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Abu Muslim
(Encyclopedia)Abu Muslim äˈbo͞o mo͝osˈlĭm [key], c.728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid revolution. By political and religious agitation he raised (747) the black banners of the Abbasids against the rulin...Abdül Mecid
(Encyclopedia)Abdül Mecid: see Abd al-Majid.Hajj Omar
(Encyclopedia)Hajj Omar: see Hajj Umar, al-.Obeid, El
(Encyclopedia)Obeid, El: see Al Ubayyid, Sudan. ...Simon, Théodore
(Encyclopedia)Simon, Théodore: see Binet, Alfred. ...Chemical Ali
(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...Gadhafi, Moammar El-
(Encyclopedia)Gadhafi, Moammar El-: see Qaddafi, Muammar al-. ...Kut-el-Amara
(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.Shatt el Arab
(Encyclopedia)Shatt el Arab: see Shatt al Arab. ...Almohads
(Encyclopedia)Almohads ălˈməhădz [key], Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Spain in the 12th and 13th cent. It had its origins in the puritanical sect founded by Ibn Tumart, who stirred up (c.1120) th...Browse by Subject
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