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Al Aziziyah

(Encyclopedia)Al Aziziyah ăzĭzēˈä [key], town, NW Libya, near Tripoli. It is a major trade center of the Jifarah plain. Al Aziziyah was long considered to have recorded the highest shade temperature on earth, ...

Falluja, Al

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

Farabi, al-

(Encyclopedia)Farabi, al- äl-färäˈbē [key], d. 950, Islamic philosopher. He studied in Baghdad and later flourished in Aleppo as a sufi mystic (see Sufism). He died in Damascus. Al-Farabi was the author of an ...

Fayyum, Al

(Encyclopedia)Fayyum, Al: see Faiyum, El, Egypt. ...

Al-taschith

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

Iskandariyah, Al

(Encyclopedia)Iskandariyah, Al, Egypt: see Alexandria. ...

Hasa, Al

(Encyclopedia)Hasa, Al äl häˈsä, hăˈsə [key], region, E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Administrated as the Eastern Province, Hofuf is the chief town. Dates, wheat, and rice are produced. It was taken fr...

Gezira, Al

(Encyclopedia)Gezira, Al äl jäzēˈrä [key], region, SE Sudan, occupying the tract between the White and Blue Niles south of their convergence at Khartoum. The Arabic word Gezira means “island” or “peninsu...

Ghazali, al-

(Encyclopedia)Ghazali, al- ăl-găzäˈlē [key], 1058–1111, Islamic theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He was born at Tus in Khorasan, of Persian origin. He is considered the greatest theologian in Islam. Al-G...

Al Ubayyid

(Encyclopedia)Al Ubayyid ĕl ōbādˈ [key], city (2021 metropolitan area pop. 495,000), S central Sudan. It is a rail terminus, a road and camel caravan junction, and the end of a pilg...