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Yaqut al-Hamawi

(Encyclopedia) Yaqut al-HamawiYaqut al-Hamawiyäk&oomacr;tˈ äl-hämäwēˈ [key], 1179–1229, Arab geographer. Born in Byzantium, he was bought as a slave by a merchant, al-Hamawi. He was freed on the…

Al Karak

(Encyclopedia) Al KarakAl Karakäl käräkˈ [key], town (1997 est. pop. 19,000), W central Jordan. It is also known as Krak. It is a road junction and an agricultural trade center. The ancient Kir Moab…

Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah

(Encyclopedia) Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah), 1929–2020, emir of Kuwait (2006–20). He held a number of government posts, including foreign minister (1963–2003) and deputy…

Brewer's: al Adha

(the slit-eared). The swiftest of Mahomet's camels. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Adhab-al-CabrAdfiliate A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Al Rakim

(pronounce Rah-keem) The dog in the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Al-SiratAlkahest A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: Al Kader

(the Divine decree). A particular night in the month Ramadhan, when the Arabs say that angels descend to earth, and.Gabriel reveals to man the decrees of God. —Al Koran, ch. xcviii.…

Brewer's: Al-Sirat

(Arabian, the path) The bridge over hell, no wider than the edge of a sword, across which every one who enters heaven must pass. (Mahometan theology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Araf, Al

[the partition]. A region, according to the Koran, between Paradise and Jehennam, for those who are neither morally good nor bad, such as infants, lunatics, and idiots. The inmates of Al…

King Lear

King Lear Lear, King of Britain, had three daughters: Goneril, wife to the Duke of Albany; Regan, wife to the Duke of Cornwall; and Cordelia, a young maid, for whose love the King of France…

Jordan: Kings

Kings Abdullah I, emir (1921–1946), king (1946–1951) Naif, regent (1951) Talal (1951–1952) Hussein (1952–1999) Hassan, regent (1998–1999) Abdullah II (1999– )