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Ali Bey

(Encyclopedia)Ali Bey: see Badía y Leblich, Domingo. ...

Ali Pasha

(Encyclopedia)Ali Pasha älēˈ päshäˈ [key], 1744?–1822, Turkish pasha [military governor] of Yannina (now Ioánnina, Greece), a province of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). He was called the Arslan [lion] of Yan...

Chemical Ali

(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...

Sher Ali

(Encyclopedia)Sher Ali shēr älēˈ, shâr [key], 1825–79, emir of Afghanistan (1863–79), son of Dost Muhammad. His succession was opposed by other members of his family, notably his brothers. Sher Ali turned ...

Shere Ali

(Encyclopedia)Shere Ali: see Sher Ali.

Sonni Ali

(Encyclopedia)Sonni Ali: see Songhai.

Bongo, Ali

(Encyclopedia)Bongo, Ali: see under Bongo, Omar. ...

Essebsi, Beji Caid

(Encyclopedia)Essebsi, Beji Caid bäˈzhē cäˈĭd əsĕbˈsē [key], 1926–2019, Tunisian political leader. A lawyer and ally of President Bourguiba, he held several posts in his and President and Ben Ali's gove...

Macdui, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Macdui, Ben, or Ben Macdhui, peak: see Ben Macdui, Scotland. ...

Hecht, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Hecht, Ben hĕkt [key], 1894–1964, American writer, b. New York City. He grew up in Wisconsin and, while still in his teens, worked on newspapers in Chicago. Early in his career he became involved i...