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Abd Al-Ahad
ʻAbd al-Aḥad (ALA-LC romanization of ) is an Arabic male given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Aḥad'', one of the names of God in Islam. It is listed in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the only One". Abd al-Ahad is also common among Arabic-speaking Christians, particularly Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, and Chaldean Catholics -- several of whose clergymen, including the late patriarch Ignatius Peter VIII Abdul-Ahad, have borne the name. It was chosen as the Arabic equivalent of Dominic. For Christians with the name Abd al-Ahad, the name is interpreted as 'Servant of Sunday' with 'Ahad' signifying Sunday and 'Abd' meaning servant. The title 'Servant of Sunday' symbolizes a dedication or devotion to Sunday, which holds particular significance in Christianity as the day of Christ’s resurrection and a day of worship and rest. It may refer to: *'Abd al-Ahad Khan *Abd ul-Aḥad Dāwūd, name adopted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALA-LC Romanization
ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by North American libraries and the British Library (for acquisitions since 1975)Searching for Cyrillic items in the catalogues of the British Library: guidelines and transliteration tables and in publications throughout the English-speaking world. The Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules require catalogers to romanize Authority control, access points from their non-Roman originals. However, as the MARC standards have been expanded to allow records containing Unicode characters, many cataloguers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ahad (music Director)
Abdul Ahad (18 January 1918 – 14 May 1996) was a Bangladeshi composer, music director and singer. He was the recipient of Independence Day Award in 1978. The Government of Pakistan awarded him Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 1962 and Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 1969 for his contribution to music. Early life Ahad was born in Rajshahi in the then Bengal Presidency. He took lessons from Ustad Bali and Ustad Manju Sahib. He took part in the All-Bengal Music Competition in 1936 and stood first in the Thumri and Ghazal section. In 1938, he won a scholarship from Shantiniketan as the first Bengali Muslim student. In Santiniketan, he sang the song ''Diner Por Din Je Gelo'' and was beloved by Rabindranath Tagore. Career After spending four years at Santiniketan, he joined His Master's Voice in Calcutta in 1941 as a music teacher. Artistes including Pankaj Mullick and Hemanta Mukherjee recorded Tagore songs under his direction. In 1941, Ahad joined His Master's Voice Calcutta and gradually became a music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdel Ahad Gamal El Din
Abdel Ahad Gamal El-Din is an Egyptian academic and politician. Career He is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Egypt. He is also Chairman The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ... of the Committee on International Humanitarian Law in the People's Assembly, former chairman of Supreme Council For Youth, and a professor at Future University in Egypt. References External links Members of the Pan-African Parliament Living people Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Egypt Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Egypt-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali
Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali was the Governor of Ghor Accessed 2010 from 2005 to 2007, being the third governor after the fall of the Taliban
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He was born in Badakhshan city of Daraim in northern Afghanistan and emigrated with many of his companions to neighbouring country Tajikistan in 1994 until 2003.
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Abdulahad Malik
Abdulahad Malik (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian former cricketer who played for Gujarat as a wicket-keeper. Born in Hansot, Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ..., Malik was signed by Rajasthan Royals but failed to make an appearance in the IPL due to the presence of first-choice wicket-keeper Naman Ojha. In 2013, he along with Manpreet Juneja set the highest ever fourth wicket partnership in any form of T20 cricket (202). References 1986 births Living people People from Bharuch district Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Gujarat cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1986-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (Arabic: غيث عبدالأحد, born 1975) is an Iraqi journalist who began working after the U.S. invasion. Abdul-Ahad has written for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Washington Post'' and published photographs in ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Times'' (London), and other media outlets. Besides reporting from his native Iraq, he has also reported from Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. Abdul-Ahad has received the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, the James Cameron Memorial Trust Award, the British Press Awards' Foreign Reporter of the Year and the Orwell Prize. Author of the book ''A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War'', published on March 14, 2023, in which he describes how he, and other Iraqis, experienced life and war in Iraq before and after the invasion and occupation. Background Abdul-Ahad was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1975. He studied architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ahad Momand
Abdul Ahad Momand (; born 1959) is an Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan astronaut to journey to outer space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Interkosmos research cosmonaut. Momand holds many records as an Afghan astronaut. He became the first person to take the Quran to space and recite it there. When he spoke to his mother on the phone from space, Pashto became the fourth language to be officially spoken in space. He became the first Afghan citizen and the fourth Muslim to visit outer space, after Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Muhammed Faris, and Musa Manarov. Early years Momand was born sometime in 1959 in Sardeh Band, Andar District, within the Ghazni Province of Afghanistan. He belongs to the Momand tribe of the Pashtun ethnic group. After completing his education in Habibia High School, he entered the Kabul Polytechnic Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit
Ablet Abdureshit (; ; born March 1942) was the Chairman of Xinjiang of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003. He served as the vice chairman of 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Biography He was born in Yining in March 1942, joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1960 and started working in September 1965. He graduated from department of electrical mechanics of Xinjiang Institute of Technology, and holds the title of senior engineer. From 1991 to 1993, he served as vice chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 1993, he was appointed acting chairman and vice party chief of Xinjiang. He was confirmed as the chairman of the region in 1994 and served this post until 2003. From January to May 2003, he was the chairman of Xinjiang People's Congress. He was elected to vice chairman of 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad
Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (born Peter Gregory Abdalahad; 30 June 1930 – 4 April 2018) was patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as patriarch from 2001 to 2008, when he resigned and retired. Biography He was ordained priest on October 17, 1954 and consecrated bishop on June 21, 1997 by Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Antony II Hayyek, and served as auxiliary bishop of Antioch till his appointment as Primate and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church on February 16, 2001. His resignation was accepted on February 2, 2008. He lived in Beirut. He was succeeded by Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, who was elected as Primate and Patriarch on January 20, 2009 and his election confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI on January 22, 2009. Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad died in Jerusalem on 4 April 2018. Distinctions * Grand Master of the Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch The Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch is an honorific lay order and ecclesiast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ahad Karzai
Abdul Ahad Karzai (1922 – 14 July 1999) was an Afghan politician, who served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Afghanistan under King Zahir Shah in the 1960s. He was the son of Khair Mohammad Khan and brother of Habibullah and Azizullah Karzai. His sons are the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Ahmed Wali, Mahmud and Qayum. He is also the uncle of Hekmat Karzai. As head of the Popalzai Pashtun tribe, Abdul Ahad Karzai moved with his family from Kandahar to the capital Kabul upon his election to the Parliament. He began criticizing the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and was imprisoned for three years, at which point his family's properties were confiscated. On 14 July 1999, when the Taliban government was in power, Abdul Ahad Karzai was assassinated by two suspected Taliban members outside the house of his relatives in Quetta, Pakistan. He was coming home from a mosque after completing his morning prayer. The two murderers were riding on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ahad Azad
Abdul Ahad Dar (1903 – 4 April 1948), popularly known as Abdul Ahad Azad, was a Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic. Born in the Rangar village of Chadoora in Budgam district, Azad is considered to be the first revolutionary poet and is credited with laying the foundations of literary criticism in Kashmiri literature. Azad's famous works include the three volume book, ''Kashmiri Zaban aur Sayiri''. His famous poems include ''Dariyav'' ("River"), ''Shikwa-i-Kashmir'' ("Complaint of Kashmir") and ''Shikwa-i-Iblis'' ("Complaint of Satan"). His poetry reflect a desire for a better future, emphasizing an egalitarian society based on the principles of equality and pluralism. His writings inspired the political movements of his time, particularly the 1931 resistance. He was an advocate for linguistic nationalism and social change. Personal life Azad was born in 1903 to Muhammad Sultan Dar belonging to the Dar tribe of Kashmir. He received his preliminary education in a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd (Arabic)
ʿAbd () is an Arabic language, Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the ayin, denoting a voiced pharyngeal fricative consonant or some Reflex (linguistics), reflex of it. In Western ears, it may be perceived as a guttural 'a' sound. It appears in many common Arab names followed by Al (the) in form of "Abd ul", "Abd ul-", etc.; this is also commonly transliterated as "el-," in the form "Abd el-", meaning "servant of the-". This is always followed by one of the names for God. These names are given in List of Arabic theophoric names and 99 Names of God. A widespread name Abdullah (name) (or ʿAbd Allah) means "servant of God" or "worshipper of God". * Abd Rabbuh ("slave of his Lord" or "servant of his Lord") * Abdo (other), Abduh ("His slave" or "His servant") Though this is regarded as Shirk (Islam), shirk by Sunnis, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
