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Alhazen

(Encyclopedia)Alhazen: see Ibn al-Haytham.

Dahna

(Encyclopedia)Dahna: see Rub al Khali.

Hillah

(Encyclopedia)Hillah: see Al Hillah, Iraq.

Kairouan

(Encyclopedia)Kairouan: see Qayrawan, Al, Tunisia. ...

Kosseir

(Encyclopedia)Kosseir: see Qusayr, Al, Egypt.

Krak

(Encyclopedia)Krak: see Al Karak, Jordan.

Azizia

(Encyclopedia)Azizia: see Al Aziziyah, Libya.

Abu Muslim

(Encyclopedia)Abu Muslim äˈbo͞o mo͝osˈlĭm [key], c.728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid revolution. By political and religious agitation he raised (747) the black banners of the Abbasids against the rulin...

miracle play

(Encyclopedia)miracle play or mystery play, form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It developed from the 10th to the 16th cent., reaching its height in the ...

Abdül Mecid

(Encyclopedia)Abdül Mecid: see Abd al-Majid.