Furat, Forat, Foorat, Al-Furat, Al-Foorat or Al-Forat may refer to:
Places
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Euphrates
The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originati ...
(Arabic: الفرات, ''al-Furāt''), the longest river in West Asia
** Al-Furat Dam, or
Tabqa Dam
The Tabqa Dam (, ; ), or al-Thawra Dam as it is also named (, ; , literally "Revolution Dam"), most commonly known as Euphrates Dam (; ; ), is an earthen dam on the Euphrates, located upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria ...
, upstream from Raqqa, Syria
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Forat, Iran, a village in Semnan Province
People
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Banu'l-Furat The Banu'l-Furat () were a Shia family of civil functionaries of the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th and early 10th centuries, several of whom held the office of vizier. In the sources, the members of the family are often simply designated as Ibn ...
, a 9th–10th century Shia family of civil functionaries of the Abbasid Caliphate
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Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Furat (died 904)
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Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Furat (; 855 – 18 July 924) was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served three times as vizier under Caliph al-Muqtadir. Ali emerged into prominence as an able fiscal admini ...
(855–924)
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Abu'l-Abbas ibn al-Furat (died 1014/5)
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Ja'far ibn al-Furat
Abu'l-Fadl Ja'far ibn al-Fadl ibn al-Furat (; 921 - 1001), also called Ibn Hinzaba, like his father before him, was a member of the bureaucratic Banu'l-Furat family from Iraq. A highly educated man renowned for his strict piety and knowledge of t ...
(921–1001)
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Ibn al-Furat
Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. ʿAlī al-Miṣrī al-Ḥanafī () (1334–1405 CE), better known as Ibn al-Furāt, was an Egyptian historian, best known for his universal history, generally known as ''Taʾrīkh al-duwal wa ...
(1334–1405), an Egyptian historian
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Asad ibn al-Furat
Asad Ibn Al-Furat (; c.759 – c.828) was a Muslim jurist and theologian in Ifriqiya, who played an important role in the Arab conquest of Sicily.
Biography
His family, originally from Harran in Upper Mesopotamia, emigrated with him to Ifriqiya ...
(759–828), a jurist and theologian from Ifriqiya
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Bruce Forat
Bruce Forat is an electronics engineer, computer programmer, music producer, songwriter and co-founder and president of Forat Music and Electronics Corporation, founded in 1986.
He is known for providing samples, service and upgrades for all L ...
, an electronics engineer, founder of Forat Electronics
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Mun'im Furat
Mun'im Furat (1900-1972) (occasionally given as Monem Furat) was an Iraqi primitive artist, noted for his sculptures resembling Sumerian statuary. His style was very distinctive and he was the only Iraqi artist to produce works in the naive style. ...
(1900–1972), an Iraqi artist
Media
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Al Forat
Al Forat Network () is a satellite television network in Iraq. The Arabic language network is owned by Ammar al-Hakim, an Iraqi Shi'a cleric and politician. Al-Forat has 300 employees, with offices located in the Karrada district in Baghdad
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, a satellite TV network in Iraq
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Al-Furat (newspaper, Deir ez-Zor)
Furat, Forat, Foorat, Al-Furat, Al-Foorat or Al-Forat may refer to:
Places
* Euphrates (Arabic: الفرات, ''al-Furāt''), the longest river in West Asia
** Al-Furat Dam, or Tabqa Dam, upstream from Raqqa, Syria
* Forat, Iran, a village in S ...
, a newspaper in
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor () is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country. Located on the banks of the Euphrates to the northeast of the capital Damascus, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. In the 2018 ...
, Syria
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Al-Furat (newspaper, Australia)
Furat, Forat, Foorat, Al-Furat, Al-Foorat or Al-Forat may refer to:
Places
* Euphrates (Arabic: الفرات, ''al-Furāt''), the longest river in West Asia
** Al-Furat Dam, or Tabqa Dam, upstream from Raqqa, Syria
* Forat, Iran, a village in S ...
, an
Arabic-language newspaper in New South Wales, Australia
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AlFurat Media Center
Al-Furat Media Center, or Furat Media Foundation (), is an Islamic State media organization established in January 2015. The Al-Furat Media Center produces video, audio, and reading materials in multiple languages; Russian, Kazakh, Turkish, K ...
, an Islamic State media organization
Other uses
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Al-Forat FC
Al-Furat Sports Club (''Euphrates SC'', ) is an Iraqi football club based in Suq al-Shuyukh, Dhi Qar. They currently play in the Iraqi First Division League
The Iraqi First Division League is a Association football, football league that is th ...
, an Iraqi football club
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Al-Furat University
Al-Furat University () is a Syrian public university founded in 2006. It is located mainly in Deir ez-Zor, which hosts the medical school, and has campuses in other cities in Syria. Before 2011 it was the smallest public university in Syria. The ...
, a university in Deir ez-Zor, Syria
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Forat F9000, a drum machine and MIDI sequencer
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Forat F16
The Forat F16 is the first 16 bit digital sampler optimized for use as an electronic drum module. It dynamically responds to trigger inputs from MIDI and/or audio signals. With a response time of 0.1 milliseconds, the F16 is the fastest audio trig ...
, drum machine
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