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Abbas Hilmi ['Abbās Ḥilmi] II (1874–1944), last khedive of Egypt
Michael T. Thornhill
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Abbas Hilmi II (1874–1944)
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Abdul Rahman, Tunku (1902–1990), prime minister of Malaysia
A. J. Stockwell
Abdul Rahman, Tunku (1902–1990), prime minister of Malaysia, was born in Alor Setar, Kedah (a Malay state then under British ‘protection’), on 8 February 1902, the seventh son of Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, sultan of Kedah (fl. 1882–1943), and his Thai wife, ...
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Abdul Rahman, Tunku (1902–1990)
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Abdul Razak bin Hussein, Tun (1922–1976), prime minister of Malaysia
Cheah Boon Kheng
Abdul Razak bin Hussein, Tun (1922–1976), prime minister of Malaysia, was born in Pulau Keladi in the state of Pahang (a Malay state then under British ‘protection’), on 11 March 1922. Descended from a line of Bugis chieftains who had emigrated from Sulawesi...
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Abdulla, Raficq Shaik (1940–2019), scholar, broadcaster, and legal adviser
Khizar Humayun Ansari
Abdulla, Raficq Shaik (1940–2019), scholar, broadcaster, and legal adviser, was born on 29 June 1940 in Durban, South Africa, the son of Shaik Abdulla, an Indian landowner and businessman of Hyderabadi origin, based in Durban, and his wife Mosida Ismail, née Abraham, a doctor, from a ...
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Abdulla, Raficq Shaik (1940–2019)
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Raficq Abdulla (1940–2019), by unknown photographer
Courtesy of M. M. Keshavjee/Francesco Cincotta
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Abdullah ibn Hussein ['Abd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn] (1882–1951), emir of Transjordan and founder of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan
Michael T. Thornhill
Abdullah ibn Hussein ['Abd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn] (1882–1951), emir of Transjordan and founder of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, was born in February 1882 in Mecca in the Ottoman province of Hejaz. He was the second of three sons of Hussein ibn Ali...
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Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872–1940), political leader and physician
Bill Nasson
Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872–1940), political leader and physician, was born on 18 December 1872 in Wellington, a country town in south-western Cape Colony, the eldest son of the nine children of Abdul Arraman (also known as Rahman), small trader and civic figure, who was a patron of ...
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Abu al-Hasan [Abū'l-Ḥasan] [known as Mirza Abu al-Hasan Shirazi] (1776–1846), diplomatist for Persia
Denis Wright
Abu al-Hasan [Abū'l-Ḥasan] [known as Mirza Abu al-Hasan Shirazi] (1776–1846), diplomatist for Persia, was born in Shiraz, the second son of Mirza Muhammad Ali, a high-ranking Persian court official. His mother was also closely connected with the court through her brother, ...
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Abu Bakar [Abu Bakar ibni al-Marhum Dato Temenggong Sri Maharaja Tun Ibrahim] (1833–1895), sultan of Johore sultan of Johore
A. J. Stockwell
Abu Bakar [Abu Bakar ibni al-Marhum Dato Temenggong Sri Maharaja Tun Ibrahim] (1833–1895), sultan of Johore, was born in Teluk Belanga, Singapore, most probably on 3 February 1833, the eldest son of Daing Ibrahim (1810–1862) and his first wife, Encik Ngah (also known as Tengku Andak)...
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Abu Bakar (1833–1895)
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Aga Khan [Mohammed Shah] III (1877–1957), leader of the Ismailis
Gilbert Laithwaite
revised by Francis Robinson
Aga Khan [Mohammed Shah]
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Aga Khan III (1877–1957)
Maker: Dorothy Wilding
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Ahmad Khan, Sir Saiyid [Syed Ahmed Khan] (1817–1898), Muslim leader in India
Francis Robinson
Ahmad Khan, Sir Saiyid [Syed Ahmed Khan] (1817–1898), Muslim leader in India, was born on 17 October 1817 in Khwaja Farid's haveli (mansion) near the Tiraha Bahram Khan in Delhi, the youngest of the three children (two boys and one girl) of ...
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Akbar, Shireen Nishat (1944–1997)
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Akbar [née Hasib], Shireen Nishat (1944–1997), educationist
Julie Cornish
Akbar [née Hasib], Shireen Nishat (1944–1997), educationist, was born on 30 July 1944 in Calcutta, India, the daughter of F. A. Hasib and Selina Hasib, who also had two sons. Among her forebears was Begum Rokeya Hossain (1880–1932), an early worker for women's emancipation in ...
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Al-Nahas, Mustafa (1879–1965), prime minister of Egypt
Michael T. Thornhill
Al-Nahas, Mustafa (1879–1965), prime minister of Egypt, was born on 15 June 1879 in Samanud, in the Gharbiyya province of Egypt's Nile delta, where his father was a timber merchant. He attended the Khedival Secondary School in Cairo between 1891 and 1896, and graduated from the ...