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Abd al-Aziz, Shah (Biography)
(d. 1824 ) Indian Islamic scholar and son of Shah Wali Allah (d. 1762 ), the foremost alim of eighteenth-century India. Prolific author of ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd al-Qadir (Biography)
(d. 1883 ) Algerian independence leader, Sufi mystic, and poet. Born in Algeria to a notable Moroccan family. Became involved in the Algerian independence ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abd al-Qadir (Biography)
1808 – 1883 Military leader , scholar , poet Abd al-Qadir led Algerian resistance to French colonization for nearly two decades. Born in Algeria ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abdali Dynasty (Subject Entry)
See Durrani Dynasty ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
῾Abdallah Khan (Biography)
( fl. c. 1810 – 50 ). Persian painter and architect. Trained in the apprentice system in royal workshops, he rose through the ranks, ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abduh, Muhammad (Biography)
1849 – 1905 Egyptian scholar , reformer Many scholars consider Muhammad Abduh the architect of Islamic modernism. His early years included a traditional education ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abduh, Muhammad (Biography)
(d. 1905 ) Egyptian scholar, journalist, theologian, jurist, grand mufti, and reformer, regarded as an architect of Islamic modernism. Educated at al-Azhar University. Adherent ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdulhamid II (Biography)
(d. 1918 ) Thirty-fourth Ottoman sultan (r. 1876 – 1909 ). His reign faced overwhelming difficulties: an insolvent treasury, violent nationalist movements in the ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdülhamid II (Biography)
Abdülhamid II ( 1842 – 1918 ) was the thirty-fourth Ottoman sultan ( r. 1876 – 1909 ). A profound political and economic crisis ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abdülhamid II (Biography)
Abdülhamid II ( 1842 – 1918 ) was the thirty-fourth Ottoman sultan (r. 1876 – 1909 ). A profound political and economic crisis brought ...
Source: The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Abu῾l-Qasim (Biography)
( fl. c. 1816 ). Persian painter . His only known work is a long composition depicting Fath ῾Ali Shah Qajar ( r. 1797 ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Abū Zahrah, Muḥammad (Biography)
Muḥammad Abū Zahrah ( 1898 – 1974 ) was an Egyptian scholar of the Shariah and a biographer of the imams of juristic schools ...
Source: The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Law
Ackerman, Phyllis (Biography)
( b. Oakland, CA , 1893 ; d. Shiraz, Iran , 25 Jan. 1977 ) American historian of Iranian art. While studying mathematics at ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Adat (Subject Entry)
One of the most important elements of Islamic society in Southeast Asia is adat (Ar., ʿādāt ), which denotes refined culture and more specifically ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Adıvar, Halide Edip (Biography)
Halide Edip (sometimes spelled Edib) was a well-rounded intellectual, reformer, and activist working in male-dominated circles, a somewhat unusual experience for an early-twentieth-century woman. ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
Advice (Primary Source)
Shaykh al-Amin bin ‘Ali Mazrui (Kenya, 1890–1947) was the scion of a long line of religious scholars from the large Mazrui clan, which had ...
By: Shaykh al-Amin bin ‘Ali al-Mazrui
Aesthetic Theory (Subject Entry)
The absence of a body of written systematic aesthetic theory in Islam before the nineteenth century may be attributed in part to the traditional ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Afghānī, Jamāl al-Dīn (Biography)
One of the most important figures of modern Islam, Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī is considered the founding father of several intellectual and political trends, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Afghani, Jamal al-Din al- (Biography)
ca. 1838 – 1897 Political activist Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was a political activist and writer, perhaps best known for his role in the Pan-Islamic ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Afghani, Jamal al-Din al- (Biography)
(d. 1897 ) Thinker and political activist. Born and raised in Iran, although claimed to be of Afghan origin. Educated in Iran and Iraq. ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
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