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Hace 3 días · The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatima, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third Imam (leader) in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali al-Sajjad.
Hace 3 días · In 1915, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, Sir Henry McMahon, had entered into a correspondence with the Sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn Ali, promising British support for Arab independence in exchange for an Arab revolt against the Ottomans.
Hace 4 días · Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (Arabic: جَعْفَر بْن مُحَمَّد ٱلصَّادِق, romanized: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq; c. 702 –765 CE) was a Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian, and the sixth imam of the Twelver and Isma'ili branches of Shia Islam.
Hace 4 días · Hussein bin Talal ( Arabic: الحسين بن طلال, romanized : Al-Ḥusayn bin Ṭalāl; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hussein was a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .
Hace 20 horas · Fatima bint Husayn ibn Ali, also known as Fatima al-Kubra or Fatima the Elder, was a prominent figure in Islamic history. She was the daughter of Husayn ibn ...
Hace 5 días · al-Khwārizmī (born c. 780 —died c. 850) was a Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics. Latinized versions of his name and of his most famous book title live on in the terms algorithm and algebra.
Hace 5 días · 30 detainees held. 750 transferred. Since 2002, roughly 780 detainees have been held at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Now, 30 remain. Of those, 11 have been charged with war...
