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UqairA Saudi coastal village and its associated ancient fort of probable Islamic origin, located in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. It is alternatively spelled Al-'Uqair, Uqayr, and Ogair, all Latin transliterations of the same Arabic word. It has been linked by some to the ancient city of Gerrha..
Uqair (Ogair)Uqair is an ancient fort of Islamic origin, located in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The fort sits about 50 miles northeast of the fertile oasis of Al-Hasa on the east coast of the Persian Gulf. At this ancient local are the reamins of a large fort that now marks the site of the same name...
Uqair Protocol of 1922The Uqair Protocol was issued on December 2, 1922, in response to the Wahhabi Bedouin raiders, operating from Nejd, under Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Saud. The British High Commissioner to Baghdad, Sir Percy Cox, met with ibn Saud and the British Political Agent to Kuwait, Major John More, at Uq..
UQAM CitadinsThe UQAM Citadins are the athletic teams that represent the Université du Québec à Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. See also Canadian Interuniversity Sport. External link [UQAM athletics] ..
Uqaylid DynastyThe Uqaylids (or 'Uqaylids) were a Muslim dynasty in what today is Iraq and Syria. They ruled several cities between 990 and 1096. The Uqaylids descended from the Bedouins. In 990, Uqaylid Arabs took Mosul from the Buyids. They took hold of Jazira and Balad around 992, and of Tikrit in 1036. ..
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