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Ben Ali
Ben Ali may refer to: People * Ben Ali (businessman) (1927–2009), founder of the restaurant Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, DC, USA * Habib Ben Ali (1941–1996), Tunisian criminal * Ibrahim Ben Ali (1756–1800), soldier and physician who was one of the earliest American settlers of Turkish origin * Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936–2019), former president of Tunisia, 1987–2011 * Mohammed ben Ali R'bati (1861–1939), Moroccan painter * James Ben Ali Haggin (1822–1914), American businessman * James Ben Ali Haggin III (1882–1951), American artist and designer * Salim Ben Ali (1918–2002), Comoran politician * Yefet ben Ali (914–1009), Karaite rabbi Other * Ben Ali (horse), winner of the 1886 Kentucky Derby * Ben Ali, Sacramento, California, place in the USA * Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali Sidi M'hamed Ben Ali is a town and commune in Relizane Province, Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ali (businessman)
Mahaboob Ben Ali (13 June 1927 – 7 October 2009), known as Ben Ali, was an Indo-Trinidadian American businessman and restaurateur. Ali co-founded Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark restaurant located on U Street in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958. Ben's Chili Bowl has since attracted presidents, celebrities and politicians. Biography Mahaboob Ben Ali was born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, on 13 June 1927. He was the firstborn child of seven in a Muslim Indian family. Ali's grandparents had immigrated to Trinidad from British-ruled Northern India as indentured laborers. He was raised in the town of San Juan, which is located east of the capital city of Port of Spain. Ali moved to the United States in 1945 as a student. Ali, who had studied such poets as Wordsworth, Chaucer and Shakespeare while in Trinidad, originally planned to become a medical doctor. Ali enrolled at the University of Nebraska, but suffered a broken back as the result of a fall do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habib Ben Ali
Habib Ben Ali, also known as Moncef El Habib Ben Ali ( or ; 21 August 1941 – 15 May 1996)) was a Tunisian criminal and younger brother of former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Activities In France, his base was in Belleville from where he managed drug trafficking as well as other criminal activities ( procuring, racketeering, etc.). He also owned cafes, pizzerias, agriculture and real estate as well as import-export companies in IT and luxury cars. Trial and sentencing He was sentenced in absentia, in the so-called couscous connection case, on November 30, 1992, to ten years in prison and an indefinite ban on access to French territory by the 14th Chamber of the Correctional Court of Paris. He was accused of having transported money from international trafficking in heroin and cocaine between the Netherlands, France and Tunisia while his lawyer, Jean-Yves Leborgne, denounced a "political manipulation" repeating that he had "no material proof" that Moncef participated in "mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Ben Ali
Ibrahim ben Ali () or after baptism Ibraham Adam Ben Ali (1756–1800), was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier and physician who first drew notice as a convert-friend of the Dublin Methodist theologian Adam Clarke, and after spending time with the minister there and in England, he emigrated to the United States. Early life Ibrahim ben Ali was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey, in 1756, the son of Ali ben Mustapha, a Muslim with an estate 6 miles from the city, and Halima, a Christian slave from Zante who was captured by Venetians and bought by Mustapha, a Turkish Muslim in Aleppo. Ben Ali was raised a Muslim but also received an introduction to Christianity from his mother, and from several Spanish slaves owned by the family. When Ibrahim ben Ali was thirteen, he married his wife Halima, who was twelve at the time. In that same year he made the Hajj to Mecca, subsequently taking two additional wives named Fatima and Ayesha, and eventually fathering 6 children by the three. With this exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisian Arabic: , ; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian revolution, he was overthrown and fled to Saudi Arabia. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987. He assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him incompetent. Ben Ali led an authoritarian regime. He was reelected in several non-democratic elections where he won with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote, his final re-election coming on 25 October 2009. Ben Ali was the penultimate surviving leader deposed in the Arab Spring; he was survived by Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, the latter dying in February 2020. On 14 January 2011, following a month of protests against his rule, he fled to Saudi Arabia along with his wife Leïla Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Ben Ali R'bati
Mohammed ben Ali R'bati (; 1861–1939), also known as Ben Ali Rabbati, was a Moroccan painter and cook who was described as "the father of Moroccan painting". He was known for his blend of traditional influences with European-style art with his paintings mainly revolved around life in the city of Tangier, where he was lived. Born in Rabat where he received an Islamic education, R'bati and his family moved to Tangier at 25 where he pursued a career as an artisan carpenter and as a chef. During his youth, R'bati had practiced illustration as a hobby, but was never formally trained in arts. R'bati's career began in 1903 after meeting Irish painter Sir John Lavery who noticed him selling handmade postcards, Lavery recruited him as a cook and encouraged him to start making watercolor paintings which he sold to Tangier's upper class. R'bati held exhibitions across the globe, notably in London, Marseille and Marrakesh. In 1933, R'bati was offered a workshop in the center of Tangier a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ben Ali Haggin
James Ben Ali Haggin (December 9, 1822 – September 12, 1914) was an American attorney, rancher, investor, art collector, and a major owner and breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. Haggin made a fortune in the aftermath of the California Gold Rush and was a multi-millionaire by 1880. Those who recounted James Ben Ali Haggin's appearance often noted his short stature and "slightly Oriental appearance handed down from his Turkish ancestors". Life Haggin was born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, a descendant of one of the state's pioneer families who had settled there in 1775 and a descendant of Ibrahim Ben Ali, who was an early American settler of Turkish origin. He graduated from Centre College at Danville, Kentucky, then entered the practice of law. In October 1850, he joined a Kentucky acquaintance, Lloyd Tevis, in opening a law office in Sacramento. They moved to San Francisco in 1853. He built a large and impressive Nob Hill mansion on the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ben Ali Haggin III
James Ben Ali Haggin III (20 April 1882 – 2 September 1951) was an American portrait painter and stage designer. Life A grandson of the multi-millionaire James Ben Ali Haggin, he was born in New York City. After extensive education, he began exhibiting his paintings formally in 1903. The National Academy of Design awarded him the 1909 Third Hallgarten Prize for his painting ''Elfrida''. A founding member of the , he was elected an Associate member of the National Academy of Design from 1912. In the 1930s, Haggin turned his abilities to stage design and created sets for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the Ziegfeld Follies. Haggin's family were of partial Turkish origin (one of his paternal great-grandfathers, Ibrahim Ben Ali, was a Turkish immigrant). He married Margaret Faith Robinson on 4 November 1903 at the Church of the Transfiguration, New York. In 1914, several major events occurred in Haggin's life. He separated from his wife, and spent time in a sanitarium. His gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Ben Ali
Salim Ben Ali Al-Qasimi (1918-2002) served as prime minister of the Comoros under President Ahmed Abdallah Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane (, , 12 June 1919 – 26 November 1989) was a top Comoros, Comorian politician. He was a member of the French Senate from 1959 to 1973, and President of the Comoros from 25 October 1978 until his assassination in 1 ... from 22 December 1978 until 8 February 1982. His stepson is Abbas Djoussouf, who was the prime minister of the Comoros from 22 November 1998 to 30 April 1999. References 1918 births 2002 deaths Prime ministers of the Comoros 20th-century politicians {{Comoros-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yefet Ben Ali
Yefet ben Ali () was perhaps the foremost Karaite commentator on the Bible, during the "Golden Age of Karaism". He lived about 95 years, . Born in Basra in the Abbasid Caliphate (now in Iraq), he later moved to Jerusalem between 950 and 980, where he died. The Karaites distinguished him by the epithet ''maskil ha- Golah'' (teacher of the Exile). His commentaries were written in Judeo-Arabic, and covered the entire Hebrew Bible. They were accompanied by a very literal translation of the Hebrew text, which often violated the rules of Arabic grammar. These writings influenced the rabbinical sage Abraham ibn Ezra, who quotes Yefet forty-two times in his commentary of the minor prophets. Approach Yefet's commentary is largely a compilation of others' views, though he also includes many original interpretations, but in general his Karaite sources are lost. Unlike his Karaite predecessors in the field of Bible exegesis, Yefet realized the importance of grammar and lexicography for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ali (horse)
Ben Ali (1883 - c.1903) was the winner of the 1886 Kentucky Derby and was named after his owner, James Ben Ali Haggin, a man of Turkish heritage who had struck gold in the California Gold Rush of 1849. Ben Ali was foaled in Kentucky and was a large bay colt sired by Virgil. His damsire was the great Lexington, a major foundation sire of American thoroughbreds. Ben Ali is best known for his Derby win and a wagering snafu that ushered in a bad era for the Kentucky Derby.1 Wagering monopoly and boycott In 1886, C. M. White purchased the pooling privileges (wagering rights) for the Kentucky Derby for $30,600 and demanded that all the Derby bookmakers pay him a $100 licensing fee to operate at the track.1 The bookmakers refused and, as a consequence, there were no bookies at the 1886 Derby to handle high-dollar bets. Haggin could not place a large bet on his winning stallion and was so upset that he threatened to bar his entire stable from ever racing in another Kentucky Derby unles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ali, Sacramento, California
Ben Ali is a neighborhood located within the city of Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California, United States. According to The Ben Ali Community Association, the boundaries of the neighborhood are: * North - Marconi Avenue. * South - El Camino Avenue. * East - Interstate 80 Business (Sacramento, California), Capital City Freeway. * West - Auburn Boulevard. The Ben Ali community was named for James Ben Ali Haggin who owned much of the ranch later subdivided into these streets as well as adjacent neighborhoods. References Neighborhoods in Sacramento, California {{SacramentoCA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
