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Jurji Zaydan [a] (Arabic: جرجي زيدان, ALA-LC: Jurjī Zaydān; December 14, 1861 – July 21, 1914) was a prolific Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher, most noted for his creation of the magazine Al-Hilal, which he used to serialize his twenty three historical novels.
Arabic: بير, Well; [1] see All pages with titles containing Bir Birkeh Artificial pool, tank; [1] see All pages with titles containing Birkeh Buḥayra, Baḥeirah Arabic: بحيرة, Lake, lagoon; [1] Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”). Burj Arabic: برج, Tower, castle; [1] see All pages with titles containing Burj
Sijjin (Arabic: سِجِّين lit. Netherworld, Underworld, Chthonian World) is in Islamic belief either a prison, vehement torment or straitened circumstances at the bottom of Jahannam or hell, below the earth (compare Greek Tartarus), [1] [2]: 166 or, according to a different interpretation, a register for the damned or record of the wicked, [3] which is mentioned in Quran
The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (/ ˈ z ɪ l dʒ ən,-dʒ i ə n /), [2] is an American musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded by the ethnic Armenian Zildjian family in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire , the company relocated to the United States in the 20th century.
I did not include any other text, so let anyone who cites my book understand that he is citing these five original sources. [1] Occupying 20 printed book volumes (in the most frequently cited edition), it is the best known dictionary of the Arabic language, [2] as well as one of the most comprehensive. Ibn Manzur compiled it from other sources ...
It allows free online access to all the entries of the encyclopedia. After completion, the comprehensive encyclopedia comprises twenty-two volumes. In addition, there is a special volume of terms in the three languages Arabic, English and French, as well as a special volume for the index.
The Arabic word for encyclopedia is mawsūʿah (موسوعة). It is derived from the word wāsiʿ (واسع), which means "wide". The early Arabic compilations of knowledge in the Middle Ages included many comprehensive works, and much development of what would become known as the scientific method, historical method, and citation.
Zellij panel with complex geometry and mosaic-formed Arabic letters in the Mirador de Lindaraja in the Alhambra (14th century) The more complex zellij style that we know today became widespread during the first half of the 14th century under the Marinid , Zayyanid , and Nasrid dynastic periods in Morocco, Algeria, and al-Andalus .