• Look up abu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abu or ABU may refer to: Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan Abu, Yamaguchi, a town...
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    Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate...
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    c. 573 – 23 August 634), commonly known by the kunya Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr), was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his...
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    series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These abuses included physical abuse, sexual humiliation...
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    Peninsula. It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. It shares land borders with Oman to the east and northeast...
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  • Abu Obaida (Arabic: أبو عبيدة, romanized: Abū ʿUbayda; born February 11, 1985; also spelled Abu Obayda, Abu Ubayda and Abu Ubaydah), whose alleged real...
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  • Abu Asim Azmi (born 8 August 1955) is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai...
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    Abu Musa (Persian: بوموسا listen, IPA: [æbu mu'sɒ], Arabic: أبو موسى) is an Iranian 12.8-square-kilometre (4.9 sq mi) island in the eastern Persian Gulf...
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  • several people, it may refer to: Abu-Abdullah Adelabu, Nigerian academic Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar, Moroccan Sufi Abu Abdullah ibn Battuta (1304–1368/1369)...
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    2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أبو بكر البغدادي, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr al-Baghdādī), was an Iraqi militant who...
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  • Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو حفص الهاشمي القرشي) is the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State. He was named as caliph on 3 August...
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    Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (Arabic: موسى محمد أبو مرزوق‎; born 9 January 1951) is a Palestinian politician and senior member of Hamas who served as the...
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    Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب, Sijn Abū Ghurayb) was a prison complex in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, located 32 kilometers (20 mi) west of Baghdad. Abu...
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    Abu Hanifa (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Hanafi...
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    Abu Ghraib (/ˈɑːbuː ˈɡrɛb/ or /ˈɡreɪb/; Arabic: أبو غريب, romanized: Abū Ghurayb) is a city in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq, located just west of Baghdad's...
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    Abu Sayyaf (/ˈɑːbuː sɑːˈjɑːf/ ; Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf, ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia...
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    under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclude himself in a mountain...
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    Abū Luʾluʾa Fīrūz (Arabic: أبو لؤلؤة فیروز, from Middle Persian: Pērōz), also known in modern Persian-language sources as Abū Luʾluʾ (ابولؤلؤ) or Fīrūz...
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  • Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of...
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  • Abu al-Faraj is a title or given name, derived from the name Faraj, of Arabic origins. During the Middle Ages, the name Abu al-Faraj (Arabic: أبو الفرج...
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  • Abu Qatada (Arabic: أبو قتادة, romanized: ʾAbū Qatāda) may refer to: Abu Qatada al-Ansari (584–658/660), knight of the Rashidun Caliphate Abu Qatada al-Filistini...
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  • Abu Musab may refer to: Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh, also known as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, also known as Abu Musab al-Suri...
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    The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates. It is the largest emirate, accounting for 87% of the nation's...
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    Ali (redirect from Ali ibn Abu Talib)
    caliph who ruled from 656 CE to 661, as well as the first Shia imam. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, young Ali was raised by his...
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  • Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو الحسن الهاشمي القرشي, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī), probably born Nour Karim al-Mutni...
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    Mount Abu (pronunciation) is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in the Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The mountain forms...
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  • Abu Halifa or Abu Hulayfah or Abu Huleifa or Abu Haleifah (Arabic: أبو حليفة) is an area in Kuwait City, located in the Abu Halifa District of the Al...
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  • romanized: Muḥammad ʾIsmāʿīl Darwīsh), also known as Abu Omar Hassan (Arabic: أبو عمر حسن, romanized: ʾAbū ʿUmar Ḥasan), is a Lebanese-born Palestinian militant...
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  • Abu Salem (/ˈɑːbuː sɑːˈlɛm/ AH-boo sah-LEM; born Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari), also known as Aqil Ahmed Azmi and Abu Samaan, is an Indian criminal gangster...
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  • مطار زايد الدولي), also known as Abu Dhabi International Airport, is the primary international airport serving Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab...
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