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Abu al-Faraj

(Encyclopedia) Abu al-Faraj: see Bar-Hebraeus, Gregorius.

Chemical Ali

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

Kaaba

(Encyclopedia) Kaaba or CaabaCaababoth: käˈbə or käˈəbə [key] [Arab.,=cube], the central, cubic, stone structure, covered by a black cloth, within the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The sacred…

Almohads

(Encyclopedia) AlmohadsAlmohadsălˈməhădz [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…