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Qal'at al-Bahrain
Qal'at al-Bahrain (Arabic: قلعة البحرين) is an archaeological site located in Bahrain. It is composed of an artificial mound created by human inhabitants from 2300 BC up to the 1700's. Among other things, it was once the capital of the Dilmun civilization, and served more recently as..

Qal'at ar-Rum
The Qal'at ar-Rum was a powerful fortress on the river Euphrates, 50 km northeast of Gaziantep, Turkey. It is called Rumkale in Turkish, Hromgla in Armenian; the word in all cases means "Roman (ie. Byzantine) Castle". The strategic location was already known to the Assyrians, although the present s..

Qal3ah
The announcement on Qal3ati taking responsibility for the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Al-Qal3ah, Qal3ah, or Qal3ati (Arabic: ‎, al-qalāʻah — "the castle"; the 3 is an ASCII representation of the Arabic ع commonly used online) is an Internet forum. It is infamous for being the ..

Qala'un Mosque
The Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qala'un Mosque, commonly known as the Qala'un Mosque, is an early 14th century mosque in the heart of Cairo, Egypt. It was built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasr Muhammad in 1318 as the royal mosque of the Citadel, where the sultans of Cairo performed their Friday prayer..

Qala-I-Naw
Qala-I-Naw could refer to: Qala-I-Naw (city), provincial capital of Badghis Province, Afghanistan.Qala-I-Naw (district), one of the districts of Badghis Province. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this ..

Qala-I-Naw (district)
Qala-I-Naw, also Qalay-I-Naw (from the Persian: قلعه نو), is a district in the west of Badghis Province, Afghanistan. Its population was estimated at 82,525 in 1990; the ethnic makeup is approximately 80% Tajik with small numbers of Pashtun, Baloch, Uzbek and Turkmen. The district capital is ..

Qalal
The Qalal was a copper urn kept in the Tabernacle and later in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. It contained the ashes of a Red Heifer sacrificed under Moses. Because perfectly red heifers were rare and considered pure, the ashes were used for ritual purification of the Temple priests. The Qalal is..

Qalam
This is about the tool known as a qalam''. See also Qalam (person). A qalam is a type of pen made from a dried reed, used for Arabic calligraphy. In modern Arabic, the word simply means 'pen' or 'pencil,' derived from the Greek word Kalamos. It is also the name of a system of Arabic transliter..

Qalamkari
Qalamkari or Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in various places in India. The word derives from the Persian words qalam (pen) and kari (workmanship). There are two distictive styles of kalamkari art in India - one, the 'Srikalahasti' style and the other, ..

Qalandar
Qalandar (Persian: قلندر ) is a title given to Sufi mystics. ..

Qalandariyah
The Qalandariyah was a roaming sect of Sufi dervishes. Its members were called Qalandaris. The term covers variety of sects that were not centrally organized. One of such sects was founded in the 13th century by Qalandar Yusuf al-Andalusi, who came from Andalusia, Spain. The group practised asceti..

Qalandar Shah
Qalandar Shah is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, April 20 2006 His detainee ID number is 812. Contents 1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal1.1 ..

Qalander
Qalandar is a title given to Muslim Sufi mystics. Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalander is the most famous Qalandar. in Islamic Sufism Sufi philosophy : Ihsan • Lataif • Cosmology • Tajalli • Noor • Maqaam • Haal • Manzil • Yaqeen • Fanaa • Baqaa &bull..

Qalansawe
Qalansawe (Hebrew: ) is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2004, the city had a total population of 16,400. Demographics According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was virtually all Arab Muslims without sig..

Qalat
Qalat (Persian: قلات) could refer to: Qalat is the capital of the Zabul province in southern Afghanistan.Qalat a city in Qalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan.Qalat District a district in Balochistan, Pakistan. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associa..

Qalat (Zabul)
Qalat (Persian: قلات) is the capital of the Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. It is on the border of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. External links [afgha news] - information ..

Qalawun
Saif ad-Din Qalawun al-Alfi al-Mansur (also Qala'un or Kalavun) (Arabic: المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون الألفي) (c. 1222-November 10, 1290) was a Mameluk sultan of Egypt. Qalawun was a Burj Oghlu Kipchak Turk, and became a Mameluk in the 1240s after having been purchased for 1..

Qalculate
Qalculate! is a multi-purpose desktop calculator for GNU/Linux. It is small and simple to use but with much power and versatility underneath. Features include customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision, plotting, and a user-friendly interface (KDE or GTK+). [Qalculate Home Page] ..

Qale Mere
Qadir Abdullazade also known as Qale mere (pron: Qala Mara) born in village of Kulice (pron: Kulija) in northwestern Iran, is one of the best known Kurdish traditional musicians. He plays Shimshal (şimşal (long flute)), a Kurdish traditional music instrument. He is more than 84 years old. Extern..

Qalqilyah
Qalqilyah (Arabic قلقيلية Qalqīlyaḧ; Standard Hebrew קלקיליה Qalqilya) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. Most of the residents are farmers, and constant contact with Israeli farmers has made Qalqīlyah a bilingual town. The town is located in the West Bank's closest point to t..

Qalyub
Qalyub is a town in the Al Qalyubiyah governorate of Egypt, in the northern part of the Cairo metropolitan area, at the start of the Nile Delta. In 1986 its population was 84,413, and its geographical coordinates are [30°11′59″N, 31°12′19″E]. Qalyub is the commercial center for..

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