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Abu al-Faraj

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

Almohads

(Encyclopedia)Almohads ălˈməhădz [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 stirred up (c.1120) th...

Kaaba

(Encyclopedia)Kaaba or Caaba both: 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 nature of the...

Deir al-Zour

(Encyclopedia)Deir al-Zour, Syria: see Dayr az Zawr. ...
 

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