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Husayn ibn Ali
Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn Masudi
Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn Masudi , d. 956, Arab historian, geographer, and philosopher, b. Baghdad. He traveled in Spain, Russia, India, Sri Lanka, and China and spent his last years in Syria and Egypt. His Muruj adh-Dhahab [meadows of gold], an epitome of a longer history of the world from creation to AD 947, is a compilation of his travel observations and studies. It embraces social and literary history, discussions of religions, and geographic descriptions. A French version of this work was published between 1861 and 1878. The first volume has been translated into English.
Bibliography: See R. A. Nicholson, A Literary History of the Arabs (2d ed. 1930).
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Sharif Husayn ibn Ali and the Hashemite vision of the post-Ottoman order: from chieftaincy to suzerainty.
Magazine article from: Middle Eastern Studies; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Ottoman framework. By the time Sharif Husayn ibn Ali al-Hashimi assumed the mantle of...circulation which would have an impact on Husayn's vision of the post-Ottoman...positively. Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Fasi, for example, a...
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IBN Sina--Al-Biruni correspondence.
Magazine article from: Islam & Science; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the heavenly bodies. Keywords: Ibn Sina-al-Biruni correspondence...posed eighteen questions to Abu 'Ali al-Husayn b. 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (370-428/980-1037...came from Abu Sa'id Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Ma'sumi, whose honorific...
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Arabian Peninsula: The Rise and Fall of the Hashimite Kingdom of Arabia
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...from 1916 to 1925 when the Sharif Husayn ibn `Ali and his family ruled the holy cities...Ottoman period, the ambitions of Husayn for autonomy or independence, the...shaykhs, the ill-fated claim of Husayn to the Caliphate, and the Saudi...
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Shi'ism in South Asia
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Muharram ceremonies in honor of Imam Husayn, venerating him as if he were an...of Muharram), in the year 680, Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...skeptics a display of poor tactics, Husayn had selected no more than a minuscule...
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Germany and the Arab question in the First World War.
Magazine article from: Middle Eastern Studies; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; In April 1917, Husayn Ibn Ali, the sharif of Mecca and instigator...1) Little doubt exists regarding Husayn's contention that Arabs formed the...believed this and sponsored the revolt of Husayn and his tribes in the Hijaz which began...
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The Rise and Fall of the Hashimite Kingdom of Arabia
Magazine article from: Middle East; 4/1/2002; ; 448 words
; ...World War. Its leader, Sharif Husayn ibn `Ali, who claimed descent from the Prophet...documentation hitherto untapped - examines Husayn's efforts at state formation...the name Saudi Arabia, exploited Husayn's weaknesses, finally defeating...
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The Rise and Fall of the Hashimite Kingdom of Arabia.
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 4/1/2002; ; 557 words
; ...World War. Its leader, Sharif Husayn ibn `Ali, who claimed descent from the Prophet...documentation hitherto untapped -- examines Husayn's efforts at state formation...the name Saudi Arabia, exploited Husayn's weaknesses, finally defeating...
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Why the Middle East Is So Volatile (1).
Magazine article from: Middle East Quarterly; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Saddam Husayn--have justified their interference...ambitions of the sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn `Ali of the Hashemite family, and his...against the Ottoman Empire. When Husayn proposed to the British that he...
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Why the Middle East Is So Volatile.
Magazine article from: Middle East Quarterly; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Saddam Husayn--have justified their interference...ambitions of the sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn `Ali of the Hashemite family, and his...against the Ottoman Empire. When Husayn proposed to the British that he...
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Philosophy and Religion--Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...commemorating the death of Imam Husayn ibn `Ali (third Shi'ite imam), and it...il or the political maelstrom of `Ali al-Ridha and the 'Abbasid Caliph...figures, such as Islamic scholar `Ali Shari`ati, whose ideas may reflect...
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Husayn ibn Ali
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Husayn ibn Ali , 1856-1931, Arab political...support in his struggle with Ibn Saud , who defeated him in...caliphate in 1924, was based on Husayn's membership in the Hashemite...had belonged. In 1925, Ibn Saud took Husayn's domain, and Husayn lived...
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Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Masudi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Masudi Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Masudi (died 956) was an Arab historian and one of the most versatile and original authors in the age of efflorescence of Moslem civilization. Al-Masudi was born in Baghdad, a descendant...
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Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn Masudi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn Masudi , d. 956, Arab historian, geographer, and philosopher, b. Baghdad. He traveled in Spain, Russia, India, Sri Lanka...
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Husayn–McMahon Correspondence (1915–1916)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Correspondence between Sharif Husayn ibn Ali of Mecca and the British high commissioner...support of Arab independence. Sharif Husayn ibn Ali of Mecca asked Sir Henry McMahon...See also arab revolt (1916); husayn ibn ali; mcmahon, henry. Bibliography...
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Al-Mas‘ūdī, Abu ’L-Hasan ‘Alī Ibn Al-Husayn Ibn ‘Alī
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...ABU ’ L-HASAN ‘ AL ī IBN AL-HUSAYN IBN ‘ AL ī ( b . Bahdad; d . al-Fus...iyya li ‘ l-Im ā m ‘ Ali ibn Abi ̣ T ā lib (al-Najaf, Iraq...
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