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Ali al-Jarim
Ali al-Jarim (علي الجارم, 1881–1949) was an Egyptian poet, prose writer, and educator who served as chief inspector of Arabic in Egypt and co-wrote the grammar series al-Nahw al-Wadih.
Ali al-Karaki
Ali al-Karaki (علي الكركي), known as al-Muhaqqiq al-Thani, was an Arab Twelver Shi'i jurist from Jabal Amil, Lebanon, appointed shaykh al-Islam of Safavid Iran under Shah Isma'il I.
Ali al-Qari
Ali al-Qari (علي القاري) was a Hanafi jurist, hadith scholar, and Quran exegete born in Herat who lived in Mecca for over forty years until his death in 1606.
Ali al-Rida
Ali al-Rida (علي بن موسى الرضا) was the eighth Imam of the Twelver Shiites, born in Medina and appointed heir to the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun in 816.
Ali al-Sistani
Ali al-Sistani, born 1930, is an Iraqi Shia grand ayatollah based in Najaf who became marja in 1992 and is the most-followed living authority in Twelver Shiism, advising Iraqi politics without holding office.
Ali al-Sulayhi
Ali al-Sulayhi (علي بن محمد الصليحي) was the founder of Yemen's Sulayhid dynasty, an Ismaili Shia state acknowledging the Fatimid caliphate, who unified most of Yemen by 1063.
Ali al-Zaidi
Ali al-Zaidi, an Iraqi businessman and politician, became Prime Minister in 2026 after being named by the Shia Coordination Framework, pledging to bring armed groups under state authority.
Ali Alavi
Ali Alavi, born 1966 in Tehran, is a theoretical chemist who is Professor at Cambridge and directs electronic structure theory at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart.
Ali Alexander
Ali Alexander, born Ali Akbar, is an American far-right activist and rally organizer who founded Stop the Steal after the 2020 election, organized a January 6, 2021 Capitol-grounds rally, and later cooperated with the January 6 Committee and Justice Department investigations.
Ali Amin Gandapur
Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur (علی امین گنڈا پور), born 1978, is a PTI politician from Dera Ismail Khan who was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister from March 2024 to October 2025, a former federal Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan minister.
Ali and Nino
Ali and Nino: 1937 German-language novel by "Kurban Said" (attributed to Lev Nussimbaum, disputed), a Muslim-Christian love story in Baku during WWI; Azerbaijan's national novel, filmed 2016.
Ali and Nino (sculpture)
Ali and Nino (sculpture), also titled Man and Woman, is Tamara Kvesitadze's 8-meter kinetic steel sculpture on Batumi's seafront, installed 2010, whose two figures merge and separate in a daily 10-minute cycle inspired by Kurban Said's 1937 novel.
Ali Ansari (علی انصاری) (banker)
Ali Ansari (علی انصاری) is a Dubai-based Iranian banker who co-founded Bank Tat, became Ayandeh Bank's principal shareholder, and was sanctioned by the United States in 2025.
Ali Argon
Ali Suphi Argon (1930–2019) was a Turkish-born materials scientist and mechanical engineer who spent his career at MIT, where he was a founder of the modern mechanics of materials.
Ali Asadov
Ali Asadov is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, appointed by President Ilham Aliyev and leading the Cabinet of Ministers, which he has chaired on state budget policy.
Ali Asgari (علی عسگری) (director)
Ali Asgari (علی عسگری, born 1982, Tehran), Iranian director, screenwriter, and producer; also known as director of Disappearance, Terrestrial Verses, Divine Comedy. Cannes, Venice, and Berlinale selections, censorship bans, over 150 short-film awards, Academy member.
Ali Azmaei
Ali Azmaei (علی عظمایی, also Ozma'i) is an Iranian IRGC officer commanding the IRGC Navy since July 2026, succeeding the killed Alireza Tangsiri; former Fifth Naval Region commander, US-sanctioned since 2019.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a tale of the Arabian Nights about a woodcutter whose treasure cave opens at "Open sesame!" Added to the collection by Antoine Galland from tales told by Hanna Diyab in 1709, not in any original Arabic manuscript.
Ali Baba Theme Park
Ali Baba Theme Park (ملاهى على بابا) names several small amusement parks, chiefly one in Cairo Governorate, Egypt near Helwan, plus parks in Rangpur and Gaibandha, Bangladesh, and a former Karachi amusement area.
Ali Bach Hamba
Ali Bach Hamba (عليّ باش حنبه, 1876–1918) was a Tunisian nationalist politician, lawyer, and journalist who led the Young Tunisians and founded the newspaper Le Tunisien in 1907.
Ali Bahadur
Ali Bahadur (अली बहादुर) was a Maratha-era Nawab who ruled Banda in Bundelkhand under the Peshwa's authority, a grandson of Peshwa Bajirao I and Mastani whose wars against Rewa ended his dominance.
Ali Banat
Ali Banat was an Australian entrepreneur from Sydney who, after a 2015 Stage 4 cancer diagnosis, sold his businesses and founded the Muslims Around The World charity.
Ali Barid Shah I
Ali Barid Shah I (علی برید شاہ) was the Barid Shahi sultan of Bidar in southern India, reigning from 1542 to 1580 and commanding troops at Talikota in 1565.
Ali Behbahani
Ali Behbahani is an American physician-investor who joined New Enterprise Associates in 2007 and co-heads its healthcare team, known for co-founding cell therapy companies Arcellx and Nkarta and investing early in CRISPR Therapeutics.
Ali ben Ghedhahem
Ali ben Ghedhahem (علي بن غذاهم) was a Tunisian tribal leader of the Majer tribe who led the 1864 popular uprising against a doubled poll tax, acclaimed "Bey of the People."
Ali Bey al-Kabir
Ali Bey al-Kabir (علي بك الكبير, 1728–1773) was a Mamluk governor of Egypt who rose to shaykh al-balad in 1760 and expelled the Ottoman governor in 1768.
Ali Bey al-Muradi
Ali Bey al-Muradi (علي الأول المرادي) was a bey of the Muradid dynasty of Tunis who ruled in two periods between 1675 and 1688 before being assassinated.
Ali Campbell
Ali Campbell (Alistair Campbell, born 1959, Birmingham) is the founding lead singer of UB40 and frontman of UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell; he left UB40 in 2008, was replaced by brother Duncan, and tours the Big Love Tour 2026.
Ali Carter
Ali Carter (born 1979), "The Captain", English snooker professional since 1996; two-time World Championship runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan (2008, 2012), former world number two, seven ranking titles including the 2026 English Open.
Ali Cobrin
Ali Cobrin (Alexandra Arley Cobrin), American actress born 1989 in Chicago; known as Kara in American Reunion (2012), Whitney in Neighbors (2014), Molly in Showtime's Look, and Kari Baxter Jacobs in Prime Video's The Baxters (2024).