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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
Abd el-Krim, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi (Biography)
(d. 1963 ) Moroccan leader of the Rif Rebellion and Islamic reformer. Eldest son of a notable family in a Berber-speaking tribe of northern ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Adl wa'l-Hasan, al- (Biography)
See Yasin, Abd al-Salam ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
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
Afa Ajura, Yussif (Biography)
Hajj Yussif Salih Afa Ajura, ( d. 2007 ), a firebrand preacher, education reformer, and social and political activist, is among the most prominent ...
Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Africa (Map)
1. Map of the southern Islamic lands; those countries and sites with separate entries in this encyclopedia are distinguished by Cross-reference type ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Image)
2. Illuminated frontispiece in a typical Koran manuscript, from sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, 18th–19th centuries (private collection); photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY; see Africa, ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Image)
2. Djenné, Mali, Great Mosque, eastern façade, founded 14th century; reconstructed 1907; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Image)
3. Hausa decorated house, Kano, Nigeria; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Africa (Subject Entry)
Continent second only to Asia in size with a total area of 29,800,000 sq. km and a total population of 900 million people (UN ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
African Islamic Center (Subject Entry)
See National Islamic Front (Sudan) ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
African Languages and Literatures (Subject Entry)
[ This entry contains two subentries: East Africa West Africa ] East Africa Islam was brought to the peoples of eastern Africa mainly by ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Aga Khan (Biography)
The Nizārī Ismāʿīlī imams since the time of Ḥasan ʿAlī Shāh ( d. 1881 ) have borne the title Aga Khan. The present imam, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Aga Khan Foundation (Subject Entry)
The Aga Khan Foundation is a private, nondenominational, philanthropic institution established in 1967 by the Aga Khan, the Ismāʿīlī imam, to put into practice ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Agha (Subject Entry)
In Algeria, chief officer of the Janissaries, who eventually undermined Ottoman-appointed provincial governors. In 1659 the Agha became the ruler of Algeria. Tribute was ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Aghlabid (Image)
Mosque of the Three Doors, Kairouan, Tunisia, 866; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aghlabid (Subject Entry)
Islamic dynasty that governed Tunisia, Algeria and Sicily from 800 to 909 . The province of Ifriqiya, roughly corresponding to modern Tunisia, had been ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aghlabids (Subject Entry)
Hereditary Islamic dynasty of the ninth and early tenth centuries in North Africa, centered in Qayrawan. Came to power in 800 when Ibrahim ibn ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Agriculture (Subject Entry)
There are thirty-four countries with both significant agricultural sectors and majority Muslim populations. They form a broad band running from west to east across ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
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