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Sheikh Sa'ad (Iraq)
Sheikh Saad or variants may refer to: * Al-Shaykh Saad, a town in Daraa Governorate, Syria * Al-Shaykh Saad, Tartus Governorate, Syria * ash-Sheikh Sa'd, a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate * Sheykh Saad, a village in Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran * Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad, in Mesopotamia, 1916 * Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (15–24 January 2006) See also * Sheikh Said Sheikh Said of Palu ( ku, شێخ سەعید, translit=Şêx Seîd, 1865 – June 29, 1925) was a Kurdish sheikh, the main leader of the Sheikh Said rebellion and a Sheikh of the Naqshbandi order. He was born in 1865 in Palu to an influen ...
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Al-Shaykh Saad
Al-Shaykh Saad ( ar, الشيخ سعد ''ash-Shaykh Saʿad''; also Romanized ''Sheikh Saad''), historically also called Karnaim and Dair Ayyub ("Monastery of Job"), is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located northwest of Daraa on the Jordan–Syria border. Nearby localities include Nawa, Jasim and al-Harrah to the north, Izra and al-Shaykh Maskin to the east, Tafas and Da'el to the southeast, and Adwan and Tasil to the west and Jalin to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Shaykh Saad had a population of 3,373 in the 2004 census. Crusader/Ayyubid period During the Crusades, the town was part of the Principality of Galilee. In 1129 the town was ceded by William I of Bures, Prince of Galilee, to the Abbey of St. Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. This transfer was noted in the records of Baldwin II in 1130, and of Pope Anastasius IV in 1154. In June 1187, before the Battle of Hattin, Saladin chose to ...
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Al-Shaykh Saad, Tartus Governorate
Al-Shaykh Saad ( ar, الشيخ سعد) is a Syrian village in the Tartus District in Tartous Governorate Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة طرطوس / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Latakia Governorate to t .... According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Shaykh Saad had a population of 4,046 in the 2004 census. References Alawite communities in Syria Populated places in Tartus District {{TartusSY-geo-stub ...
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Ash-Sheikh Sa'd
ash-Sheikh Sa'd ( ar, خربة الشيخ سعد) is a Palestinian territories, Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers Southeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,406 in 2006. The village's residents have family in Jabel Mukaber, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and attend school there. Sheikh Sa'd's cemetery is located in the neighborhood as well. Since the Second Intifada in 2000, Sheikh Sa'd residents have not been allowed to enter Jabel Mukaber without a permit.Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours
''Reuters''. 4 March 2007.


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Sheykh Saad
Sheykh Saad ( fa, شيخ سعد, also Romanized as Sheykh Saʿad) is a village in Sorkheh Rural District, Fath Olmobin District, Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm .... At the 2006 census, its population was 34, in 9 families. References Populated places in Shush County {{Shush-geo-stub ...
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Battle Of Sheikh Sa'ad
The Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad ( Turkish: ''Sağ Sahil'') occurred between 6–8 January 1916 during the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War. The battle took place along the banks of the Tigris River between the Anglo-Indian Tigris Corps and elements of the Ottoman Sixth Army. The engagement was the first in a series of assaults by the Tigris Corps to try to break through the Ottoman lines to relieve the besieged garrison at Kut. Background With the entry of Ottoman Empire to the First World War on 31 October 1914, Indian Expeditionary Force D was ordered to secure the Shatt-al-Arab and Basra in order to safeguard the flow of oil from British-owned oilfields in Persia. Following the capture, Force "D"'s mission in Mesopotamia expanded gradually as local commanders saw a chance for victories which would burnish the British Empire's prestige in the Muslim world. At the battles of Qurna, Nasiriyeh, and Es Sinn, Force "D" defeated elements of the Ottoman Sixth Army. After th ...
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Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ( ar, سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح, translit=Saʿad al-ʿAbdullāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh) (1930 – 13 May 2008) was the Emir of Kuwait and Commander of the Kuwait Military Forces during a short reign of nine days (15 to 24 January 2006), succeeding Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Saad was a general commander in the Military of Kuwait; in addition, the first to head the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior until 16 February 1978 and the first military officer to head the Ministry of Defense since 1964.
Nine Ministers headed the Interior Ministry since Kuwait's independence


Early life

Saad, who was born in 1930, belonged to the Al-Salem branch of the
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