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Orontes

(Encyclopedia)Orontes ōrŏnˈtēs [key], Arab. Nahr al-Asi, river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the northern part of the Al Biqa valley, Lebanon, and flowing generally N through Syria, then W into S Turkey an...

Alfarabius

(Encyclopedia)Alfarabius: see Farabi, al--.

Alfraganus

(Encyclopedia)Alfraganus: see Al-Farghani.

Kosseir

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

Krak

(Encyclopedia)Krak: see Al Karak, Jordan.

Dahna

(Encyclopedia)Dahna: see Rub al Khali.

Azizia

(Encyclopedia)Azizia: see Al Aziziyah, Libya.

Hillah

(Encyclopedia)Hillah: see Al Hillah, Iraq.

Kairouan

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

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...