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Taliban Timeline

Key dates in the history of the Taliban and Contemporary Afghanistan by Laura Hayes and Borgna Brunner   1979-2000 2001 2002-2006 2006…

Rafsanjani, Hashemi

(Encyclopedia) Rafsanjani, Hashemi (Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani)Rafsanjani, Hashemiälēˈ äkˈbär häshˈəmē räfˌsänjänˈē [key], 1934–2017, Iranian religious and political leader, president of Iran (1989…

Bandar-e Anzali

(Encyclopedia) Bandar-e Anzali Bandar-e Anzali bänˈdär-ā änˈzəlē [key], city, Gilan…

Cindy Adams

gossip columnist A native New Yorker, Adams started writing for small city papers. Her big break came in 1979 when she cancelled a dinner with a New York Post editor because she wanted to see an…

Pakistan: Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–1951)   Khwaja Nazimuddin (1951–1953)   Mohammad Ali Bogra (1953–1955)   Chaudhri Mohammad Ali (…

Muhammad Ali, shah of Persia

(Encyclopedia) Muhammad Ali, 1872–1925, shah of Persia (1906–9), son of Muzaffar ad-Din Shah, of the Qajar dynasty. Muhammad Ali, who was an opponent of constitutional government, began to rule at a…

Mussadegh, Muhammad

(Encyclopedia) Mussadegh, MuhammadMussadegh, Muhammadm&oomacr;hämˈmäd m&oomacr;ˈsädāg [key], 1880–1967, Iranian political leader, prime minister of Iran (1951–53). He held a variety of…

Sultan Husayn

(Encyclopedia) Sultan HusaynSultan Husayns&oobreve;ltänˈ h&oomacr;sānˈ [key], d. 1729, Safavid shah of Persia (1694–1722). A weak and superstitious man, Shah Sultan Husayn was surrounded by…