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Tunisia
Tunisia , Fr. Tunisie, officially Republic of Tunisia, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,075,000), 63,378 sq mi (164,150 sq km), NW Africa. Occupying the eastern portion of the great bulge of North Africa, Tunisia is bounded on the west by Algeria, on the north and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on ...
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Al
Al symbol for the element aluminum .
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Amru al-Kais
Amru al-Kais , fl. 6th cent., Arabic poet. His verse, like much of the poetry of the pre-Islamic period, is intensely subjective and stylistically perfect. He was esteemed by Arabs as the great model for erotic poetry. He is thought to have lived in high favor with the imperial court at Constantinop...
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Al Aziziyah
Al Aziziyah or Azizia , town, NW Libya, near Tripoli. It is a major trade center of the Jifarah plain. The highest shade temperature on earth, 136°F (57.8°C), was recorded there.
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Al Hillah
Al Hillah , 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 the nearby ruins of ancient Babylon. It is a port and the main cereal market of the middle Euphrates area.
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Abd al-Malik
Abd al-Malik , c.646-705, 5th Umayyad caliph (685-705); son of Marwan I. At his accession, Islam was torn by dissension and threatened by the Byzantine Empire. With the help of his able general al-Hajjaj, Abd al-Malik overthrew the rival caliphs and united Islam. His battles with Byzantine forces ...
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Abdül Aziz
Abdül Aziz For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Aziz.
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Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud
Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud , 1913-82, king of Saudi Arabia (1975-82). He became king after the assassination of his half-brother Faisal . The son of Ibn Saud , the founder of Saudi Arabia, he was the third of Ibn Saud's sons to become king. He continued the widespread economic and social refor...
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Ksar el Kebir
Ksar el Kebir , city (1994 pop. 107,065), N Morocco. The name also appears as Alcazarquivir and Al Qasr al Kabir. Near the city on Aug. 4, 1578, the Moroccans soundly defeated the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal had invaded Morocco in support of a pretender to the Moroccan throne. Abd al-Mali...
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Hasan al- Banna
Hasan al- Banna , 1906-49, Egyptian religious and political leader; founder of the Muslim Brotherhood . He was involved with traditional Islamic education in Egypt. In 1928 he formed the Society of the Muslim Brothers, which sought a return to original religious precepts. As the organization grew a...
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