(Encyclopedia) Islamic State (IS), Sunni Islamic militant group committed to the establishment of an Islamic caliphate that would unite Muslims in a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state…
(Encyclopedia) Khalifa ibn Zaid Al Nahayan, 1948–, Emirati ruler. The son of Sheikh Zaid ibn Sultan Al Nahayan of Abu Dhabi, he was named crown prince and chairman of Abu Dhabi's defense department…
(Encyclopedia) Boko Haram [Western education is sinful], Nigerian Islamic fundamentalist militia, officially Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad [people committed to the propagation of the…
(Encyclopedia) Menzel BourguibaMenzel Bourguibamĕnzĕlˈ bərgēˈbə [key] or Manzil Abu RuqaybahManzil Abu Ruqaybahmănzĭlˈ äb&oomacr;ˈ r&oomacr;ˌkībäˈ [key], formerly Ferryville, town (1994 pop.…
(Encyclopedia) AbulcasisAbulcasisäˈb&oomacr;lkäˈsĭs [key] or Abu KhasimAbu Khasimäˈb&oomacr; käˈsĭm [key], Arab physician, d. c.1013, b. near Córdoba, Spain. His chief work, a detailed…
(Encyclopedia) Raabe, WilhelmRaabe, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm räˈbə [key], 1831–1910, German novelist, whose pseudonym was Jakob Corvinus. At 23 he began to write novels and tales of village life; the charming…
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(Encyclopedia) Mansur, al-Mansur, al-äl-mäns&oobreve;rˈ [key] [Arab.,=the victorious], d. 775, 2d Abbasid caliph (754–75) and founder of the city of Baghdad. His name was in full Abu Jafar abd-…
