• Ur (/ʊər/ OOR) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (Arabic: تَلّ ٱلْمُقَيَّر, lit...
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    Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒇉, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in...
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    by the founder of the Neo-Sumerian Empire, Ur-Nammu.[citation needed] The final kings to rule Akkad, Dudu and Shu-turul are assumed to have been related...
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    years. Dudu reigned 21 years; Shu-Turul, the son of Dudu, reigned 15 years. ... Agade was defeated and its kingship carried off to Uruk. In Uruk, Ur-ningin...
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    years to him. The tablet of Old Babylonian period (c. 1900-1600 BC) from Ur describing the divine appointment of Alulim by the gods notes that he was...
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    Enheduanna (category Ur)
    (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r. c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE). She...
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  • Lagash (section Ur-Nanshe)
    Akkadian Empire ruler Dudu reports taking booty from there. With the fall of Akkad, Lagash achieved full independence under Ur-Ningirsu I (not to be confused...
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  • Muḥsin ad-Dīn Aḥmad (1819–1862), better known by his nickname Dudu Miyān, was a leader of the Faraizi Movement in Bengal. He played an active role in the...
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    Khalil-ur-Rahman Sajjad Nomani (or only Sajjad Nomani) (born 12 August 1955) is an Indian Islamic scholar, spokesperson of All India Muslim Personal Law...
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  • of the river. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers...
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  • Iraq, was an ancient Sumerian city on the Iturungal canal (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu), which appears among antediluvian cities in the Sumerian King...
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    though he became a major figure in Sumerian legend during the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112 – c. 2004 BC). Tales of Gilgamesh's legendary exploits are narrated...
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    the [Jebel Bishri]". By the time of the last days of the Third Dynasty of Ur, the immigrating Amorites had become such a force that kings such as Shu-Sin...
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    repeated, such as in the attested "King of Uruk and King of Ur", used by kings Lugal-kinishe-dudu and Lugal-kisalsi (both c. 2400 BC). Before the creation...
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    Routledge, 1994 Roux, G., "Ancient Iraq", London, 1980 Sallaberger, Walter, "Mesopotamien. Akkade-Zeit und Ur III-Zeit", Annäherungen 3. OBO 160/3. Freiburg...
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    recensions of the Sumerian King List show him following Manishitshu but The Ur III version of the king list inverts the order of Rimush and Manishtushu....
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    goddess Inanna. The cycle originated in the Ur III period (2112-2004 BC) and were subjects of scribal schools from Ur and Nippur during the Isin-Larsa period...
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    managed to sack Ur and lead Ibbi-Sin into captivity, ending the third dynasty of Ur. The Akkadian kings of Isin, successor state to Ur, managed to drive...
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    power. Power over the area finally went to the city-state of Ur, when Ur-Nammu founded the Ur III Empire (2112–2004 BC) and conquered the Sumerian region...
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    Lugal-kinishe-dudu, but the hegemony seems to have passed to Eannatum of Lagash for a time c. 2500 BC Eannatum of Lagash conquered all of Sumer, including Ur, Nippur...
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  • Ahmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Rahim al-ʿUmari ad-Dehlawi (Arabic: قطب الدين أحمد بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي, romanized: Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Raḥīm al-ʿUmarī...
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  • Habib ur Rahman Azmi, مقالات ابوالمآثر". Muhammad Asad, Islamic Culture, vol 69. p 60. Irfanullah, Dr; Mehmood, Sajid (30 June 2014). "Maulana Habib ur Rahman...
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    the wife of Lugal-ezen, had (this seal) fashioned". Texts from the later Ur III period show offerings to the deified Manishtushu (spelled ᵈMa-iš-ti₂-su...
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    was then rebuilt and was mentioned in the records of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The second Ebla was a continuation of the first, ruled by a new royal dynasty...
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    several such races coexisting with humanity but often persecuted by it. 1980 Malachi Martin's factional novel King of Kings: A Novel of the Life of David...
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  • Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (category CS1 Urdu-language sources (ur))
    (1789–1851) Mahmud al-Alusi (1802–1854) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796–1861) Dudu Miyan (1819–1862) Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (1800–1873) Al-Maydani (1807–1861)...
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    Babylon Isin Kish Nippur Sippar Ur Uruk Dur-Kurigalzu Girsu The Kassites (/ˈkæsaɪts/) were people of the ancient Near East, who controlled Babylonia after...
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    then resumed some semblance of order for a time with the 21 year reign of Dudu followed by the 15 year reign of Shu-turul. Lists of year names can be found...
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    118j5147Y. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105147. S2CID 218967765. Moorey, P. R. S. (1980). Cemeteries of the First Millennium B.C. at Deve Hüyük, near Carchemish...
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    king of Umma. There is some scant evidence to suggest that like the later Ur III kings, the rulers of ED Kish sought to ingratiate themselves to the authorities...
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