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Sialkot
(Encyclopedia)Sialkot syälˈkōt [key], city (1998 pop. 417,597), near the Indian border, Pakistan. It is a rail junction and a major trade and processing center. Manufactures include sporting goods, processed foo...Boabdil
(Encyclopedia)Boabdil: see Muhammad XI.Malachi
(Encyclopedia)Malachi măˈləkī, –kē [key], book of the Bible, the last book in the order of the Authorized Version and 12th of the books of the Minor Prophets. Its title Malachi is taken from the opening vers...Muhammad, Wallace Dean
(Encyclopedia)Muhammad, Wallace Dean: see Mohammed, W. Deen. ...Chavis, Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Chavis, Benjamin Franklin, Jr.: see Muhammad, Benjamin Franklin. ...Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Jr.: see Ali, Muhammad. ...Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii
(Encyclopedia)Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii: see Ibn Khalikan. ...Abd el-Krim
(Encyclopedia)Abd el-Krim äbˌdĕl-krĭmˈ [key], 1882?–1963, leader of the Rif tribes of Morocco, called in full Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi. An important figure in the administration of the Spanish Z...Spinks, Leon, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Spinks, Leon, Jr. 1953-2021, American boxer, b. St. Louis, Mo. Spinks began boxing at age 13, dropping out of high school in his junior year to join the...Muhammad Abduh
(Encyclopedia)Muhammad Abduh 1849–1905, Egyptian Muslim religious reformer. His encounter in 1872 with Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, in the Cairo mosque-university of al-Azhar, led to his transition from asceticism to...Browse by Subject
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