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Al-HaaqqaSurat Al-Haaqqa (Arabic: سورة الحاقة ) (The Reality) is the 69th sura of the Qur'an with 52 ayat. Preceded by:Al-Qalam Sura 69 Succeeded by:Al-Maarij The Qur'an 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 4..
Al-Hadafal-Hadaf (Arabic, The Target) is a Palestinian political newspaper. It was founded in Beirut in 1969 by Ghassan Kanafani as the political mouthpiece of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), espousing a Marxist-Leninist version of pan-Arab Palestinian nationalism. In 1972, Kanafa..
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Al-HadidSurat Al-Hadid (Arabic: سورة الحديد ) (The Iron) is the 57th sura of the Qur'an with 29 ayat. Al-Hadid is the 57th chapter (Sura), in order from the beginning of the Qur'an. Each letter of the Arabic alphabet is given an Abjad value. If one takes the words "Al-Hadid" and adds up all of ..
Al-HafizAl-Hafiz (Arabic: الحافظ ) (d. 1149) was the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids (1130–1149) Al-Hafiz assumed the caliphate as the cousin of the murdered Al-Amir (1101–1130). Since Al-Amir had left no son behind the succession of Al-Hafiz was not uncontested—a section of Shiites..
Al-HajjThis is the Qur'anic Sura, not to be confused with The Hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca Surat Al-Hajj (Arabic: سورة الحج ) (The Pilgrimage, The Hajj) is the 22nd sura of the Qur'an with 78 ayat. Verses [..
Al-Hajjajal-Hajjaj can refer to one of a number of different people: Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef, Military governor of the Umayyad caliphateMuslim b. al-Hajjaj, Islamic author of Hadith This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you ..
Al-Hajjaj bin YousefAl-Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf (Arabic: الحجاج بن يوسف, also known as Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf ath-Thaqafī), born in June 661 in aţ-Ţā’if and died 714 in Wasit, Iraq, was an important Arab administrator during the Umayyad Caliphate. His given name was Kulayb "Little Dog" but he changed it to al..
Al-Haj Sayed Mohamedali Shihab ThangalPanakkad Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal is the president of the Kerala state committee of the Indian Union Muslim League. Shihab Thangal, the public figure who has completed an eventful quarter century in quiet stewardship of the Indian Union Muslim League, arguably the one remaining mainstream p..
Al-Hakam IAl-Hakam Ibn Hisham Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman I (Arabic: ) was an Umayyad Emir of Cordoba. During his reign a rebellion led by clerics arose on a suburb known as al-Ribad on the south bank of the Guadalquivir river. He managed to crush it, and insisted on sending the inhabitants of that suburb into e..
Al-Hakam IIAl-Hakam II (Arabic: الحكم الثاني) was Caliph of Cordoba, in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-ar-rahman III (al-Nasir). He ruled from 961 to 976. Al-Hakam II succeeded to the Caliphate after the death of his father Abd ar-Rahman III in 961. He secured peace with the Christian kingdoms of north..
Al-Hakim bi-Amr AllahTāriqu l-Ḥakīm, called bi Amr al-Lāh (Arabic الحاكم بأمر الله "Ruler by God's Command"), was the sixth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt, ruling from 996 to 1021. Born in Egypt in 985, Ḥakīm succeeded his father Abū Mansūr Nizār al-ˤAzīz in 996 at the age of eleven. Because it had ..
Al-Hakim IIAl-Hakim II (الحکریم) (died 1352) was the Abbasid Caliph in Cairo (1341 - 1352) during La Convivencia. He died on the night of his wedding, while consumating his marriage to his eighth wife. He founded a library in Toledo that contained hundreds of thousands of books and scrolls, thus giving..
Al-Hakim MosqueAl-Hakim Mosque is one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo. Construction of it commenced in 990 under Caliph Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz, but it was completed under his son Caliph al-Hakim bi Amr Allah in 1013. See also Timeline of Islamic historyIslamic architectureIslamic artList of mosques Ext..
Al-Hamadaniah StadiumAl-Hamadaniah Stadium is a stadium in Aleppo, Syria. It has a 20000 capacity. It serves as a home ground of Al-Ittihad and Al-Horriya. It hosts many of Syria national football teams's match. It can also stage athletics. ..
Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alaminAl-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin (Arabic script الحمد لله ربّ العالمين) is the first verse of the first Surah of the Qur'an (assuming that the introductory Basmala is not counted as the first verse). The English translation is "Praise be to God, the lord of the worlds". See also ..
Al-HanayaAl-Hanaya is a town in Iraq, on the Euphrates River. It was mentioned as one of the cities frequently visited by Radhanite merchants. ..
Al-Haramain FoundationAl-Haramain Islamic Foundation an Islamic charity which provides aid to Muslims around the world mixed with a program to promote Saudi Arabia's austere Wahhabi Islam. The assets of various branches of the Al-Haramain Foundation were frozen on March 11, 2002. On January 29th, 2004 the foundation wa..
Al-Harith ibn JabalahAl-Harith ibn Jabalah (Arabic: الحارث بن جبلة) was a king of the Ghassanids, a pre-Islamic Arab people who lived on the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire. He reigned from 529 to 569 and supported the Byzantines against Sassanid Persia. He was given the title patricius, or patric..
Al-HasaThe great oasis of al-Hasa (also spelled Hassa and al-Ahsa, in Arabic الأحساء ) -- the largest in Saudi Arabia -- is located in the desert in the Eastern Province about 60 km inland from the Persian Gulf. Some of the world's largest oil fields can be found in the surrounding region. The oas..
Al-HashrSurat Al-Hashr (Arabic: سورة الحشر ) (Exile, Banishment) is the 59th sura of the Qur'an with 24 ayat. Upon expulsion of the Banu Nadir, Muhammad said to have received a revelation of Sura 59 of the Qur'an [[Citing sources citation needed]]. Preceded by:Al-Mujadila..
Al-Hassan ibn-al-SabbahThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } The head of the Persian sect of the Ismailians in th..
Al-Hayat al-JadidaAl-Hayat al-Jadida (also transcribed Alhayat Aljadeeda, Arabic الحياة الجديدة "the new life") is an official daily newspaper of the Palestinian National Authority. External links [official website] ..
Al-Hayat newspaperAl-Hayat ("Life") is one of the leading daily pan-Arab newspaper, with a circulation of 110 000. It is the newspaper of record for the Arab diaspora and the preferred tribune for left-wing or liberal intellectuals who wish to express themselves to a large public. Originally Lebanese, Al-Hayat was bo..
Al-HibahTayu-djayet in hieroglyphs t-A-i-i-w-DA-i-i-t:niwt al-Hibah (alt. el-Hibeh; Arabic الحيبة) is the modern name of the ancient Egyptian city of Tayu-djayet (t3yw-ḏ3yt); in Coptic it was known as Teudjo, and during the Graeco-Roman Period, it was called Ankyronpolis. In antiquity, the c..
Al-Hidayah Islamic SchoolLocated in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia, Al-Hidayah Islamic School school provides education to Primary school students from Kindergarten (Kindy) to Year 7. (i.e. Children from four (4) years of age through to twelve (12) years of age) Established in 1994, Al-Hidayah Islamic School has develo..
Al-HijrSurat al-Hijr (Arabic: سورة الحجر ) ("Al-Hijr, The Stoneland, The Rock City") is the 15th sura of the Qur'an. It has 99 ayat. It is a Makkan sura believed to have been received by the Prophet shortly after the 12th sura (Yusuf), the Mohammed's last year in Mecca. Like the other sura of this..
Al-Hikmah University, IlorinAl-hikma University is located in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. It was founded in 2003 and accepted as an educational avenue in 2004 by the Nigerian National University commission. Though the name is Islamic oriented, Al-hikma University caters for all the educational needs of Nigerian students i..
Al-Hikma University (Baghdad)Al-Hikma University in Baghdad was founded by American Jesuits in 1956. Initially, the student body numbered only 45, but, by the time that the university was closed, after the July 1968 Ba'ath coup, there were 656 students. Over its lifetime, around 1900 students graduated from the university. The..
Al-HilalAl-Hilal (Arabic: الهلال) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in the country's capital of Riyadh. Since its founding in 1957, the club has won a record ten (10) Saudi Premier League championships, and twice won the Asian Champions League. The club's most famous player is..
Al-HilliJamal ad-Din Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn 'Ali ibn Muthahhar al-Hilli (Arabic: جمال الدين الحسن بن يوسف الحلي) (December 15, 1250 - December 18, 1325) was a Shi'ite theologian. Al-Hilli was born in Al Hillah, where he studied phylosophy, theology and sharia (Islamic law). In 1305, ..
Al-HirahAl Hīra (حيرة) was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. It was a significant city in pre-Islamic Arab history. Originally a military encampment, in the 5th and 6th centuries CE it became the capital of the Lakhmids. The Arabs were migrating into the Near East from t..
Al-HitiAl-Hiti is the nickname of a Karaite Jewish chronicler who flourished (probably in Egypt) in the first half of the fifteenth century CE. He was a native of Hīt, Iraq (whence his surname), on the Euphrates River about thirty leagues to the west of Baghdad. He is supposed by Margoliouth to be identi..
Al-HorriyaAl-Horriya is a Syrian football club based in Aleppo. It was founded in 1952. They play at the Hamadaniah Stadium. ..
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Al-Huda UniversityAl-Huda University is located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Al-Huda International is psrt of Islamic Women Welfare Foundation under the supervision of Dr. Farhat Hashmi. ..
Al-HujraatSurat Al-Hujraat (Arabic: سورة الحجرات ) (The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments) is the 49th sura of the Qur'an with 18 ayat. Verse 19 addresses the Muslim identity. Preceded by:Al-Fath Sura 49 Succeeded by:Qaf The Qur'an 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ..
Al-HumazaSurat Al-Humaza (Arabic: سورة الهمزة ) (The Traducer, The Gossipmonger) is the 104th sura of the Qur'an, with 9 ayat. Overview It was revealed regarding Akhnas ibn Shariq http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Hughes/h.htm, [pdf!]. It condemns those who slander others, whether by..
Al-Hurriya (DFLP)al-Hurriya (Arabic for Liberty, variously transliterated as al-Hourriya, al-Hurriyeh, etc) is a Palestinian political newspaper affiliated with the Marxist-Leninist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). It was started by the DFLP in the 1970s, in cooperation with theLebanese Commu..
Al-HusseinAl-Hussein may refer to: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet MuhammadKing Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, the current King of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanMalik Abd Al-Hussein Ghafoori, the third most popular independent running in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative el..
ALH84001Meteorite fragment ALH84001 ALH84001 (Allen Hills, 1984 #001) is a meteorite found in Allen Hills, Antarctica in December 1984 by a team of US meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the group of SNCs (shergottite, nakhlite, chassignite), ALH84001 is thought to be fro..
AlhabiaAlhabia is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Demography Demographic evolution of between 1999 and 2005 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 670 672 683 681 676 679 692 Source: [INE (Spain)] External links () [Alhabia] ..
AlhagiAlhagi is a genus of Old World plants in the family Fabaceae. They are commonly called camelthorns or manna trees. Alhagi species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora argyrella which feeds exclusively on A. maurorum. External link [LegumeWe..
AlhajiAlhaji or Al-Hajj (Arabic الحاجّ) is a term of respect used to address a Muslim man who has completed one of the Five Pillars of Islam by going on the Hajj, or religious pilgrimage to Mecca. A woman who has completed the pilgrimage is addressed as Alhajia. ..
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Alhaji Ado BayeroAlhaji Ado Bayero is the current (as of July 2006) Emir of the northern Nigerian state of Kano. He is the 13th Fulani Emir of Kano since the jihad of Usman dan Fodio. ..
Alhaji Aliko DangoteThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Alhaji Aliko Dangote is the founding president and CEO..
Alhaji Bai KonteAlhaji Bai Konte (d. 1982) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia. He played the 21-string kora and is believed to have been the first kora player to perform in the United States, playing at the 1973 Newport Jazz Festival. External links [Photo and audio of Alhaji Bai Konte], fr..
Alhaji G.V. KromahAlhaji G.V. Kromah is a Liberian politician and former rebel leader. He is a Muslim and member of the Mandingo ethnic group. Kromah was a special assistant to the Vice-President during the regime of President William Tolbert before becoming managing director of the Liberian Broadcasting System and ..
Alhaji JengAlhaji Jeng born December 13, 1981 in Banjul,Gambia is a Swedish athlete competing in pole vault. He came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship. He won the silver at the 2006 IA..
AlhamaAlhama can mean:- Alhama de Almería is a town in the province of Almería in Spain.Alhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada in Spain.Alhama de Murcia is a town in the province of Murcia in Spain.Alhama River is a tributary of the Ebro which starts in the Montes del Cierzo and ends in ..
Alhamazad the WiseIn the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Alhamazad the Wise is a powerful human wizard of Baklunish descent, and is one of the newest members of the Circle of Eight. References Brown, Anne. Player's Guide To Greyhawk (TSR, 1998). Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels within Wh..
Alhama de GranadaAlhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, approx. 50 km from the city of Granada. The name is derived from the therman baths located there, which are called al-hammam in Arabic. In 1482, the fortress town was taken from the Moorish Sultanate and Kingdom of Granada by the Catholic Mona..
AlhambraThis article is about the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. For other meanings, see: Alhambra (disambiguation). View of the Alhambra from the Mirador St Nicolas in the Albaycin of Granada. The Alhambra (Red Castle) (in Arabic الحمراء = Al Ħamrā')) is an ancient palace and fortress comple..
Alhambra, CaliforniaAlhambra is a city (incorporated on 11 July 1903) located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California which is approx. 8 miles from the downtown Los Angeles civic center. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,804. The city's Zip Codes are 91801 a..
Alhambra, IllinoisAlhambra is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 630 at the 2000 census. Geography Alhambra is located at [38°53′19″N, 89°43′57″W] (38.888614, -89.732616)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, th..
Alhambra (board game)This article is about the board game. For more uses of the word Alhambra, see Alhambra (disambiguation). Alhambra is a tile-based German-style board game designed by Dirk Henn and published Überplay and Queen Games in 2003. The game is an Arabian-themed update of the 1998 stock trading boar..
Alhambra (disambiguation)Alhambra may refer to: The Alhambra, a palace in Granada, Spain.Alhambra (board game)Alhambra, Alberta, in CanadaAlhambra, California, in the U.S.Alhambra, Illinois, in the U.S.Alhambra, Ciudad Real, in SpainAlhambra, Frederiksberg, in DenmarkA Spanish brand of hand-made classical guitarsA Spanish ..
Alhambra (solitaire)Alhambra is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. Its unusual feature is akin to that of Crazy Quilt: the cards in the reserve are built either on the foundations or on a waste pile. First, one King and one Ace is removed from the shuffled decks and placed in a row..
Alhambra CentreThe The Mall Barnsley is Barnsley's main shopping complex, housing 41 shops and adjacent to Barnsley Market. At various points during the year, it plays host to the visiting German Market which also runs through the main shopping streets and is very popular in the run up to the festive season. Al..
Alhambra decreeThe Alhambra Decree was issued in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, married in 1469), following the final triumph over the Moors after the fall of Granada. The decree ordered the expulsion of all Jews from Spain and its territories and possessio..
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Alhambra TheatreThe Alhambra Theatre was a large theatre in Leicester Square, London, England. It was created in the late 1850s by converting the premises of the Royal Panopticon, a venue for scientific demonstrations and popular education which had not been a commercial success. This building had a 104 foot fron..
Alhambra Theatre, Sacramento{| id="toc" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; width: 25em; font-size: 90%; clear: right;" cellspacing="3" Motto: The Showplace of Sacramento Location Sacramento, California Constructed 1927 Status Demolished (1973) Style Moorish Screens 1 Seating Capacity 1990 The Alhambra Theatre ..
Alhambra Unified School DistrictThe Alhambra Unified School District is a school district based in Alhambra, California. The AUSD serves the City of Alhambra, most of the City of Monterey Park, and parts of the Cities of San Gabriel and Rosemead. District headquarters (Scanlon Center) is located at 15 West Alhambra Road, Alhambra,..
AlhamdulillahArabic الحمد لله Transliteration Al-Hamdulillah, Alhamdulillah Translation "Praise to God" Alhamdulillah (الحمد لله) means "Praise to God" in Arabic, similar to the Hebrew Halelu Yah. In everyday speech it simply means "Thank God!" The phrase is first found in the secon..
AlhamptonAlhampton is a village in Somerset, England, situated just outside Castle Cary. ..
AlhandalAlhandal was a term used in Arabian pharmacy for the purgative extract of colocynth, or Bitter Cucumber (Citrullus Colocynthis). The Troches of Alhandal, or Trochisci Alhandalæ, were a kind of troche, or tablet, composed of colocynth, bdellium, and gum tragacanth. They were esteemed good purgativ..
Alhassane KeitaAlhassane Keita (born June 26, 1983) is a Guinean football player who, as of 2004 was playing for FC Zurich. He was part of the team 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali. ..
Alhassan BanguraAlhassan (Al) Bangura (born 24th January 1988) is a Sierra Leonian central midfielder. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, he fled the country upon the death of his father. His father was a member of the Poro Secret Society, and tradition stated that his son must join upon his death. Not wanting to, he..
Alhaurín de la TorreAlhaurín de la Torre (pop (2005) 28,509) is a town in Málaga province in Andalucia in Southern Spain. It sits at the entrance to the Guadalhorce valley on the slopes of the Sierra de Mijas, 17 kilometres from Málaga city. The traditional and the modern live comfortably side by side in this town, ..
Alhaurín el GrandeThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Alhaurin el Grande (Pop.2005 - 20,074) is a town located in the province of Malaga in Andalucia in Southern Spa..
Alhazen (crater)Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
AlheiraThis article deals with the Portuguese sausage. For the parish in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal, see Alheira (Barcelos). Alheira is a Portuguese sausage made with many meats other than pork, usually veal or duck or chicken or rabbit and bread. It was a Jewish invention during the Portugues..
Alheira (Barcelos)Alheira Alheira is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Barcelos. It has a population of 1,108 inhabitants and a total area of 8.86 Km². Parishes of Barcelos municipality ..
AlhhardAlhhard, an Anglo-Saxon abbot, supposedly Abbot of Abingdon. Kelly (2000) suggests that the name was plucked from the witness list of a charter [link], with others, in order to reconstruct the lost early history of the Abbey of Abingdon. Reference: Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdo..
AlhidadeA simple alidade for use with a ceiling projector The alhidade or alidade is the part of a theodolite that rotates around the vertical axis, and that bears the horizontal axis around which the telescope (or visor, in early telescope-less instruments) turns up or down. In a sextant the alhidad..
AlHilalFor the Saudi Arabian team, see Al-Hilal Al Hilal (الهلال) is a Sudanese football team founded on February 13, 1930 in Omdurman. Along with Al-Merrikh and Al-Mourada, it forms the triplet of Sudanese football. Contents 1 Name and history2 Rivals3 Current squad (2005/06)4&nb..
AlHilal StadiumAlHilal Stadium (Arabic: إستاد الهلال) is a multiuse stadium, located in Omdurman, Sudan. It is mostly used for football matches. It the official stadium and home of Sudanese football club AlHilal. Built on December 4,1965 with a capacity of 45,000. At the opening celebration, AlHilal pl..
Alhóndiga de GranaditasThe Alhóndiga de Granaditas (public granary) is an old grain storage building in Guanajuato City, Mexico. This historic building was created to replace an old granary near the city's river. Its construction lasted from 1798 to 1809, by orders of Juan Antonio de Riaño y Bárcena, a Spaniard who wa..
Alhred of NorthumbriaAlhred or Alchred was king of Northumbria from 765 to 774. He had married a daughter of Eadberht Eating and was thus nephew by marriage of Ecgbert, Archbishop of York. Æthelwald Moll was deposed in 765 and Alhred became king. Little is said of his reign in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle other than the ..
AlhucemasAlhucemas is a Spanish name which refers to: the Moroccan Rif city of Al Hoceimathe Spanish island of Peñón de Alhucemas, named after it, sometimes shortened as A. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to ..
AlhurraAlhurra (Arabic: الحرّة), Arabic for The Free One) is a United States-based satellite TV channel, sponsored by the U.S. government (more specifically, funded by the U.S. Congress, directed entirely by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, and technically operated as a non-profit organiza..
Al Ha-MishmarAl Ha-Mishmar (Hebrew: On Guard) was a left-wing daily newspaper of Hashomer Hatzair and the Mapam party in Israel. It began publishing in the mid-1940s in what was then the British mandate of Palestine and ceased publication in 1995. See also List of Israeli newspapers ..
Al HaigThis article is about the pianist; for the U.S. general & politician see Alexander Haig. Al Haig Trio (CD cover) Allan Warren Haig (22 July 1924–16 November 1982) was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop. Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey. He star..
Al Hajar al Gharbi MountainsThe Al Hajar Al Gharbi Mountains lie in the United Arab Emirates and northern Oman. ..
Al HamAl Ham (1925–2001) was an American composer and jingle writer. He was notable as the composer of the Move Closer to Your World music package used on WPVI-TV's Action News broadcasts in Philadelphia. His television news music packages were syndicated through his company, Mayoham Music. Extern..
Al HamdaniMohammed al-Hassan al-Hamdani (* 900; † 945) was one of the most important medieval scholars of Yemen. The biographic data of al-Hamdani is hardly well-known despite his extensive scientific work. He became particularly well known for his writings in geography "description of the Arab penin..
Al HamiltonAl Hamilton (born August 20, 1946 in Flin Flon, Manitoba) is a former Canadian ice hockey defenceman. After several seasons with the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL, Al joined the World Hockey Association (WHA)'s Alberta Oilers for their first season in 1972-73. A superb defender and leader, he captained..
Al HammadiThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Al Hammadi is an Arabic tribe who immigrated long ago to Iran. Its home towns are Morbagh, Moqam and other towns..
Al HamnikThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Al Hamnik is a sports writer and columnist with The ..
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Al HansenAl Hansen (1927, New York City - June 22 1995. Cologne, Germany) was an American artist. He was a Norwegian American. He was a member of the Fluxus art movement and friend to Yoko Ono and John Cage. While serving in Germany in World War II Hansen pushed a piano off the roof of a five story building..
Al HaqAl-Haq has been the affiliate on the West Bank of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists for over 20 years and it is a member of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Habitat International Coalition and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT). Al-Haq is also part ..
Al HarringtonAlbert Harrington (born February 17 1980 in Orange, New Jersey) is a professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. The small forward stands six-feet nine-inches (2.06 m), weighing 250 pounds (113 kg). At only 18 years of age, he was selected by the Indiana Pacers wi..
Al Harrington (actor)Alvin Harrington (b. December 12, 1935) was born Tausau Ta'a in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He is best known as his role as "Det. Ben Kokua" on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O. Early years Harrington was raised by his maternal grandmother in the village of Mapusaga in Pago Pago, American Sa..
Al Harris[] at NFL.com Alshinard Harris (born December 7, 1974 in Pompano Beach, Florida) is an American football cornerback who currently plays for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Contents 1 College2 NFL3 Fast Facts4 External links College Al spent two seasons (1993-94)..
Al HartleyAllan Hartley (born 1921, Kearny, New Jersey, United States; died May 27, 2003, Fort Myers, Florida) was an American comic book writer-artist known for his work on Archie Comics, Atlas Comics (the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics), and many Christian comics. He received an Inkpot Award at the 1980 S..
Al HasakahAl Hasakah (Arabic: الحسكة, Kurdish: Hesîçe) is a governorate in the far north-east corner of Syria that has the Euphrates river running through it. It is distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water, picturesque nature, and more than one hundred archaeological sites. Flag of Al Ha..
Al Hasan Al-YamiAl Hasan Al-Yami (Arabic: الحسن اليامي) is a Saudi Arabian football player who is loved in his home country most notably for having a jet black handlebar moustache. He featured in the Football World Cup 2002 and was part of the infamous team that was beaten 8-0 in a group match against Ge..
Al Hassan AddakhilTo meet Wikipedia's and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [Cleanupcleanup].The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to the..
Al HawzaAl Hawza or al Hauza was a newspaper in Iraq, started after the removal of Saddam Hussein and considered to bethe mouthpiece for Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr. It was shut down by the United States–led administration of Paul Bremer on March 28, 2004, after being accused of encouraging violence a..
Al Hayer Prisonredirect [[Template:POV-check]] Al Hayer Prison (Arabic: سجن الحاير) is a very infamous maximum-security prison in southeastern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is known for being used by the Saudi government to imprison and torture high profile criminals and terrorists, including many of Al Qaeda ..
Al HaymanAl Hayman, also known as Raphael Hayman, (born 1847, died 1917) was the business partner of the better-known Charles Frohman who together with others established the Theatrical Syndicate in 1896 and as theater empresarios and booking agents helped develop the theater district in New York at the tur..
Al HazzanahAl Hazzanah is a suburb in the city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. it is the home of the Al Shaab Club, one of the most famous clubs in the Emirates. ..
Al HeldAl Held (October 12, 1928 – July 27, 2005) was an American Abstract expressionist painter. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1928, Held showed no interest in art until he left the Navy in 1947. Inspired by friend Nicholas Krushenick, Held enrolled in the Art Students League of New York, then, in ..
Al HermanAl Herman (born March 15, 1927 - died June 18, 1960) was a Formula One driver from Topton, Pennsylvania in the United States. He participated in 5 grands prix, debuting on May 30, 1955. He scored 0 championship points. He was killed in a midget car crash in 1960 at West Haven Speedway in Connectic..
Al HerpinThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } Al Herpin was known as the Man Who Never Slept. Bor..
Al HibblerAlbert George Hibbler (August 16, 1915-April 24, 2001) was a singer. He was born in Tyro, Mississippi. From birth he was blind. He attended a school for the blind in Little Rock, Arkansas where he joined the school choir. He won an amateur talent contest in Memphis, Tennessee and at first worked wi..
Al HiddAl Hidd (Arabic: الحد) was a small municipality of Bahrain in the northeastern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Muharraq Governorate. The Hidd area is close to the Bahrain International Airport. There is also a large power plant and water desalination project in Hidd. The Hid..
Al Hilal BenghaziAl Hilal Benghazi Founded 1952 Colours blue and white Stadium Al Hilal Stadium Capacity 9,000 Al Hilal Benghazi is a Libyan football club based in Benghazi, Libya. They played in the 2001 African Cup Winners Cup. ..
Al Hilal StadiumAl Hilal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Benghazi, Libya. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Al Hilal Benghazi. The stadium holds 9,000 people. ..
Al HillahAl Hillah (Arabic: الحلة) is a city in central Iraq on the river Euphrates, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, with an estimated population of 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babil province and is located near the ancient cities of Babylon, Borsippa and Kish. It is situated in a predomin..
Al HirschfeldAl Hirschfeld photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist, best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he moved with his family to..
Al Hirschfeld TheatreThe Al Hirschfeld Theatre is a Broadway theatre at 302 W. 45th Street in Manhattan. Martin Beck Theatre Designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh, the theatre was originally opened by vaudeville promoter Martin Beck as the Martin Beck Theatre on November 11, 1924, with a production of Madam Po..
Al HirtAl Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was a popular U.S. trumpeter and bandleader. Statue of Al Hirt in the French Quarter. Alois Maxwell Hirt, known as "Al" or "Jumbo", was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer. At the age of six, he was given his first trumpe..
Al HisnAl Hisn (Arabic: الحصن ) is a town in northern Jordan, located 65 km north of Amman, and about 7 km south of Irbid. It has a population of 13,000. The region has extremely fertile soil, which, along with the moderate climate allows the growing of high quality crops. Al Hisn was known for it..
Al Hizam Al AkhdarAl Hizam al Akhdar is one of the 32 municipalities of Libya. It has a population of 85,898 and its capital city is Al Abyar. ..
Al HoceimaAl Hoceima Al Hoceima (Arabic: الحسيمة) is a Moroccan port on the Mediterranean Sea, and it is the main city in the Rif. It is the capital of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region. Al Hoceima is placed near Ajdir, the city that Abd al-Karim Al-Khattabi was born. It is situated in the t..
Al HodgeFor "Big" Al Hodge, the Cornish rock musician, see Al Hodge Albert Hodge (April 18, 1912 to March 19, 1979) was an American actor best known for playing the DuMont Television Network's famous space adventurer Captain Video from December 15, 1950 to April 1, 1955. He also portrayed the Green Ho..
Al Hodge (rock musician)Al Hodge (1951? - July 6, 2006) was a guitarist and songwriter who has had success with Rock N Roll Mercenaries a song that was recorded by Meat Loaf and John Parr in 1986. Al co-wrote the song with Michael Ehmig (USA). Regarded by some as the best musician to have come out of the West Country, Ho..
Al HoffmanAl Hoffman (September 25 1902–July 21 1960) was a songwriter. He was born in Minsk in Russia (now Belarus). His parents moved to Seattle, Washington in the United States when he was 6. After graduating from high school in Seattle, he started his own band, playing the drums, and moved to New Y..
Al HolbertAlvah Robert "Al" Holbert (born November 11, 1946 at Abington, Pennsylvania, died September 30, 1988) was an American automobile racing driver who was a five-time champion of the IMSA Camel GT series. The son of racecar driver Bob Holbert, who also ran a Volkswagen-Porsche dealership in Warrington,..
Al HollingworthAllan (Al) Henry Hollingworth (August 28 1918 – August 16 2005) was a Canadian, lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in Brockville, Ontario, he attended Brockville Collegiate Institute before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree both from Queen's University in ..
Al HorfordAl Horford was born June 3, 1986. He is the starting forward for the 2006 men's Florida Gators basketball team, which won the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on April 3, 2006, as well as the 2006 SEC Tournament. He is projected by ESPN.com's Chad Ford to be a lottery pick in the 200..
Al HorowitzIsrael Albert Horowitz (often known as I. A. Horowitz, born November 15, 1907, died January 18, 1973) was an International Master of chess. He was clearly a grandmaster strength player by present day standards, but he never got the title. Although a top level player, he is most remembered today for ..
Al HostakAl "the Savage Slav" Hostak (born January 7, 1916) was an American born middleweight boxer who fought from 1932-1949. Hostak was known as a hard puncher and had a record of 63 wins (42 KOs), 9 losses and 12 draws. Hostak captured the National Boxing Association Middleweight crown on July 26, 1938 ..
Al HraboskyAlan Thomas Hrabosky (born July 21, 1949 in Oakland, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1970 to 1982 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, and Atlanta Braves. Known as "The Mad Hungarian", Hrabosky was a southpaw relief pitcher who threw hard and specialized in the clos..
Al HubbardAl Hubbard may refer to: Al Hubbard (artist) (1915–1984), comicsAl Hubbard (VVAW), former leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the WarAlfred Matthew Hubbard (1901–1982), "Captain" Al Hubbard, apostle of LSD (psychedelic drug) use ..
Al Hubbard (artist)Al Hubbard (1915-1984) was a Disney comics artist who did mostly Chip 'n Dale, Scamp and Jiminy Cricket stories, but did some Donald Duck stories too - the very first Fethry Duck stories among them. He was an animator for Disney from 1938 to 1941 and did some non-Disney comics (mostly funny animals ..
Al Hubbard (VVAW)For other individuals with this name, see Al Hubbard. Alfred H. Hubbard was a U.S. Air Force veteran, anti-war and civil rights activist, Black Panther, executive secretary of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and poet. Hubbard enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1952, reinlisted tw..
Al HudaydahAl Hudaydah (also written as Hodeidah) (Arabic: الحديدة) is the fourth largest city in Yemen with a population of one million, and the center of Al Hudaydah Governorate. The city has a large number of historical places, particularly in Zabid, which is regarded to be one of the most important ..
Al Hudaydah GovernorateAl Hudaydah (Arabic: الحديدة) is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hudaydah. Governorates of Yemen ..
Al Hudud ash ShamaliyahAl Hudud ash Shamaliyah /ælħuˈduːd æʃːæmæːˈliːjæ/ (Arabic: الحدود الشمالية ) (The Northern Border) is a province of Saudi Arabia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 127,000 km² and a population of 237,100 (1999). Its capital is..
Al HuntAl Hunt is the Washington managing editor for Bloomberg News. From 1988 to 2005, Hunt was a panelist and moderator on CNN's The Capital Gang with Robert Novak, Mark Shields, Kate O'Beirne and Margaret Carlson. He is married to Judy Woodruff of PBS. Previously, Hunt was a member of the long-runn..
Al HusseinAl Hussein or al-Husayn (Arabic: الحسين) is a designation of an Iraqi missile, supposedly named after Imam Hussein. During 1988-90, the Iraqis made strides in their indigenous rocket program, which was centered on upgrading the performance of the Scud. Tehran, some 300 miles from the Iran-Ir..
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