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Al-Amali
Al-Amali (الأمالي, "The Dictations") is a tenth-century Arabic anthology of language and poetry dictated in Cordoba by Abu Ali al-Qali, one of the four pillars of adab named by Ibn Khaldun.
Al-Amidi
Al-Amidi (الآمدي), in full Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Bishr al-Amidi, was an Arab grammarian and literary critic who died in Basra in 981, best known for the Muwazana comparing the poets Abu Tammam and al-Buhturi.
al-Amin
Al-Amin (الأمين) was the sixth Abbasid caliph, son and successor of Harun al-Rashid, reigning from 809 until his execution in 813 in the civil war against al-Ma'mun.
Al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui
Al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui was a Swahili Islamic scholar, reformer, and judge from Mombasa who served as Chief Kadhi of the Kenya Colony and pioneered Islamic reform in East Africa.
al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah (الآمر بأحكام الله), personal name Abu Ali al-Mansur, was a Fatimid caliph of Egypt, enthroned as a child in 1101 and reigning until 1129–1130.
Al-Anbar Governorate
Al-Anbar (الأنبار), Iraq's largest governorate in the western desert, borders Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia; capital Ramadi, Euphrates crosses 370 km, Sunni Arab and tribal, major gas and phosphate resources.
Al-Andalus (الأندلس)
Al-Andalus (الأندلس) was Muslim-ruled Iberia, 711–1492: Umayyad emirate and caliphate of Córdoba, taifa kingdoms, Almoravids, Almohads, and Nasrid Granada, ending with the 1492 Christian conquest.
Al-Andalus Garden
Al-Andalus Garden (Hadiqat al-Andalus) is a 1935 heritage garden on Gezira Island, Cairo, built by Mohamed Bey Zulfikar in Andalusian and Pharaonic styles; Egypt's first registered heritage garden, restored and reopened in 2024.
Al-Anon/Alateen
Al-Anon/Alateen (Al-Anon Family Groups) is a Twelve-Step mutual support fellowship founded in 1951 by Lois W. for people affected by someone else's drinking, with Alateen (1957) for teens; 22,452 groups in 135 countries as of 2026.
Al-Aqlam
Al-Aqlam (الأقلام, "The Pens") is an Iraqi Arabic-language cultural magazine founded in Baghdad in 1964 by the Ministry of Culture and published ever since, one of Iraq's principal periodicals for literary criticism and creative writing.
Al-Aqlishi
Al-Aqlishi (الأقليشي) was an Andalusian hadith transmitter, philologist, grammarian, and Sufi poet, born in Denia and active in al-Andalus, Mecca, and Egypt, who died after 547 AH.
Al-Aqsa
Al-Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Al-Haram al-Sharif), is the third holiest site in Islam, a walled compound in Jerusalem's Old City containing the Dome of the Rock.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (كتائب شهداء الأقصى)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (كتائب شهداء الأقصى), Fatah-affiliated Palestinian armed network formed in 2000 during the Second Intifada; US FTO since March 27, 2002; Iran-funded via Hezbollah; joined October 7, 2023 attack.
Al-Aqsa Mosque (المسجد الأقصى)
Al-Aqsa Mosque (المسجد الأقصى), also called Jami' al-Aqsa, is Islam's third-holiest site, a walled compound in Jerusalem's Old City that includes the Dome of the Rock.
Al-Arabi (magazine)
Al-Arabi (العربي) is a monthly Arabic-language cultural magazine published in Kuwait since December 1958, known for illustrated features on Arab cities, science, literature, and heritage.
Al-Arabi SC (النادي العربي الرياضي) (Qatar)
Al-Arabi SC (النادي العربي الرياضي), Doha club founded 1952, merged with Al Wahda 1972; seven Qatari league titles (1983-1997), 2023 Amir Cup, Grand Hamad Stadium, nicknamed the Dream Team.
Al-Artahi
Al-Artahi (الأرتاحي) was a Sunni Hanbali hadith transmitter of Damascus and Egypt who died in 1214, known for a rare ijaza from Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Farra.
al-Ash'ath ibn Qays
Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays (الأشعث بن قيس), born Ma'dikarib, was a chief of the Kinda tribe who served the Rashidun caliphate as a commander in Iraq and governor of Azerbaijan.
al-Ashraf Khalil
al-Ashraf Khalil (الأشرف خليل بن قلاوون), son of Sultan Qalawun, was the eighth Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, reigning from 1290 to 1293.
al-Ashraf Sha'ban
Al-Ashraf Sha'ban (الأشرف شعبان) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt, grandson of al-Nasir Muhammad, who reigned from 1363 until his murder by his own mamluks in 1377.
Al-Asma'i
Al-Asma'i (الأصمعي) was an Arab philologist and anthologist of the Basra school who served Harun al-Rashid and compiled the Asma'iyyat, an anthology of early Arabic poetry.
Al-Aswad ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i
Al-Aswad ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i (Abu 'Amr) was a Kufan Successor, hadith transmitter, Qur'an reader, and jurist who died in Kufa in 75 AH (694 CE), graded trustworthy by hadith critics.
al-Awzai
al-Awzai (الأوزاعي) was a Syrian jurist and hadith scholar (707–774) who founded the Awza'i school of law, dominant in Syria for two centuries and official in Umayyad al-Andalus.
Al-Azhar
Al-Azhar (الأزهر) is a historic mosque and university in Cairo, founded by the Fatimid commander Jawhar al-Siqilli in 970 and transformed after 1171 into the foremost institution of Sunni Islamic learning in Egypt.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque (الجامع الأزهر) is a mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt, built by the Fatimids between 970 and 972 CE and today the leading center of Sunni Islamic scholarship.
al-Azimi
al-Azimi (العظيمي) was an Arab historian and poet of Aleppo, born in 1090, whose chronicle Tarikh al-Azimi is the only surviving chronicle from the first fifty years of the crusading period.
al-Aziz Billah
al-Aziz Billah (العزيز بالله) was the fifth Fatimid imam-caliph, reigning from 975 to 996, and the first Fatimid ruler to begin his reign in Egypt.
al-Aziz Muhammad
al-Aziz Muhammad (العزيز محمد) was the Ayyubid emir of Aleppo from 1216 until his death in 1236, a grandson of Saladin who reigned nominally while regents governed.
al-Aziz Uthman
al-Aziz Uthman (العزيز عثمان) was a son of Saladin who ruled Egypt as sultan from 1193 until his death in 1198, warring with his brother al-Afdal of Damascus.
Al-Azji
Al-Azji (الأزجي), Abu al-Ma'mar Mubarak ibn Ahmad, was a Sunni hadith scholar and hafiz of Baghdad who died in 549 AH (1154); Ibn Nuqta declared him trustworthy.