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U.M.&M. T.V. Corp.
U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. is best known as the original purchaser of Paramount Pictures' pre-1951 shorts and cartoons (excluding Popeye and Superman). The initials stand for United Film Service (which once employed Walt Disney and other animators many years earlier), MTA TV of New Orleans, and Minot T.V. ..

UMM
UMM may refer to: UN/CEFACT's Modeling Methodology (UMM), a business process modeling methodology of the United NationsUMM (União Metalo-Mecânica), a metal works factory and former Portuguese automobile manufacturerUniversity of Minnesota Morris This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] ..

Umm-Affai Stadium
Umm-Affai Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Umm-Affai, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matchesand is the home stadium of the Al-Rayyan club. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was built in 2003. ..

Umm-Salma
For Umm-Salma, see: TáhirihUmm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..

Umma
''This article is about the Sumerian city. For the Islamic term, see Ummah. Umma was an ancient city in Sumer, best known for its long frontier conflict with Lagash. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, looters descended upon the site as soon as Coalition bombing began; the site is now pockmarked with..

Ummagumma
Ummagumma is a progressive and psychedelic double album by Pink Floyd released in 1969. The first disc is a live album of their major hits of the time while the second one contains individual compositions of each member of the band. Contents 1 Background2 Personnel3 Trivia4 T..

Ummah
Umma (Arabic: ‎) is an Arabic word meaning community or nation. It is commonly used to mean either the collective nation of Islamic states (or in the context of pan-arabism the whole Arab nation). In the context of Islam, the word umma (often spelled ummah) is used to mean the community of the..

Ummah.com
The Islamic website Ummah.com, formerly the Islamic Gateway, is best known for the Ummah Forum, one of the biggest Islamic forums on the Internet. With over 17,000 members and 1 million posts, it is also one of the Internet's top 1000 largest forums [link]. Ummah.com is based in the UK, ..

Ummanz
Ummanz is a small island situated off the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Its area is 20 km². Together with the neighboring islands Rügen and Hiddensee it is administrated as the district Rügen. It is a part of the national park Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft. ..

Umman Chandy
Oomman Chandy is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was the chief minister of the southwestern state Kerala from August 2004 until May 2006. His predecessor A K Antony resigned, taking responsibility for the party's poor performance in the recent elections. V. S. Achuthan..

Ummat
Ummat (Arabic: امت) can have several meanings:- Ummah, an Arabic: أمة) word meaning community or nation.Daily Ummat, an (Urdu: روزنامہ امت) is a newspaper in Pakistan. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..

Ummat (Pakistan)
Ummat (Urdu: روزنامہ امت) is a Urdu daily newspaper in Pakistan. See also List of newspapers in Pakistan External links [Ummat Website] ..

Umma Party (Egypt)
Umma Party Party Motto Chairman Mr.Ahmed Al-Sabahi Khalil Founded June 25, 1983 Headquarters Cairo Political Ideology Socialism, Social Democracy Papers Website See also Politics of Egypt Political parties in Egypt Elections The Umma Party (Arabic: Hizb Al-..

Umma Party (Sudan)
The Umma Party (Arabic: حزب الأمة Hizb al-Umma, translated into English as Nation Party) is a secular islamic centrist political party in Sudan. It was formed in 1945 as the party striving after independence of Sudan. Sadiq al Mahdi was a prominent leader of the faction through much of the..

Ummerstadt
Ummerstadt is a small town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 19 km south of Hildburghausen, and 11 km west of Coburg. ..

Ummidia Quadratilla
Ummidia Quadratilla, was a wealthy Roman lady, who died in the reign of Trajan within a little of eighty years of age, leaving two-thirds (ex besse) of her fortune to her grandson and the other third to her granddaughter (Pliny Ep. vii. 24). Her grandson was an intimate friend of Pliny. (Quadratus, ..

Ummidius Caius Quadratus
Ummidius Caius Quadratus was a Roman governor of Syria from 50 to 60 C.E.. The procurator Cumanus had showed partiality to the Samaritans, who were at variance with the Galileans, and both parties appealed to Quadratus. The governor went to Samaria in 52 and suppressed the disturbance. The Samarita..

Ummo
Ummo is a blanket term to describe a series of decades-long claims that aliens from the planet Ummo were communicating with persons on the earth. Most Ummo information was in the form of many detailed documents and letters sent to various esoteric groups or UFO enthusiasts. The Ummo affair was subje..

UMM (disambiguation)
UMM may refer to: UMM (União Metalo-Mecânica), a metal works factory and former Portuguese automobile manufacturerUN/CEFACT's Modeling Methodology (UMM), a business process modeling methodologyUniversity of Minnesota Morris This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articl..

UMM (União Metalo-Mecânica)
UMM (União Metalo-Mecânica) is a metal works factory and a former Portuguese automobile manufacturer based in Lisbon. It was founded in 1977 with the purpose of manufacturing 4wd vehicles for agricultural, industrial and utility applications. Contents 1 History2 Specifications2.1..

Umm al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm (Arabic أمّ الفحم ʼUmm al-Faḥm, Hebrew אום אל-פחם) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 36,800. Contents 1 History2 Demographics3 I..

Umm al-Faraj
Umm al-Faraj was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Umm al-Faraj DistrictDistrict of Acre Location10.5 km northeast of Acre Israeli occupation dateMay 20-21, 1948 Israeli military operationOperation Ben Ami Israeli attacking brigadeCarme..

Umm al-Qura
Umm al-Qura as an Arabic language term signifies "the center of villages" in Arabic. Though it is not a proper noun, it is mostly often used to refer to Mecca, a major city of Saudi Arabia. As a very common usage Umm Al-Qura refers to the University of Saudi Arabia, located in Mecca. The calendar o..

Umm al-Quwain
Umm al-Quwain (Arabic language: أمّ القيوين) is one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates. It is located north of the country. The Ruler is Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla (الشيخ راش..

Umm Al Hassam
Umm Al Hassam (Arabic: أم الحصم) (trans. Mother of Sea Shells) is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, which is the capital of Bahrain. It is comprised of a mixture of grand villas and newer apartment buildings, and is well known for its Indian and Lebanese restuarant..

Umm al Maradim Island
Umm al Maradim (Arabic: ‎)(Translation: Mother of boulders) is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait. It is located between Kuwaiti and Saudi territorial waters. The island is 1.5 kilometers in length and 540 meters wide. The island is known to have deep waters surrounding it, in which ..

Umm al Samim
The Umm al Samim (also known as the Umm as Samim) is a quicksand area on the eastern edge of the Rub al'khali desert of Saudi Arabia and is within the present-day Omani borders. The waters, such as they are, drain into this brackish low-lying closed basin area off the Omani mountains and the wadis o..

Umm Anmaar
Umm Anmaar was a woman of the Banu Khuza'a clan that met the sahaba of Muhammad. She bought Khabbab ibn al-Aratt. She and her brother Siba'a ibn Abd al-Uzza tortured Khabbab ibn al-Aratt. ..

Umm an Namil Island
Umm al Namil (Arabic: ‎)(Translation: Mother of ants) is an island belonging to Kuwait, located within Kuwait Bay. It is known to be the site of several archeological finds, mainly from the Islamic era, and the bronze age. The island is at shortest, 600 meters away from the Kuwaiti mainland...

Umm Bel
Umm Bell is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan about 170 kilometres west of El Obeid ..

Umm Dam
Umm Dam is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan 60 kilometres north east of El Obeid ..

Umm Debbi
Umm Debbi is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan approximately 150 kilometres north of El Obeid ..

Umm Dreiga
Umm Dreiga (or Oum Dreiga) is an oasis town in the Río de Oro area of Western Sahara. It served as a shelter for Sahrawi refugees in late 1975 and early 1976, after the Moroccan and Mauritanian invasion of Western Sahara (then known as Spanish Sahara). In February 1976, the Moroccan Air Force used..

Umm el-Marra
Tuba (now called Umm el-Marra), east of modern Aleppo in the Jabbul Plain of northern Syria, was one of the ancient Near East's oldest cities, located on a crossroads of two trade routes northwest of Ebla, in a landscape that was much more fertile than it is today. Apparently this is the city of Tub..

Umm el-Qa'ab
General view of area, showing littering of pots Umm el-Qa'ab (or sometimes Umm el Ga'ab) is the necropolis of the Early Dynastic kings at Abydos, in Egypt. Its modern name means 'Mother of Pots', as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in later times (see pi..

Umm Gafala
Umm Gafala is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan 240 kilometres west of El Obeid ..

Umm Hakim
Umm Hakim was a companion of the prophet Muhammad (Arabic: Sahaba). She was married to Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl. Her name implies she was the mother of a son named Hakim ibn Ikrimah, assuming Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl was the father. See also Family tree of Umm HakimSahaba External links ..

Umm Heitan
Umm Heitan is an ethnic group in South Kurdufan in Sudan. They speak Koalib, a Niger-Congo language. The population of this group likely is below 20,000. ..

Umm Jamil
Umm Jamil bint Harb was Abu Lahab's wife and Abu Sufyan's sister. One day she went to the Ka'aba where Abu Bakr and Muhammad were praying. She did not see Muhammad and addressed Abu Bakr saying, ''"I hear that Muhammad is satirizing me. If I find him I will smash him. We reject the reprobate. Hi..

Umm Keddada
Umm Keddada is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan 240 kilometres west of El Obeid ..

Umm Khalid
Umm Khalid was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Umm Khalid DistrictCenter District, Israel LocationPart of Netanya Israeli occupation dateLate March or Early April, 1948 Israeli military operationCoastal Clearing Israeli attacking brig..

Umm Khultum (disambiguation)
The name 'Umm Khultum'' can refer to several people: Umm Khultum bint AliUmm Khultum binte Abi BakrUmm Khultum bint Jarweela KhuzeemaUmm Khultum binte UqbaUmm Khultum binte MuhammadUmm Kulthum This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title..

Umm Khultum binte Abi Bakr
Umm Khultum bint Abu Bakr (Arabic: أم كلثوم بنت ابو بكر ) was born 12-13 ah. She was Abu Bakr's and Asma binte Umais's daughter. She was born after her father's death. When her mother married Ali ibn Abu Talib, she moved to his household. What happened after that is uncertain, ..

Umm Khultum binte Muhammad
While Sunnis and some Shi'a view Umm Kulthum as the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, some Shia and non-Muslim argue she is the daughter of Khadijah's assumed previous husband, see Genealogy of Khadijas daughters. Her first husband was Utaybah bin Abu Lahab and her second was Uthman..

Umm Khultum binte Uqbah
Umm Khultum binte Uqba was the daughter of Uqba ibn Abu Mu'ayt. At the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah (628), Umm Kulthum bin Uqbah, daughter of prophet Muhammad's enemy 'Uqbah bin Abu Mu'ayt, sought asylum with the Muslims when she learned that a revealation had said that women seeking the Prophet did not, ..

Umm Khultum bint Ali
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Umm Khultum bint Jarweela Khuzeema
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. This was a sahaba of Muhammad One of Umar ibn al-Khattab's four wives. She had a son named Zaid ibn Umar..

Umm Kullthum
Umm Kullthum was the fourth child of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra. She accompanied her brother Hussein to the Battle of Karbala, after the martyrdom of her brother she was taken prisoner to Syria, along with her elder sister Zainab. ..

Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم other English spellings include: Om Kalthoum, Oum Kalsoum, Oum Kalthum, Omm Kolsoum, Umm Kolthoum, Um Kalthoom) (c. 4 May 1904 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer and musician. Along with Fairouz and Asmahan, she is one of the best known and most be..

Umm Nidal
Maryam Mohammad Yousif Farhat (or Mariam Farahat; born in 1950), popularly known as Umm Nidal, "the mother of Nidal" or "the mother of struggle"The word "nidal" in Arabic language means "struggle", is one of Hamas' most popular candidates elected in the Palestinian legislative election, 2006. She se..

Umm Qais
This entry incorporates text from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia with some modernisation. Umm Qais, Jordan Umm Qais is a town in Jordan located on the site of the ruined Hellenistic-Roman city of Gadara (gad´a-ra) (Greek: Γάδαρα, also transliterated Gádara), also calle..

Umm Qantur
Umm Qantur is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan 150 kilometres north-east of El Obeid ..

Umm Qasr
Cranes at Umm Qasr await cargo. Umm Qasr (Arabic: ‎), is a port city in Iraq, on the western bank of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet; prior to the Persian Gulf War traffic between Kuwait and Iraq flo..

Umm Saiyala
Umm Saiyala is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan 140 kilometres northeast of El Obeid. ..

Umm Salamah
Umm Salamah was a wife of the prophet Muhammad. Her real name was Hind al Makhzumiyah and was the daughter of a notable in the Makhzum clan nicknamed Zad ar-Rakib because of his generosity to travelers. Umm Salamah's first husband was Abdullah ibn Abdulasad and they both were among the first persons..

Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya
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Umm Shanqa
Umm Shanqa is a town in Kurdufan Province in central Sudan 240 kilometres west of El Obeid ..

Umm Shareek
Umm Shareek was a female Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Biography During the 620s, when Islam was new, the ruling class of Mecca used to torture people who accepted Islam in order to have them renounce their new faith. Umm Shareek, a lady who accepted Islam, was made to stand under th..

Umm Tuba
Umm Tuba ([31°44′N 35°14′E]; Arabic: ‎) is a low income neighbourhood in the southeast portion of Jerusalem, located north-east of Bethlehem. After the 1967 Six-Day War, it was incorporated into the municipal area of Jerusalem. Birthplace of Muhammad Abu Tir 2nd in politica..

Umm Ubays
Umm Umais, Umm Ubais or Umm Ubays was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr. Umm Ubays was the daughter of Al-Nahdiah. Umm Ubays had also a sister, Harithah bint al-Muammil, however it is not established if they shared the same mother in the sources this article use. See also Family tree of Umm Ubay..

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