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Hassan

(Encyclopedia)Hassan häsän´ [key], d. 1894, sultan of Morocco (1873–94). He brought the weak and disorganized country firmly under his control and held in check attempts by European powers at domination. He pl...

Rowhani, Hassan

(Encyclopedia)Rowhani, Hassan häsän´ rhän´ [key], 1948–, Iranian cleric and political leader, b. Sorkheh, studied Semnan and Qom seminaries, Tehran Univ. (law degree, 1972), Glasgow Caledonian Univ. (D.P...

Nasrallah, Hassan

(Encyclopedia)Nasrallah, Hassan hä´sn näsrä´lä [key], 1960–, Lebanese political and religious leader. A Shiite Muslim cleric, he became politically active in the 1970s and joined the Amal militia. After I...

Hassan II

(Encyclopedia)Hassan II hä´sän [key], 1929–99, king of Morocco (1961–99). Formerly crown prince Moulay Hassan ben Mohammed Alaoui, he ascended the throne on the death (1961) of his father, Muhammad V. A grad...

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...

Majid, Ali Hassan al-

(Encyclopedia)Majid, Ali Hassan al- ä´l h´sän äl-mäjd´ [key], 1941–2010, Iraqi general and Ba'athist, cousin of Saddam Hussein. After Hussein took power (1979), Majid played a pivotal role in the Ba'...

Turabi, Hassan Abdallah al-

(Encyclopedia)Turabi, Hassan Abdallah al- hä´sän äbdä´lä äl-toorä´b [key], 1932–2016, Sudanese religious and political leader, b. Kassala, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (now Sudan). He studied law in Sudan a...

Flecker, James Elroy

(Encyclopedia)Flecker, James Elroy, 1884–1915, English poet and playwright. From 1910–13 he served in the diplomatic corps. A preoccupation with the exotic is revealed in his verse, particularly in The Golden J...

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...

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