Zarqa (Arabic: الزرقاء) is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in...
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Jisr az-Zarqa (Arabic: جِسْر الزَّرْقَاء lit. The blue bridge, Hebrew: גִ'סְר א-זַּרְקָא; often shortened as Jisr) is an Israeli Arab town on Israel's...
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University of Jordan and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at al-Zarqa’ University, also in Jordan. He authored a number of books on Islam, including...
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Zarqa al-Yamama (Arabic: زرقاء اليمامة, romanized: Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma) was a legendary blue-eyed woman from the Al-Yamama region who lived in the pre-Islamic...
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Funj Sultanate (redirect from Saltana az Zarqa)
referring to black people as blue) (Arabic: السلطنة الزرقاء, romanized: al-Sulṭanah al-Zarqāʼ), was a monarchy in what is now Sudan, northwestern Eritrea and...
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sources by the nickname al-Zarqāʾ. It is suspected that this is because tales of another legendary ancient Arabian woman, Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma, were conflated...
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The Zarqa River (Arabic: نهر الزرقاء, Nahr az-Zarqāʾ, lit. "the River of the Blue [City]") is the second largest tributary of the lower Jordan River, after...
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such as Qasr Amra, a World Heritage Site, Qasr al Hallabat, Qasr Shabib in the center of the city of Zarqa, as well as the Castle of Azraq. After the construction...
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plant. The area was previously known as Kabara, or Zor al-Zarqa (the latter referring to the Zarqa River). The land was either mostly rocky and hilly, or...
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Jordan River (redirect from Nahr Al-Urdun)
in total) Wadi al-'Arab Wadi Ziqlab Wadi al-Yabis Wadi Kafranja or Kufrinjah passing near Ajloun Wadi Rajib, the last before Wadi Zarqa Wadi Nimrin from...
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reliability, Ali ibn Nasr al-Katib's Encyclopedia of Pleasure, tells that Hind loved a woman named Hind bint al-Khuss al-Zarqāʾ. When al-Zarqāʾ died, her faithful...
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IAF bombed a house belonging to the bombed the home of the al-Batran family in the Zarqa area, north of Gaza City, killing five people including a pregnant...
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The Romanian Lăncieri The Falange Militia The Egyptian Blue Shirts (al-Qumsan al-zarqa'), a junior movement of the Wafd Party The Blueshirts (Italian Nationalist...
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Ittihad Al-Zarqa. On 2 January 2014, Mahmoud was loaned out to Al-Sheikh Hussein until the end of the season. On 29 May 2014, Mahmoud joined Ittihad Al-Ramtha...
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Ittihad Al-Zarqa is a Jordanian football club based in the city of Zarqa. Currently, the team plays at the 17,000 capacity Prince Mohammed Stadium. "Jordan"...
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Mateos Suleiman Faris Siddiq Manzul Robert Ballaman Ferdinando Riva Jabra Al-Zarqa Harry Keough Ruben Mendoza James Murphy Javier Ambrois Eladio Benítez William...
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filmed in Acre, while Gaza was represented by the Israeli-Arab town of Jisr al-Zarqa. The paratroopers' base at Stella Maris had been a challenge to find, but...
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Al-Hamidiyah (Arabic: الحميدية, romanized: al-Hamidiyya, Greek: Χαμιδιέ) is a town on the Syrian coast. The town was founded in a very short time on the...
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Professor Mustafa al-Zarqa declared that owning a copy of it was "the duty of every Muslim family"[citation needed]. His book Fiqh al-Zakat is considered...
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were Shabab Al Arab of Haifa, the Orthodox Club of Jerusalem, and Islami Yaffa. During these years, Palestinian stars, such as Jabra Al-Zarqa, George Mardeni...
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, Father of Musab, from Zarqa; English pronunciation; October 30,...
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Encyclopedia of Pleasure (redirect from Jawāmiʿ al-ladhdhah)
first Arab lesbian Hind Bint al-Khuss al-Iyadiyyah, known as al-Zarqa', and her love for the Christian woman Hind Bint al-Nu`man, who was the daughter...
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to violent confrontations on 13 April 1957 at the large army barracks in Zarqa between royalist, mostly Bedouin units, loyal to King Hussein, and Nasserist-style...
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History of Jordan (section Al-Majali of Al-Karak)
crossed the stream at Al Zarqa, not only bolstered Hamdan's reputation but also resulted in the acquisition of a she-camel named “Al Zabta,” a prize that...
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life until she passed away". Hind bint al-Nu'man even builds a monastery to commemorate her love for al-Zarqāʾ. This source figures the two characters...
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Islamic scholar Al-Qarafi, gharar is "that which has a pleasant appearance and a hated essence". Among modern scholars of Islam, Mustafa Al-Zarqa has written...
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Gabal Hagar El Zarqa (Arabic: جَـبَـل حَـجَـر الـزَّرْقَـاء, romanized: Jabal Ḥajar az-Zarqā’) is the highest point in Bir Tawil, an unclaimed area in...
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"Colonialism, Colonization, and Land Law in Mandate Palestine: The Zor al-Zarqa and Barrat Qisarya Land Disputes in Historical Perspective" (PDF). Theoretical...
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