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Abadan http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abadan.htm City in Iran with 300,000 inhabitants. Situated in the south-western corner of Iran, on the island of Abadan. Abbas http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abbas.htm Uncle of Muhammad. Successful merchant, and was known for the grandeur that he surrounded himself with during his travels. Stories tell that he was in charge of the Zamzam. Abbasids http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abbasids.htm Caliphate dynasty ruling from 750 until 1258. All of one big family that claimed to descend from Abbas, an uncle of Muhammad. Abdu l-Karim http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abdulkar.htm Moroccan politician and liberation fighter and leader. Abdu l-Qadir http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abdulqad.htm Emir, religious and military resistance fighter against the French occupation of Algeria. Abdullah, King http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abdallah.htm King of Jordan. Was named crown prince less than 2 weeks before he was sworn in as regent of Jordan, following the declaration of the clinical death of his father, Hussein 1. Abu Bakr http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abubakr.htm First Caliph of Islam. Abu Dhabi http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abudhabi.htm Island, city, and emirate in the United Arab Emirates. The emirate has about 1.19 million inhabitanst, while the city has about 420,000. Abu l-Hassan i l-Ash'ari http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ashari_a.htm Muslim theolgian, founder of the Ash'ari school of theology. Abu l-Wahhab http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abdu_l-wahhab.htm Founder of the Islamic school of the muwahhiduns, also known as Wahhabism. Abu Nidal http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?abu_nidal.htm Palestinian politician and guerilla leader. Acacus http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?acacus.htm Mountain range in south-western Libya, and a subrange of the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria. Lies southwest of the Fezzan area of central Libya. Adana http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?adana.htm City in Turkey with 1.1 million inhabitants. Situated inland, 30 km from the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea. Aden http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?aden.htm City of Yemen, and the country's winter capital, with 530,000 inhabitants, situated in the south of the country, at the Gulf of Aden. Aden, Gulf of http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?aden_glf.htm Western arm of the Arabian Sea, meeting the Red Sea at the strait Babu l-Mandeb. Adhan http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?adhan.htm Uttering used to call all Muslims to prayer, salat. Sent out from a minaret, either sung by a muezzin present in the minaret, or transmitted from a loudspeaker with the help of cassette recording. Agadir http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?agadir.htm City in Morocco with 720,000 inhabitants. A seaport and the administrative and economical centre for its region. Ahmose I http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ahmose_1.htm Egyptian Pharaoh, reigning from 1570 to 1546, and founder of the 18th dynasty. Ahmose II http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ahmose_2.htm Egyptian Pharaoh, reigning from 569 to 526 BCE, as part of the 26th dynasty. Ahriman http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ahriman.htm The evil power in the Avesta, the collection of religious writings in Zoroastrianism. Ahura Mazda http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ahura_ma.htm The supreme god in Zoroastrianism. Ain Draham http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?aindraha.htm City of Tunisia, and the centre of the mountainous region in the northwest of the country, with about 10,000 inhabitants. AIS http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ais.htm Algerian political group. A militant subdivision of FIS, and not be confused with the far more active and brutal GIA. Al Ahram http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?alahram.htm Egypt's largest newspaper, founded in 1875 by the Taqla family. al-Assad, Hafez http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?assad_hafiz.htm President of Syria (1971-2000).
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