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Aḥmad ibn Mājid (Arabic: أحمد بن ماجد), also known as the "Arab Admiral" (أمير البحر العربي, ʿAmīr al-Baḥr al-ʿArabī) and the "Lion of the Sea", [1] was an Arab navigator and cartographer born c. 1432 [2] in Julfar, the present-day Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. He was raised in a family famous for ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Town in Sahil, Somaliland El-Sheikh Buurta Almis, جبل ألمس Town A beach in El-Sheikh El-Sheikh Location in Somaliland Show map of Sahil, Somaliland El-Sheikh El-Sheikh (Somaliland) Show map of Somaliland Coordinates: 10°26′22″N 44°15′38″E / 10.43944°N 44.26056 ...
Deobandis represent a group of scholars affiliated with the reformist Deobandi movement, which originated in the town of Darul Uloom Deoband in northern India. Founded in 1866, this movement sought to safeguard Islamic teachings amidst non-Muslim governance and societal changes. [1]
According to Enrico Cerulli, local discontent for the Walasma dynasty of Ifat which occupied Adal region led to the rise of Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi in the sixteenth century. [45] Up until the end of the sixteenth century, the rulers of Adal were in a raging conflict with the leaders of neighboring Christian state of Ethiopian Empire . [ 46 ]
One of Ras Al Khaimah's most celebrated sons, Ibn Majid, was a hugely influential seaman, navigator and cartographer, [9] [10] and there is evidence in his writing that the town he came from was at that time known as Ras Al Khaimah, [5] that town having eclipsed Julfar as the principal port and settlement of the Shimal coast.
'The Vast Sea in the Interpretation of the Glorious Qur'an') or shortly named al-Baḥr al-Madīd (English: The Immense Ocean), better known as Tafsir Ibn 'Ajiba (Arabic: تفسير ابن عجيبة), is a Sunni Sufi tafsir work, authored by the Maliki-Ash'ari scholar Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (d. 1224/1809), who was following the Shadhili-Darqawi order.
Said bin Sultan was son of Sultan bin Ahmed, who ruled Oman from 1791 to 1804.Sultan bin Ahmed died in 1804 on an expedition to Basra.He appointed Mohammed bin Nasir bin Mohammed al-Jabry as the Regent and guardian of his two sons, Salim bin Sultan and Said bin Sultan. [5]
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