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Mutanabbi, al-

(Encyclopedia)Mutanabbi, al-, 915–65, Arab poet, considered the greatest classical Arabic poet, b. Iraq. His early involvement with a religious cult earned him the sobriquet “the would-be prophet.” He was par...

Ness, Eliot

(Encyclopedia)Ness, Eliot, 1903–57, American law enforcement officer, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Chicago (1925), famous as the leader of the “Untouchables,” the Justice Dept. squad who fought the gangster Al ...

Falluja, Al

(Encyclopedia)Falluja, Al äl fälo͞oˈjə [key], town, Anbar prov., central Iraq, on the Euphrates. A strategic city ...

Al Hufuf

(Encyclopedia)Al Hufuf: see Hofuf.

Al Basrah

(Encyclopedia)Al Basrah: see Basra, Iraq.

Al Hudaydah

(Encyclopedia)Al Hudaydah: see Hodeida, Yemen.

Jizah, Al

(Encyclopedia)Jizah, Al, Egypt: see Giza.

Al-taschith

(Encyclopedia)Al-taschith: see Aijeleth Shahar. ...

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