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A'ishah (Biography)
614 – 678 Third wife of Muhammad A'ishah was the third and youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad. Born in Mecca, she was the ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Aa Gym (Biography)
Abdullah Gymnastiar ( b. 1962 ) is an Indonesianpreacher popularly known as Aa (elder brother) Gym. Despite minimal orthodox religious education, Gymnastiar attained national ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abarquh (Subject Entry)
Iranian town in northern Fars province. A prosperous center in medieval times, by the 10th century it was fortified with a citadel and had ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abarshahr (Subject Entry)
See Nishapur . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abbasid (Image)
Muqarnas vault in the so-called Abbasid palace, Baghdad, early 13th century; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abbasid (Subject Entry)
Islamic dynasty that ruled from several capitals in Iraq between 749 and 1258 . The Abbasids traced their descent from al-῾Abbas, the uncle of ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abbasid Caliphate (Subject Entry)
The Abbasids were descendants of al-Abbas, an uncle of Muhammad . Abbasid caliphs ruled much of the Muslim world from 750 to 1258 . ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
῾Abbāsid Caliphate (Subject Entry)
Succeeding the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 , the ῾Abbāsid dynasty ruled the caliphate until 1258 . Descendants of the Prophet's uncle al‐῾Abbās , the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
῾Abbāsid Caliphate (Subject Entry)
Succeeding the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 , the ῾Abbāsid dynasty ruled the caliphate until 1258 . Descendants of the Prophet's uncle al‐῾Abbās , the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Abd (Subject Entry)
Slave. Common element in Muslim names, followed by one of the divine names of God—for example, Abd al-Rahman, Abd al-Halim, Abdullah. Also an epithet ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd al-Aziz, Shah (Biography)
(d. 1824 ) Indian Islamic scholar and son of Shah Wali Allah (d. 1762 ), the foremost alim of eighteenth-century India. Prolific author of ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
῾Abd Al‐῾azīz, Shāh (Biography)
( 1746 – 1824 ), Indian Islamic scholar. In northern India, ῾Abd al‐῾Azīz was a prominent Ṣūfī ῾ ālim of his time, a powerful ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
῾Abd Al‐῾azīz, Shāh (Biography)
( 1746 – 1824 ), Indian Islamic scholar. In northern India, ῾Abd al‐῾Azīz was a prominent Ṣūfī ῾ ālim of his time, a powerful ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
῾Abd al-Hayy (Biography)
( fl. c. 1374 ; d. Samarkand , 1405 ). Illustrator and painter . According to the Safavid chronicler Dust Muhammad, ῾Abd al-Hayy trained ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abd al-Jabbar, Qadi (Biography)
(d. 1024 ) Prominent Mutazili theologian. An adherent of the Shafii school of law, he was appointed chief justice (qadi) under the Buwayhids. His ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
῾Abd al-Jalil Čelebi (Biography)
See Levni . ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Biography)
(r. 685 – 705 ) Umayyad caliph responsible for standardizing imperial coinage and collecting a corpus of hadith to be interpreted by appointed faqihs ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim (Biography)
(d. ca. 578 ) Muhammad 's grandfather. Cared for Muhammad after the deaths of his parents. Died when Muhammad was eight. Credited by hadith ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
῾Abd Al‐nāṣir, Jamāl (Biography)
See Nasser , Gamal Abdel . ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
῾Abd Al‐nāṣir, Jamāl (Biography)
See Nasser , Gamal Abdel . ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
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