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Muḩāfaz̧at Masqaţ
Muḩāfaz̧at Masqaţ (محافظة مسقط, Muscat Governorate) is Oman's capital governorate, one of eleven, with six wilayats including Muscat, Mutrah, and As Seeb; population about 1.5 million, the country's most densely populated, seat of government since 1793.
Muḩāfaz̧at Şa‘dah
Muḩāfaz̧at Şa‘dah (صعدة), Sa'dah Governorate, is Yemen's far northern governorate bordering Saudi Arabia, capital Sa'dah City, 15 districts, agricultural economy, historic Zaydi center and Houthi conflict heartland.
Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Muhafazat Salah ad Din (Salah ad-Din Governorate, محافظة صلاح الدين) is a central Iraqi governorate of 23,398 km² with capital Tikrit, about 1.6–1.8 million people, semi-arid climate, and major post-2014 displacement and return.
Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz
Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz (Taiz Governorate), Yemen's most populous governorate, 23 districts, capital Taiz city; former Rasulid and royalist capital, besieged by Houthis since 2015, epicenter of the 2026 offensive and displacement crisis.
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn (محاكمة اللغتين, "Judgment of the Two Languages") is a 1499 treatise by Ali-Shir Nava'i arguing the superiority of Turkic over Persian in literary arts, vocabulary, grammar, and phonetics.
Muhallabid campaigns against the Azariqa Kharijites
The Muhallabid campaigns against the Azariqa Kharijites (حروب المهلب ضد الأزارقة) were Umayyad operations led by al-Muhallab ibn Abi Safra that destroyed the Azariqa sect by 697.
Muhallabid family
The Muhallabid family (المهلبيون) was an Arab family of governors and generals serving the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphs, founded by al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, who crushed the Azariqa Kharijites.
Muhallebi
Muhallebi (mahalabia, malabi, mahalabiyeh) is a Middle Eastern and Turkish chilled milk pudding of milk, sugar, and rice or corn starch, documented since a 10th-century Baghdadi cookbook, with variants like tavuk göğsü and kazandibi.
Muhamed Bešić
Muhamed Bešić (Mo Besic), Bosnian footballer born 1992 in Berlin; defensive midfielder and center-back for OFK Beograd; 47 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2014 World Cup squad member, formerly Everton, Ferencváros, Hamburger SV.
Muhammad (name)
Muhammad (محمد) is an Arabic male name meaning 'praiseworthy', from the root Ḥ-M-D. Spelled Mohammed, Mohamed, Mohammad and more in transliteration; among the world's most common names, densest in Pakistan.
Muhammad (محمد)
Muhammad (محمد) was a 7th-century Arab religious and political leader from Mecca and Medina whom Muslims regard as the final prophet of God and the recipient of the Quran.
Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari (محمد عبد الكريم الغماري)
Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari (محمد عبد الكريم الغماري), alias Sayyid Hashim, was the Houthi chief of general staff from 2016, a US- and UN-sanctioned major general trained by the IRGC and Hezbollah, killed in an Israeli airstrike on August 28, 2025.
Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bisar
Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bisar (محمد عبد الرحمن بيصار) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar who served as Grand Imam of al-Azhar from 1979 until his death in 1982.
Muhammad Abduh
Muhammad Abduh (محمد عبده) was an Egyptian religious scholar and reformer who served as Grand Mufti of Egypt from 1899 until his death in 1905.
Muhammad Abdul Aziz
Muhammad Abdul Aziz, born Norman 3X Butler, is an American man wrongfully convicted in 1966 of the murder of Malcolm X and exonerated on November 19, 2021.
Muhammad Abu al-Fadl al-Jizawi
Muhammad Abu al-Fadl al-Jizawi (محمد أبو الفضل الجيزاوي) was an Egyptian Maliki scholar and Grand Imam of al-Azhar from 1917 until his death in 1927, refusing British demands to close al-Azhar during the 1919 Revolution.
Muhammad Adil Shah
Muhammad Adil Shah (محمد عادل شاہ) was sultan of Bijapur from 1627 for nearly thirty years; his 1636 treaty with the Mughals freed him to expand southward while Shivaji rose within his kingdom.
Muhammad Ahmad (محمد أحمد بن عبد الله)
Muhammad Ahmad (محمد أحمد) was a Sudanese Sufi shaykh who proclaimed himself the Expected Mahdi in 1881, led a revolt against Egyptian rule, and founded the Mahdist state.
Muhammad Akbar (prince)
Muhammad Akbar (محمد اکبر), born 1657, was a Mughal prince, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, who rebelled against his father in 1681 and died in Persian exile.
Muhammad al-Ahmadi al-Zawahiri
Muhammad al-Ahmadi al-Zawahiri (محمد الأحمدي الظواهري; 1878 to 1944) was an Egyptian Shafi'i jurist who served as Grand Imam of al-Azhar from 1929 to 1935.
Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi
Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi, also known as the Shehu, was a Kanembu scholar and warrior who became the real ruler of Bornu and founded the Shehu dynasty.
Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti
Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (محمد الأمين الشنقيطي) was a Mauritanian scholar who became a senior religious figure in Saudi Arabia, known for his Qur'anic commentary Adwa' al-Bayan.
Muhammad al-Arabi al-Alawi
Muhammad bin al-Arabi al-Alawi (محمد بن العربي العلوي; 1884–1964) was a Moroccan Islamic scholar, judge, and minister who founded the national Salafiyya, linking religious reform to resistance against the French Protectorate.
Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi
Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (محمد العربي الدرقاوي) was a Moroccan Sufi shaykh who founded the Darqawiyya, a branch of the Shadhiliyya, leading it from northern Morocco until his death in 1823.
Muhammad al-Arusi
Muhammad al-Arusi (شمس الدين محمد العروسي) was an Egyptian Shafi'i scholar who served as the 14th Grand Imam of al-Azhar from 1818 until his death in 1829.
Muhammad al-Ashmar
Muhammad al-Ashmar (1892–1960) was a Syrian shaykh and guerrilla leader who fought French occupation and co-led the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925, fighting in the Ghouta.
Muhammad al-Baqir (محمد الباقر)
Muhammad al-Baqir, also known as Imam Baqir, was the fifth imam of Twelver Shiism, a great-grandson of the Prophet who taught law and theology in Medina until his death in 732.
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810–870) was a hadith scholar whose Sahih al-Bukhari, compiled over sixteen years, is regarded in Sunni Islam as the most authoritative hadith collection after the Qur'an.
Muhammad al-Burtuqali
Muhammad al-Burtuqali (محمد البرتقالي) was a Wattasid sultan of Morocco who ruled from 1504 until his death in 1526, waging jihad against the Portuguese on the coast.
Muhammad al-Fadl
Muhammad al-Fadl (محمد الفضل) was Sultan of Darfur from 1803 to 1838, succeeding his father Abd al-Rahman, overthrowing the regent Muhammad Kurra, and losing Kordofan to Egypt in 1821.