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  • Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi (Arabic: محمد بن منصورالمهدى ) (ruled 775–785), was the third Abbasid Caliph. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur and reigned for ...
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  • Category:Media Organizations Category:Image wanted [[Image:Al Jazeera mews room under construction by ashour jsc.jpg|thumb|300px|Al Jazeera newsroom under construction.]] ...
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  • ad-Dajjal sometimes spelled Dajal, (Arabic: الدّجّال, ad-dajjāl) ("The Deceiver/impostor"), also known as the false Messiah (see also: Antichrist) is an evil ...
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  • The Kaabah, Kaaba or Ka'bah (Arabic: الكعبة meaning: "Cube") is a building located inside Islam's holiest mosque (al-Masjidu’l-Ḥarām) found in Mecca ...
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  • Amphibole defines an important group of generally dark-colored, rock-forming silicate minerals. Some are constituents of igneous rocks, and others are part of metamorphic rocks ...
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  • Lysosome is an organelle of eukaryotic cells that contains hydrolytic enzymes active under acidic conditions and involved in intracellular digestion. This membrane-bound sub-cellular ...
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  • Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals that make up as much as 60 percent of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize from magma in both intrusive and extrusive ...
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  • Orthoptera ("straight wings") is a widespread order of generally large- or medium-sized insects with incomplete metamorphosis (hemimetabolism), chewing/biting mouthparts ...
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  • In Islam, the word Houri (Arabic: حورية,‎ also ḥūr or ḥūrīyah) refers to heavenly angels, splendid beings, Surah Al-Waqiah (56): 38, note 15. In Muhammad Asad, The ...
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  • Isma'il bin Jafar (Arabic: إسماعيل بن جعفر, c. 721 C.E./103 AH - 755 C.E./138 AH) was the eldest son of the sixth Shi'a Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq. Isma ...
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  • Khalil Gibran (born Gibran Khalil Gibran, Arabic: جبران خليل جبران, Syriac: ܓ̰ܒܪܢ ܚܠܝܠ ܓ̰ܒܪܢ) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was an artist, poet ...
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  • In zoology, skipper or skipper butterfly is the common name for any of the butterflies comprising the family Hesperiidae, characterized by antennae clubs hooked backward, stocky ...
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  • Physiology (Greek Φυσιολογία, physis, meaning "nature") can refer either to the parts or functions (mechanical, physical, and biochemical) of living organisms ...
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  • Brine shrimp is the common name for any of the small, salinity tolerant, aquatic crustaceans comprising the genus Artemia, the only genus in the family Artemiidae of the order ...
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  • Jahannam ( جهنم ) is the Islamic equivalent to hell. Its roots come from the Hebrew word Gehinnom, which was an ancient garbage dump outside of the city of Jerusalem where ...
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  • The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i.e. "the monotheists" or "the Unitarians"), was a Berber, Muslim dynasty that was founded ...
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  • Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is an Old World monkey (family Cercopithecidae), characterized by large size, long limbs, stubby upright tail, light brown or olive-colored fur, and ...
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  • Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim (Egyptian Arabic: توفيق الحكيم, ar|Tawfīq el-Ḥakīm ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary ...
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  • Category:Image wanted Sakhr ibn Harb, (Arabic: صخر بن حرب ) more commonly known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch-enemy of Muhammad. He ...
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  • Galliformes is an order of chicken-like birds, characterized by stocky built, small head, strong feet, and often short bills and wings, and adult males have sharp horny spur on ...
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