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Abdül Hamid
(Encyclopedia)Abdül Hamid. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Hamid.Abdül Aziz
(Encyclopedia)Abdül Aziz. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Aziz.Hariri
(Encyclopedia)Hariri (Abu Muhammad al-Kasim al-Hariri) härēˈrē [key], 1054–1122, Arab writer of Basra. His principal work is one of the most popular of Arabic books. It is called Makamat [literary assemblies]...Chamberlain, John
(Encyclopedia)Chamberlain, John, 1927–2011, American sculptor, b. Rochester, Ind. In the late 1950s, Chamberlain became known for his welded abstract assemblages of smashed automobile parts and colored scrap meta...Orontes
(Encyclopedia)Orontes ōrŏnˈtēs [key], Arab. Nahr al-Asi, river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the northern part of the Al Biqa valley, Lebanon, and flowing generally N through Syria, then W into S Turkey an...Alfraganus
(Encyclopedia)Alfraganus: see Al-Farghani.Alfarabius
(Encyclopedia)Alfarabius: see Farabi, al--.Alhazen
(Encyclopedia)Alhazen: see Ibn al-Haytham.Dahna
(Encyclopedia)Dahna: see Rub al Khali.Hillah
(Encyclopedia)Hillah: see Al Hillah, Iraq.Browse by Subject
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