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  • al-awwal or third Jamadi-ul-Assani at Medina) was the daughter of the ... of armed men against Ali's house in Medina and called for Ali and his ...
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  • the age of thirteen. His mother, (Luisa of Medina-Sidonia) was named regent ... the king that his mother, Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, was out to steal ...
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  • The Spanish Armada or Great Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidona in 1588. ...
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  • converted to Christianity, she moved to Medina and became one of Muhammad ... After Muhammad had migrated to Medina in 622, Quraish confiscated ...
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  • before her husband and migrated from Mecca to Medina; she died in about 630 C.E. Two of Khadijah's other daughters, Ruqayya and Umm Khulthum, were ...
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  • Muhammad soon after the migration to Medina. Once a wealthy man, he was ... prominent Ansar (the helpers, citizens of Medina who gave refuge to the Muslims ...
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  • Yazid wrote a letter to the governor of Medina, asking him to demand allegiance ... Gathering his supporters, Husayn set out from Medina with about one ...
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  • The Medina of Tunis has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 ... The medina, located at the center of the city, is a dense agglomeration ...
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  • leader of the often fractious community in Medina. Local Arab tribes began ... followers fled to the neighboring city of Medina. This migration is called ...
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  • Aisha had been returning to Medina from Mecca after Hajj, but turned ... be left, as it had been previously, to the men of Medina. ...
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  • was not used until after the migration to Medina in 622 c.e., before which ... == Umar in Medina == Umar was part of the first emigration (Hijra) ...
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  • Hijra (migration) to Yathrib (renamed Medina-al-nabi, or “city of the ... == Ali in Medina == The small community of Muslim immigrants in Medina ...
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  • and his followers eventually migrated to Medina in 622 C.E. After this pivotal ... was praying in the Al-Qiblatain mosque (in Medina), he was ordered by God to ...
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  • he was deified into the patron god of Deir el-Medina. ==Family== ... a worker village at the site of Deir el-Medina. Amenhotep took for his Great ...
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  • Castilian villages, with the last being Medina del Campo, to which he moved ... Before this, however, he traveled to Medina del Campo, where he met the ...
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  • kingdom and besieged the French colonial army at Medina Fort. The siege failed on July 18 of the same year when Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal ...
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  • Mecca and Medina (the second holiest city after Mecca) are located ... the Islamic empire; the first capital was Medina, some 250 miles (400 km ...
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  • * Medina, Susan Calo. 1989. Terraces of Banaue. Los Angeles: Philippine ... * Medina, Carlos R. 2003. Understanding the Ifugao Rice Terraces. ...
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  • The marriage was delayed until after the Hijra, or migration to Medina ... Aisha, in the meantime, lived in Medina and made several pilgrimages ...
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  • year (April 20, 702) Hijra, in the city of Medina. Ja'far Al-Sadiq has ... #039;a imams before him. He is buried in Medina, in the famous Jannat al ...
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  • the Shīˤa Imām who taught and preached at Medina, and for the first years of his reign al-Mutawakkil continued the policy. Imām ˤAlī al-Hadī ...
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  • is the original Arab town, known as the Old Medina. This area is partially enclosed by the original rampart walls, and is a maze of narrow streets ...
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  • unable to enter the sanctuaries of Mecca or Medina but that he will make his final stand in Jerusalem, the third sanctuary. He will appear during a ...
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  • ===Journey to Medina=== pilgrims also travel to visit the city of Medina and the Mosque of the Prophet ...
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  • would be ‘Abdu’llah, and he would appear in Medina. He would protect the Muslims from destruction and would restore the religion to its original ...
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  • [[Image:Medina High School.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Medina High School, Newport|Medina High School]], one of the five state-maintained high schools ...
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  • * The Medina of Kairouan, the skyline of which includes cupolas and ... * The souks (market places) in the Medina quarter, has for sale carpets ...
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  • times. When Prophet Muhammad led his followers to Medina, he found the Jews of that area fasting on the Day of Ashura, or Yom Kippur. At this juncture ...
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  • The first thing Muhammad did upon arriving with his followers near ... went on to establish another mosque in Medina, known today as the Masjid ...
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  • Pennsylvania. His family moved in 1870 to Medina, New York. As a boy Cushing took an interest in Native American artifacts and taught himself ...
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  • without the surgeon's knife. Javier Medina is an example of this type ... cfm?bandID=358067 Javier Medina Avila, including an audio ...
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  • Arabian Peninsula is concentrated in Mecca and Medina, both vitally important cities to the followers of Islam. ==References== * Clark, Arthur ...
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  • the Hejaz railway, linking Damascus and Medina, facilitating both the annual ... to reach the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, but now the rail line is ...
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  • in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah). Both Mecca and ... Muhammad then resolved to emigrate to Medina, then known as Yathrib, a ...
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  • on the internet. The 1997 execution of Pedro Medina created controversy when flames burst from the inmate's head. Since 2006, lethal injection ...
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  • These Temples include those at Edfu, Deir el-Medina and one in Luxor. Learning flourished and a synthesis between Greek and Egyptian culture ...
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  • At the time of his death, the major Muslim cities (Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad), many Balkan provinces up to today's ...
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  • stands over a fountain, created by sculptor Pedro Medina Guzmán. Minerva is also displayed in front of Columbia University's Low Library as "Alma ...
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  • F. Xavier Medina, Food Culture In Spain Greenwood Publishing Group ... * Medina, F. Xavier. Food Culture In Spain. Greenwood Publishing Group ...
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  • |leader_name = Eva Marie Singson-Medina |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date ...
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  • their lawyers and the judge, Harold R. Medina, was held in the United States courthouse on Foley Square in downtown Manhattan and shared headlines ...
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  • ;Deir el-Medina by the workers of the village of Deir el-Medina, located in a small wadi ...
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  • Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina, considered by Islam's ... area; Mecca is the holiest city in Islam; Medina is the second holiest city; ...
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  • Archaeological ruins include Medina Azahara, near Córdoba, and the Roman city of Itálica, near Seville, and at Palos, in the province of Huelva ...
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  • Muhammad has established his authority in Medina and in many regions in the ... Muhammad’s Emigration from Mecca to Medina in 622 C.E.: 2:178-179; 2:194 ...
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  • *Scheeder, Donna, and Rubens Medina. The Law Library of Congress in the 21st Century A National and Global Resource. Valencia, Calif: Mobiltape ...
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  • to attack the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. In retaliation, Saladin besieged Kerak, Raynald's fortress in Oultrejordain, in 1183 and ...
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  • by dense occupation, with the medina layout conforming to the topography. There are narrow alleyways but no open public spaces. *The intermediate ...
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  • that he was following orders from Captain Ernest Medina, his commanding officer, Lieutenant William Calley was convicted of premeditated murder for ordering ...
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  • [Quddús, soon left on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, the sacred cities of Islam. In Mecca, the Báb wrote to the Sharif of Mecca explaining his mission ...
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