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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
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
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-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-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-Qadir (Biography)
(d. 1883 ) Algerian independence leader, Sufi mystic, and poet. Born in Algeria to a notable Moroccan family. Became involved in the Algerian independence ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd al-Qadir (Biography)
1808 – 1883 Military leader , scholar , poet Abd al-Qadir led Algerian resistance to French colonization for nearly two decades. Born in Algeria ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abd al-Rahman, Aisha (Biography)
(b. 1913 ) Also known as Bint al-Shati . Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic language and literature and Quranic studies. Wrote more than ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
῾Abd Al‐raḥmān, ʿʿĀ'ishah (Biography)
( 1913 – 1998 ), Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic language and literature and Qur'ānic studies. Under the pseudonym Bint al‐Shāṭi' , ῾Abd ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abd al-Raziq, Ali (Biography)
(d. 1966 ) Egyptian qadi, intellectual, and author. Born to a powerful and wealthy landowning family in Minya, Abd al-Raziq received both Western and ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd Allah (Subject Entry)
Slave of God. Muslim name, often transliterated as Abdullah. It is common for Muslim personal names to consist of the word Abd followed by ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd Allah ibn Saba (Biography)
Enigmatic alleged founder of Shii Islam (advocating rule by Muhammad 's nephew Ali ). His origins and political role are contested in early sources. ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (Biography)
(d. 693 ) Companion of the Prophet Muhammad and son of the second caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab . Prominent authority in hadith and law. ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd El‐krim (Biography)
( 1882 – 1963 ), more fully, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al‐Karīm al‐Khaṭṭābī , Moroccan leader of the Rif Rebellion ( 1921 – 1926 ) ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Abd el-Krim, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi (Biography)
(d. 1963 ) Moroccan leader of the Rif Rebellion and Islamic reformer. Eldest son of a notable family in a Berber-speaking tribe of northern ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdali Dynasty (Subject Entry)
See Durrani Dynasty ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdalī Dynasty. (Subject Entry)
See Durrānī Dynasty . ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Abdel Rahman, Omar (Biography)
(b. 1938 ) Egyptian religious scholar, spiritual guide of al-Jamaah al-Islamiyyah, and radical Islamist. Accused of leading the Egyptian Jihad Organization, which assassinated President ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
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