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Kindi, al-
(Encyclopedia) Kindi, al- (Abu Yusuf Yakub ibn Ishak al-Kindi)Kindi, al-äˈb&oomacr; y&oomacr;s&oobreve;fˈ yäk&oomacr;bˈ ĭbˈən ēshäkˈ ăl-kĭnˈdē [key], 9th cent. Arab philosopher, b.…Abd al-Malik
(Encyclopedia) Abd al-MalikAbd al-Malikäbˌd&oobreve;l-mälĭkˈ [key], c.646–705, 5th Umayyad caliph (685–705); son of Marwan I. At his accession, Islam was torn by dissension and threatened by the…Al Hillah
(Encyclopedia) Al HillahAl Hillahäl hĭlˈlä [key], city (1987 pop. 268,834), provincial capital, central Iraq, on a branch of the Euphrates River. It was built (c.1100) largely of material taken from…Al Kufah
(Encyclopedia) Al KufahAl Kufahäl k&oomacr;ˈfä [key], town, S central Iraq. Founded (638) by Caliph Umar I, it was one of the two Muslim centers (the other was Basra) of the early Ummayad caliphs.Kharga
(Encyclopedia) KhargaKhargakhärˈgə [key] or Al KharijahAl Kharijahäl khärˈēnjä [key], large oasis (1986 pop. 38,544), S central Egypt, in the Libyan (Western) Desert. Populated chiefly by Arab…Nizam al-Mulk
(Encyclopedia) Nizam al-MulkNizam al-Mulknĭzˈəm äl mûlk [key], c.1018–92, vizier (1063–92) under two Seljuk (see Turks) sultans. Of Persian descent, he was early educated in administration, serving…1928 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Gold Medalists
Event Time 500m Bernt Evensen, NOR & Clas Thunberg, FIN 43.4 OR 1500m Clas Thunberg, FIN 2:21.1 5000m Ivar Ballangrud, NOR 8:50.5…1932 Olympics Leading Medal Winners (Speed Skating, Cross Country)
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. No Sport G-S-B 2 Irving Jaffee, USA Sp. Skate 2-0-0 2 Jack Shea, USA Sp.…Islamic State
(Encyclopedia) Islamic State (IS), Sunni Islamic militant group committed to the establishment of an Islamic caliphate that would unite Muslims in a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state…Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani
(Encyclopedia) Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, 1932–2016, emir of Qatar (1972–95). Khalifa was the son of Hamad bin Abdullah al-Thani, the second emir's heir apparent, but Hamad died (1948) before the…Trending
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