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Alhazen

(Encyclopedia)Alhazen: see Ibn al-Haytham.

Dahna

(Encyclopedia)Dahna: see Rub al Khali.

Hillah

(Encyclopedia)Hillah: see Al Hillah, Iraq.

Kairouan

(Encyclopedia)Kairouan: see Qayrawan, Al, Tunisia. ...

Azizia

(Encyclopedia)Azizia: see Al Aziziyah, Libya.

Kosseir

(Encyclopedia)Kosseir: see Qusayr, Al, Egypt.

Krak

(Encyclopedia)Krak: see Al Karak, Jordan.

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...

Hajj Omar

(Encyclopedia)Hajj Omar: see Hajj Umar, al-.

Obeid, El

(Encyclopedia)Obeid, El: see Al Ubayyid, Sudan. ...