used for some Muslim leaders.
Amir Abbas Hoveida Amir Abbas Hoveida, BA ( Amīr `Abbās Hoveyda) February 18, 1919 – April 7,1979), also spelled Hoveyda, was an Iranian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Iran from January 27, 1965 to August 7, 1977.
Amir Abdul-Malik Ali Amir Abdul-Malik Ali is an African-American convert to Islam and well known Islamic activist in the United States. He is the Imam of the Masjid Al Islam mosque in Oakland, California and a graduate of San Francisco State University.
Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi (PA – 477) Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi HJ, MC (1915 - February 2, 2004), also known as Tiger Niazi was a general officer of the Pakistan Army. In 1971, as a Lieutenant General, Niazi was in charge of Eastern contingent of the Pakistani Army during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.
Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema (Urdu: عامر عبد الرحمن چیمہ), a 28-year-old Pakistani textile engineering student, of the Jatt/Cheema clan who committed suicide on 1 May 2006, in Moabit prison in Berlin, in German police custody, awaiting trial. Cheema had been arrested on 20 March 2006, as he entered the office building of Die Welt newspaper, armed with a large knife and was accosted by security guards who fought with him.
Amir Ansari Amir Ansari is co-founder of venture capital firm Prodea. Along with his sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, he made a multi-million dollar contribution to the X-Prize foundation on May 5 2004, the 43rd anniversary of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital spaceflight.
Amir Arsalan Amir Arsalan-e Namdar (in Persian امیرارسلان نامدار) is a popular Persian mythical story (epic) which was narrated to the Qajar Shah of Persia by a storyteller named Mohammad Ali Naqib al-Mamalek (میرزا محمدعلی نقیب الممالک). Mohammad never transcribed the poem himself, but the daughter of the Shah, who also loved the tale, eventually transcribed it and preserved it for history.
Amir Butler Amir Butler is an author and lawyer, as well as the executive director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC), co-convenor of the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN) and frequent media commentator on social and political issues. Born in the United Kingdom, he currently lives in Melbourne, Australia where he writes regularly for such publications as The Age, Herald Sun, Antiwar.
Amir Elahi Amir Elahi (Urdu: عامر الہی) (born September 1 , 1908) is one of the fourteen cricketers who have played Test cricket for more than one country. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, he played one Test for India at a time when Pakistan did not have Test match cricket status.
Amir Farshad Ebrahimi Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (Ibrahimi), (Persian: امیر فرشاد ابراهیمی; born August 14,1975) A former member of Hezbollah of Iran and an officer of Sepah (IRGC), currently a peace and human rights activist living in Germany. Ebrahimi was born in Tehran, Zargandeh.
Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Saadi or Amer al-Saadi (born 5 April 1938) was Saddam Hussein's liaison with the UN inspectors in the runup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Like the defector Hussein Kamel, he insisted Iraq had destroyed its prohibited weapons.
Amir Hossein Khozeimé-Alam Amir Hossein Khozeimé-Alam was the eldest son of Amir Ma'soum Khan Khozeiméh (Hessamodolleh III), the last ruling Amir of Qaenat and Sistan, in what is now south-eastern Iran. He was a cousin of Amir Asadollah Alam and was married to Fatemé Alam, the eldest daughter of Amir Ebrahim Alam (Shokat ol-molk II), who was also his great-uncle.
Amir Khadir Amir Khadir was formerly the spokesperson for Union des Forces Progressistes (UFP), a progressive political party in Quebec. He is now the male spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, a political party which was created by the merger of the Union des Forces Progressistes and Option Citoyenne, a feminist political movement, in February, 2006.
Amir Khan (Pindari) Amir Khan was a Pindari leader, of Rohilla (Pathan) origin belonging to its Salarzai branch. After defeat of Rohillas in Rohilla war against British, he fought against them and ultimately established his rule in Tonk in the early 19th century.
Amir Khusro Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn al-Dīn Khusrow (Hindi:अबुल हसन यमीनुददीन ख़ुसरो) (1253-1325 CE), better known as Amir Khusro Dehlavi or Amir Khusraw Balkhi in Afghanistan and Iran (in Persian اميرخسرو دهلوى Amīr Khusraū Dehlavī), is one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. A Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, Amir Khusro (or Khusrau or Khusraw) was not only one of India's greatest poets, he is also credited with being the founder of both Hindustani classical music and Qawwali (the devotional music of the Sufis).
Amir Massoud Tofangsazan Amir Tofangsazan is a resident of Barnet, United Kingdom of Iranian origin who is alleged to have defrauded Thomas Sawyer, an eBay buyer also in the UK. In an example of so-called Internet vigilantism, Sawyer erected a satirical blog and popularized it in an attempt to shame Tofangsazan into refunding his money and apologizing.
Amir Motlagh Amir Motlagh is an American independent filmmaker and actor whose titles have garnered many awards in the film festival circuit. Titles include Still Lover, Dino Adino, the mini feature documentary Pumkin Little, and Love @ 11:47.
Amir Or Amir Or (born 1956), is an Israeli editor, translator and award-winning poet whose works have been published in more than 30 languages.Lynn, "Israeli Poet Amir Or: A Conversation About Language, Myth, and the Soul" at the "Poetry Life and Times" Web site, accessed December 10], [[2006
Amir Pnueli Amir Pnueli (born April 22, 1941) is an Israeli computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1996 for seminal work introducing temporal logic into computing science and for outstanding contributions to program and systems verification.
Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi (born February 10, 1970) is an Iranian wrestler who won Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and 1996. He finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he won the 1991 World Championships, the 1992 and 1993 Asian Championships and the 1994 Asian Games.
Amir Sjarifuddin Amir Sjarifuddin (27 April 1907 - 19 December 1948) was a left-wing politician, one of the Indonesian Republic's first leaders. He became Prime Minister of the new Indonesian Republic in 1947 after succeeding Sutan Sjahrir.
Amira Hass Amira Hass (born 1956) is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper Ha'aretz. She is especially famous for living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and reporting on events from the Palestinian perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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