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IBADIYAH

IBADIYAH. A moderate sect known as Ibadiyah (or Abadiyah), which finds its origin in the Khariji division of Islam, originated late in the first century […]

IBADI DYNASTY

IBADI DYNASTY. The moderate sect of Khariji origin known as the Ibadiyah was introduced into Oman first through access to the many Omani tribes settling […]

HUSRI ABU KHALDUN SATI` AL

HUSRI ABU KHALDUN SATI` AL- (18801968), leading ideologist and popularizer of Arab nationalism and Pan-Arabism. Born in 188o in San’a,Yemen, to Syrian Arab parents fromAleppo, […]

HUSAYNIYAH.

HUSAYNIYAH. A special site where ritual ceremonies commemorating the life and martyrdom of Imam Husayn are held, husayniyah can be a temporary tent set up […]

HUSAYNID DYNASTY

HUSAYNID DYNASTY. Husayn ibn ‘Ali, founder of the Husaynid dynasty (1705-1957), and his descendants ruledTunisiaduring an era of increasing external pressures. Civil wars that provoked […]

HUSAYN IBN ‘ALI

HUSAYN IBN ‘ALI (c.1853-1931), amir and sharif ofMeccaand leader of the Arab revolt against the Ottomans in World War I. Husayn, of the `Awn branch […]

HUSAYN IBN ‘ALI

HUSAYN IBN ‘ALI (626-68o), the third Shi’i imam, son of `All ibn Abi Talib and grandson of the prophet Muhammad. As Muhammad had no male […]

HUSAYNI, AL-HAJJ AMIN AL

HUSAYNI,AL-HAJJAMINAL-(1895-1974), mufti ofJerusalemand a nationalist leader during the period of British rule overPalestine(1917-1948). AlHAJJ Amin al-Husayni came from an aristocratic landowning family that traced its […]

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