Al-Khalasa (Arabic: الخلصة, romanized: al-Khalasah; Hebrew: אל-ח'אלצה, al-Khalatsah), was a Palestinian village, located 23 kilometers southwest of the...
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The Demolition of Dhul-Khalasa occurred in April and May 632 CE, in 10 AH of the Islamic calendar. Sources refer to Dhul-Khalasa, (Arabic: ذُو الْخَلَصَة...
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Alfiyya of Ibn Malik (redirect from Al-Alfiyyah)
verse. The name “al-Khalasa” is taken from his saying in the last verses. Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Malik Al-Tai Al-Jiyani, known...
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periods of Arab habitation it was known as al-Khalūṣ (Arabic: الخلوص; Early Muslim period) and Al-Khalasa (الخلصة; 20th century). In the 5th century it...
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Auja al-Hafir (Nessana) Beersheba al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim) al-Jammama (Ruhama) al-Khalasa Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) Khirbat Futais (Al-Qadirat clan of Al-Tiyaha...
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Al-ʻUzzā (Arabic: العزى al-ʻUzzā [al ʕuzzaː] or Old Arabic, [al ʕuzzeː]) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times...
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Al-Kabri, Tarhida, Shaab, Sheikh Dawood; while the rest of the camp residents descend from Al-Ghabsiya, Al-Khalasa, Sa'sa, Sahmata, Deir Al-Qasi, Al-Bir...
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the Givati Brigade drove south east of Iraq al-Manshiyya (now Kiryat Gath), thus cutting the road between al-Faluja and Bayt Jibrin. Beit Jibrin was captured...
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needed] From there it flows north towards the ancient town of Haluza (Al-Khalasa). Then it continues northwest until it meets Beersheba River a little...
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al-Lat (Arabic: اللات, romanized: al-Lāt, pronounced [alːaːt]), also spelled Allat, Allatu, and Alilat, is a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess, at one time worshipped...
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List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war (redirect from List of towns and villages depopulated during Al-Nakba)
including al-Burj, Bir Ma‘in (near present-day Modi‘in), Tall al-Safi, Zakariyya (in the Elah Valley), Abu Shusha and al-Qubab (southeast of Ramle), al-Khayriyya...
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Manat (goddess) (redirect from Al-Menat)
both Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzzá as theophoric names including hers, such as Abd-Manah or Zayd-Manah, are found earlier than names featuring Al-Lat's or Al-‘Uzzá's...
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October 1917, forcing down a Type C reconnaissance aircraft north-west of Al-Khalasa, which was then captured. On 6 November he and Williams forced a Rumpler...
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performed before the image of Dhu'l-Khalasa by a certain man, sometimes said to be the Kindite poet Imru al-Qays according to al-Kalbi. A more elaborate form...
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name of the ancient city of Elusa, now an archaeological site in Israel al-Khalasa, 20th-century Palestinian village at the site of ancient Elusa Elusa (ancient...
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tax records of 1525-1526 and 1538–1539, as being located in the Sanjak of Al-Quds. According to archaeological work, the village originated in the late...
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attributed to the 10th-century Arabic writer Abū al-Farāj al-Isfahānī (also known as al-Isbahānī). Abū al-Farāj claimed to have taken 50 years in writing...
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Al-Qatt Al-Asiri (also called nagash painting or majlis painting), is a style of Arabic art, typically painted by women in the entrance to a home. It originated...
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pagans was the Demolition of Dhul Khalasa. It occurred in April and May 632 AD, in 10AH of the Islamic Calendar. Dhul Khalasa is referred to as both an idol...
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Al-Qaum (Arabic: القوم) was the Nabataean god of war and the night, and guardian of caravans. Large numbers of inscriptions bearing his name have been...
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(pre-7th century), Tabalah was home to the shrine of the idol of Dhu'l-Khalasa. In the early Islamic period (7th–13th centuries), it was a large and prosperous...
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Mufaddaliyat (redirect from Al-Mufaddaliyat)
The Mufaddaliyyat (Arabic: المفضليات / ALA-LC: al-Mufaḍḍaliyāt), meaning "The Examination of al-Mufaḍḍal", is an anthology of pre-Islamic Arabic poems...
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were primarily worshipped by the Quraysh. Some Muslim scholars, including al-Azraqi, claimed that 'Amr ibn Luhayy, the patriarch of the Arab tribe Banu...
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Mu'allaqat (redirect from Al-Mu'allaqat)
compiler of the poems may have been Hammad al-Rawiya (8th century). The grammarian Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahhas (d. 949 CE) says in his commentary on...
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According to Ibn Al-Kalbi, the image was made of red agate, whereas Al-Azraqi, an early Islamic commentator, described it as of "cornelian pearl". Al-Azraqi also...
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Nawāḍir ʾal-ʾAyk fī Maʿrifat al-Nayk (Arabic: نواضر الأيك في معرفة النيك, "The Thicket's Blooms of Gracefulness on the Art of the Fleshly Embrace") is...
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Encyclopedia of Pleasure (redirect from Jawāmiʿ al-ladhdhah)
The Encyclopedia of Pleasure or Jawāmiʿ al-Ladhdhah (Arabic: جوامع اللّذّة) is the earliest existent Arabic erotic work, written in the 10th century by...
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Al-Kutba' (Arabic: الكتبي) was a north Arabian god. The name means, roughly, "the scribe"; it comes from the Semitic root K-T-B which means 'to write.'...
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Dushara (category Al-Lat)
the patron).[citation needed] Safaitic inscriptions imply he was the son of Al-Lat, and that he assembled in the heavens with other gods. He is called "Dushara...
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