Ḥamza b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad
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Ḥamza b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad. A founder of the
Druze movement, the details of whose life are uncertain. He lived in the 5th cent. AH (11th cent. CE). He is regarded by the Druzes as the last incarnation (
qāʾim al-zamān) of ʿ
aql (universal intelligence), and produced one of the two fundamental works of the movement,
Al-naqd al-Khafi (copy of the Secret). For his seven precepts, see
DRUZES.
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ARIS SET TO AIR NEW STETSON APPAREL COLLECTION IN MARCH; SPORTSWEAR, ACTIVEWEAR, WESTERN WEAR WILL BE OFFERED AT MEDIUM TO HIGH PRICE POINTS.
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 1/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...said. Bessez stressed that the Stetson apparel will be "a classic Americana...forward," he said. Although Stetson has a long history, Bessez believes...the Civil War, 35-year-old John Batterson Stetson invested $100 to buy fur and...
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Stetson hitting the trail for more licensees; looking for men's and women's apparel, accessories tie-ins.(John B. Stetson Co.)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 9/8/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Bessez said. "We believe the Stetson name has strong marketability...limit." Bessez, who joined Stetson five months ago, was at one time...Civil War, when 35-year-old John Batterson Stetson invested $100 to buy fur and...
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Fashion: Hats off to the Stetson
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/6/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...dust as they did so, little did John Batterson Stetson know that the hat he invented would...cowhands. Apart from James Dean, the Stetson's most obvious association is...Ewing as the owner of the biggest John B west of the Red River. Americans...
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Stetson Co. popularized the cowboy hat
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; Western cowboy hats are called Stetsons because John B. Stetson & Co., a Philadelphia hat manufacturer founded in 1865 by John Batterson Stetson, ran a very good public relations campaign in the...
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PHOTO OF THE CENTURY | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 6/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...to the New England stereotype, Stetson is not given to verbosity. He...direct descendant of Coronet Robert Stetson, who sailed from England in 1640...the name of his distant cousin, John Batterson Stetson, the famous 19th century hat...
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Boss of the Plains: The Hat That Won the West.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...7894-2479-7 16.95 (Younger) When hat-maker John Batterson Stetson went West for his health as a young man in 1859...across a room, but you just can't wear it out.'" John Stetson "made his mark with a hat"; kids will easily get...
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Brimming with style.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 6/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...in Stetson hat, originate? THE Stetson or 'ten-gallon' hat - synonymous with the likes of John Wayne, J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman...19th-century New Jersey hatmaker John Batterson Stetson, whose factory in Philadelphia...
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How going red can put you in the black
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Is a paisley pattern kerchief suitable for a rustling raid? At the bus stop you'd feel silly in a Stetson, but somehow John Batterson Stetson persuaded riders of the plains in the 1860s that 4 1/2in brims were just the ticket and there was...
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Born on this day.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 5/5/2007; 537 words
; ...the Communist Manifesto with Fredrich Engels. 1830: John Batterson Stetson. US milliner, famous for his cowboy hats. 1882...comic actor and part of the Monty Python team. 1944: John Rhys-Davies. Welsh actor, whose films include the...
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Funeral Notices
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 2/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...shared at meaderfh@gwi.net. BATTERSON - Gregg E., 52, of Lewiston...3 p.m., with the Rev. John Tolman officiating. In lieu...House of Androscoggin, 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210...Home Care and Hospice, 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210...
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John Batterson Stetson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Batterson Stetson 1830-1906, American hat manufacturer, b. Orange, N.J. Stetson...as Stetsons, soon became the popular headgear of the West. The John B. Stetson Company, formed in 1885, became, under his direction, one of...
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