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    Husayn ibn Ali (Arabic: الحسين بن علي, romanized: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a social, political and religious leader. The...
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    Hussein (redirect from Husayn (name))
    Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, or Husain (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root...
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    the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683) and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, Sawad...
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  • The Imam al Husayn Shrine (Arabic: مَقَاما الإِمَامُ الْحُسَيْن اِبِنْ عَلي, romanized: Maqām al-ʾImām al-Ḥusayn ʾibn ʿAlī) is the mosque and burial site...
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    Saddam Hussein (redirect from Saddam Husayn)
    which was descended from Ahmed Bin Hussein 'Nasiruddin', a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali. The Al-Bu Nasir tribe had settled in Tikrit after migrating from...
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    you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who...
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  • Husayn Quli (Azerbaijani: Hüseynqulu; Uzbek: Husaynquli; Persian: حسینقلی, romanized: Hoseynqoli; Urdu: حسین قلی, romanized: Husayn Qulī) is a Turkic-derived...
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    Ali al-Sajjad (redirect from Ali b. Husayn)
    Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad (Arabic: علي بن الحسين السجاد, romanized: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Sajjād, c. 658 – 712), also known as Zayn al-Abidin (Arabic:...
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  • Husayn of Zaragoza (in the Arabic sources Al Hossain ibn Yahia al Ansari ibn Saad al Obadi and حسين بن يحي الانصاري Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyà al-Anṣārī o الحسين...
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    Mullá Husayn (1813 – 2 February 1849) (Persian: ملا حسين بشروئي Mulláh Hossein Boshru'i), also known by the honorific Jináb-i Bábu'l-Báb ("Gate of the...
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    annually commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn refused on moral grounds to pledge...
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    great-great-grandson of a man named Sina. His formal Arabic name was Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn bin ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥasan bin ʿAlī bin Sīnā al-Balkhi al-Bukhari (أبو علي...
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  • This article contains the list of casualties of Husayn ibn Ali's relatives and companions in the Battle of Karbala. The battle took place on Friday Muharram...
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  • and Husayn, whom Shia Muslims believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the Muslim community. Later events such as Husayn's martyrdom...
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  • ibn al-Husayn (Arabic: عَلِيّ ٱلْأَكْبَر بن ٱلْحُسَيْن), commonly known as simply Ali al-Akbar, was the son of Layla bint Abi Murra and Husayn ibn Ali...
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    al-Husayn (Arabic: الحسین, romanized: al-Ḥusayn) was a short-range ballistic missile developed in Ba'athist Iraq. An upgraded version of Scud missile,...
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    Uday Hussein (redirect from Udayy Husayn)
    "The decision to eliminate Husayn Kamil was not decided ahead of time but only after his return to Baghdad. On his return, Husayn Kamil was asked to go to...
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    Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (Persian: سید محمدحسین طباطبائی, romanized: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī; 16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar...
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    Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza (Persian: سلطان حسین بایقرا Husayn Bāyqarā; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May...
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  • Sakīna bint al-Ḥusayn (Arabic: سكينة بنت الحسين) (between 667 and 671 CE – 8 April 671), also known as Āmina (Arabic: آمنة), was a descendant of the Islamic...
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  • Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn (1 March 1951 – 23 June 2022) was a Palestinian author, professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB)'s Department of History...
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    of the sons'). Abbas fought as the standard-bearer of his half-brother Husayn ibn Ali in the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680) against...
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  • Muzaffar Husayn was the last Timurid sultan of Herat who ruled from 1506 to 1507, together with his brother Badi' al-Zaman Mirza. He was the son of Sultan...
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    Hussein Pasha Roshdy GCMG (1863–1928) (Arabic: حسين رشدي باشا) was an Egyptian political figure of Turkish origin who served as Prime Minister of Egypt...
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    rituals commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn and his small retinue were slaughtered...
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    Taha Hussein (redirect from Taha Husayn)
    original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023. Paniconi, Maria (2017). "Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 2017–3 (3rd ed.). Brill Publishers...
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    1977 in Qom. After entering elementary school at the age of seven, Sayyid Husayn's father realized his talent for learning and sent him to Nurbakhsh seminary...
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    ابو زبيدة, Abū Zubaydah; born March 12, 1971, as Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn) is a Palestinian citizen born in Saudi Arabia currently held by the U.S...
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    Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: ٱلْحُسَيْن بِن عَلِي ٱلْهَاشِمِي, romanized: al-Ḥusayn bin 'Alī al-Hāshimī pronunciation; 1 May 1854 – 4 June 1931) was an Arab...
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  • Husaynids (Arabic: بنو حسين, romanized: Banū Ḥusayn) are a branch of the Alids who are descendants of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet...
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