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  2. Abor people - Wikipedia

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    Abor people may refer to: The Adi people of the hills of Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet; The Anlo Ewe of southeastern Ghana and southwestern Togo; The Galo tribe of ...

  3. List of Muslim states and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day. [citation needed]

  4. Abor Hills - Wikipedia

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    The villages of the tribe extended to the Dibang river. The term Abor is an Assamese word, signifying "living free" or "independent," and is applied in a general sense by the Assamese to many frontier tribes. In its restricted sense, it refers specifically to this area because the Adi were considered to be difficult to control and resistant to ...

  5. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

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    The United Arab States was a short-lived confederation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and North Yemen from 1958 to 1961. [15]The title of the book refers to Arabs without using the definite article "the" (Arabs instead of the Arabs) because, according to the author, the meaning of the word has repeatedly changed over time, making it "misleading" to use. [16]

  6. Tribes of Arabia - Wikipedia

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    The general consensus among 14th-century Arab genealogists is that Arabs are of three kinds: . Al-Arab al-Ba'ida (Arabic: العرب البائدة), "The Extinct Arabs", were an ancient group of tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia that included the ‘Ād, the Thamud, the Tasm and the Jadis, thelaq (who included branches of Banu al-Samayda), and others.

  7. Migration to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    The migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, romanized: al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra (الهجرة الأولى, al-hijrat al'uwlaa), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where the first followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (they were known as the Sahabah, or the companions) migrated from Arabia due to their persecution by ...

  8. First Islamic State - Wikipedia

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    Andrae disagrees, writing that the Muslim state of ihram (which restricted their freedom of action) and the paucity of arms carried indicated that the pilgrimage was always intended to be pacific. Most Islamic scholars agree with Andrae's view. [64] Upon hearing of the approaching 1,400 Muslims, the Quraysh sent out a force of 200 cavalry to ...

  9. Ridda Wars - Wikipedia

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    Amr ibn al-As: The rebel tribes of Quza'a and Wadi'a in the area of Tabuk and Daumat-ul-Jandal. Shurahbil ibn Hasana: Follow Ikrimah and await the Caliph's instructions. Khalid bin Saeed: Certain rebel tribes on the Syrian frontier. Turaifa bin Hajiz: The rebel tribes of Hawazin and Bani Sulaim in the area east of Medina and Mecca.