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Abu Bakr Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr , 573-634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad's first convert outside the Prophet's family and alone accompanied Muhammad on the Hegira. The marriage of Abu Bakr's daughter Aishah to Muhammad made the ties even stronger. On the Prophet's... Read more
Yusuf ibn Tashfin Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Yusuf ibn Tashufin Yusuf ibn Tashufin (died 1106) was a North African Almoravid ruler and conqueror who created the first Berber Empire uniting North Africa and Spain. Before 1061, when he was appointed commander of the Almoravid armies in Morocco by his cousin Abu Bakr, virtually nothing is... Read more
Almoravids Almoravids
Almoravids , Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Muslim Spain in the 11th and 12th cent. The Almoravids may have originated in what is now Mauritania . The real founder was Abd Allah ibn Yasin, who by military force converted a number of Saharan tribes to his own reformed religion and then... Read more
Jehovahs Witnesses Jehovahs Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell , whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. The Witnesses believe that the event has already commenced; they also believe the battle of Armageddon is... Read more
Flag Day Flag Day
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flag piece of cloth, usually bunting or similar light material, plain, colored, or bearing a device, varying in size and shape, but often oblong or square, used as an ensign, standard, or signal or for display and decorative purposes, and generally attached at one edge to a staff or to a halyard by... Read more
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirates , SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. The sheikhdom is the largest in the federation; in it is located the city of Abu Dhabi (1995 pop. 398,695), founded... Read more
Brenda Lee Brenda Lee
Brenda LeeSinger Brenda Lee was one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1950s and 1960s. She began as a child star, making musical guest appearances on television variety shows and putting out hits like "I'm Sorry," "Sweet Nothin's," and the perennial holiday classic "Rockin' Around the... Read more
Antonin Scalia Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia 1936-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1986-), b. Trenton, N.J. He graduated from Harvard Law School (1960) and subsequently taught law at the Univ. of Virginia (1967-71) and the Univ. of Chicago (1977-82). In 1982, President Reagan named him to the federal Court of... Read more
Waverly J. Person Waverly J. Person
Waverly Person 1927— Geophysicist As director of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) in Golden, Colorado, Waverly Person is often one of the first experts called upon for information and advice when natural disasters strike. A veteran seismologist and... Read more

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