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(Encyclopedia)Ahmed. For some names beginning thus, use Ahmad.Ahmed I
(Encyclopedia)Ahmed I ä´md [key], 1589–1617, Ottoman sultan (1603–17), son and successor of Muhammad III to the throne of the Ottoman Empire. The chief event of his reign was the Treaty of Zsitvatorok (1606...Ahmed II
(Encyclopedia)Ahmed II, 1642–95, Ottoman sultan (1691–95), brother and successor of Sulayman II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Soon after his reign began, the Turkish defeat at Slankamen, Serbia ...Ahmed III
(Encyclopedia)Ahmed III, 1673–1736, Ottoman sultan (1703–30), brother and successor of Mustafa II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). He gave asylum to Charles XII of Sweden and to Mazepa after Peter ...Ahmed Shah
(Encyclopedia)Ahmed Shah: see Ahmad Shah.Ben Bella, Ahmed
(Encyclopedia)Ben Bella, Ahmed äkhmd´ bn bl´lä [key], 1919–2012, Algerian statesman. After World War II he joined the Algerian nationalist movement and soon became a leader of its underground paramilita...Abiy Ahmed Ali
(Encyclopedia)Abiy Ahmed Ali, 1976–, Ethiopian political leader. Joining the Ethiopian army in 1993, he served in the intelligence service, the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, and the border war between Ethiop...Touré, Ahmed Sékou
(Encyclopedia)Touré, Ahmed Sékou s´koo toor´ [key], 1922–84, Guinean political leader, president (1958–84) of the republic of Guinea. From a poor family, Touré was labor union activist, becoming ge...Zewail, Ahmed Hassan
(Encyclopedia)Zewail, Ahmed Hassan, 1946–2016, Egyptian-American chemist, b. Damanhur, Egypt, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1974. He became a U.S. citizen in 1982. A professor at the California Institute of Techno...Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-
(Encyclopedia)Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmed al- ´mär hä´sän ä´md äl-bäshr´ [key], 1944–, Sudanese military and political leader, president of Sudan (1994–2019). He graduated from the Sudanese milita...Browse by Subject
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