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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
Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, The Royal (Subject Entry)
The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is an independent non-governmental institute headquartered in Amman, Jordan, whose ultimate purpose is to serve Islam ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
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
῾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-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-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 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
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
Abduh, Muhammad (Biography)
(d. 1905 ) Egyptian scholar, journalist, theologian, jurist, grand mufti, and reformer, regarded as an architect of Islamic modernism. Educated at al-Azhar University. Adherent ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abduh, Muhammad (Biography)
1849 – 1905 Egyptian scholar , reformer Many scholars consider Muhammad Abduh the architect of Islamic modernism. His early years included a traditional education ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abdülhamid II (Biography)
Abdülhamid II ( 1842 – 1918 ) was the thirty-fourth Ottoman sultan ( r. 1876 – 1909 ). A profound political and economic crisis ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abraha (Biography)
Ruled in sixth-century Yemen on behalf of the Negus of Abyssinia. Attacked Mecca in 570 . His assault was, according to the Quran (surah ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abraham (Biography)
ca. 2000 B.C.E. Patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Abraham is considered the patriarch, or founding father, of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. According to ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abraham (Subject Entry)
Arabic Ibrahim . Original monotheist, purifier of God's house, builder of the Kaaba, and first Muslim. Preached against idolatry and sin. Rewarded by God ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
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