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Muhammad Iqbal: Encyclopedia - Muhammad Iqbal
Allama Dr Sir Muhammad Iqbal (محمد اقبال,علامه محمد اقبال لاهوري) (November 9, 1877–April 21, 1938), commo...
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Muhammad Iqbal: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Iqbal - Iqbal In Europe
In 1905, he went to Europe and began studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. While in England he also was able to practise law, which he d...
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Ali Shariati: Encyclopedia - Ali Shariati
Ali Shariati (Persian: علی شريعتی) (1933–1977) was an Iranian sociologist, well known and respected for his works in the fi...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia - 20th Century
The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The ...
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Annemarie Schimmel: Encyclopedia - Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel (April 7, 1922 - January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Iranologist and scholar who wrote exte...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi
Celâladin Mehmet Rumi or Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi [1] (Persian: مولانا جلال الدين محمد بلخى , Arabic: جلا...
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List Of Persian Poets And Authors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Persian Poets And Authors - 20th Century And Beyond
List of Persian poets and authors - Prose.
Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer (علی محمد افغانی)
Ahmad-Reza Ahmadi
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List Of Kashmiris: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Kashmiris - Philosophers And Historians
Kalhana, Historian, 12th century
Lalleshvari, mystic and poet, 14th century
Jonaraja, Historian, 15th century
Shrivara, Historian, 15th...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi - Early Life
When the Mongols invaded Central Asia, his father (Baha'al din Veled, a popular scholar) set out to Konya, Anatolia within the westernmos...
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Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - List
Here follows two list of all Islamic scholars, one for Muslim and one for non-Muslim.
For a list of scholars specialized in:
Islamic his...
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List Of University Of Cambridge People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Cambridge People - Politics/royalty
List of University of Cambridge people - Kings and Queens.
Edward VII of the United Kingdom (Trinity)
George VI of the United Kingdom
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List Of Philosophers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophers - Notes
Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy....
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Islam In Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Pakistan - Islam In Pakistani Society
In 713 CE, the Umayyad dynasty sent an Muslim Arab army led by Muhammad bin Qasim and it conquered Pakistan from Kashmir to the Arabian S...
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Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - Muslim Scholars
Muslim scholars are either born in a Muslim families, or converted to Islam. For a list of scholars specialized in:
Islamic history, see...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Modern Persian Literature
Prof Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub is cosidered as the father of Modern persian literature. He did life-long hard core research on Iranian lite...
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - January
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1614: John Wilkins born.
1815: Charles Bernard Renouvier born.
1921: Ismail al-Faruqi born.
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Jamia Millia Islamia: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamia Millia Islamia - Conception
Under the colonial British rule, two dominant trends joined hands and contributed towards the birth of Jamia. One was the anti-colonial I...
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Liberal Movements Within Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberal Movements Within Islam - Contemporary And Controversial Issues
Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, in accordance with their increasingly modern societies and outlooks, liberal Muslims have...
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Ghazal: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghazal - The Theme
Ghazal - Illicit unattainable love.
The ghazal not only has a specific form, but traditionally deals with just one subject: Love. And n...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Significant People
20th century - World leaders.
Africa
Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia
Jomo Ke...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi - Early Life
When the Mongols invaded Central Asia, his father (Baha'al din Veled, a popular scholar) set out to Konya, Anatolia within the westernmos...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Classical Persian Literature
Persian literature - Pre-Islamic Iranian Literature.
We have few literary remains from the ancient Persians. Most of these consist of t...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Important Developments, Events And Achievements
20th century - Science and technology.
The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers t...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Persian Scientific And Technical Language
During last few decades, Many scientific and technical books have been written in Persian or translated into persian language. Many figur...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Persian Literary Modernism
Persian literature - Modern persian fiction.
Simin Daneshvar, The most outstanding and famous woman writer of fiction in Persian liter...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Persian Satirical Writings And Comic Literature
Persian literature - Traditional satirical literature and poetry.
Obeid Zakani
Dehkhoda
Kiumars Saberi Foumani
Hadi Khorsandi
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Subsequent Influences
Persian literature has had influences on many writers and cultures afar. The West-ostlicher Deewan of Goethe is a testament of how far th...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi - Bibliography
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - English translations.
The Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí, edited from the oldest manuscripts avaliable...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi - Major Works
Rumi's major work is Masnavi-ye Manavi (Spiritual Couplets), a six-volume poem regarded by many Sufis as second in importance only to the...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi - Influence
Rumi's importance transcends national and ethnic borders. Speakers of the Persian language in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan see him as...
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Jamia Millia Islamia: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamia Millia Islamia - Central University
By a Special Act of the Parliament, Jamia Millia Islamia was made a central university of India in December 1988. In the list of the Facu...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Dictionaries
Dehkhoda names 200 Persian lexicographical works in his monumental Dehkhoda Dictionary, the earliest being from the late Sassanid era, na...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Contemporary Persian Literature
Literature of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Persian literature - Poetry.
Notable poets include:
Nima Yushij
Ahmad Shamlou
M...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - The Influence Of Persian Literature On Other World Literatures
Persian literature - Sufi poetry.
Some of Persia's best-beloved medieval poets were Sufis, and their poetry was, and is, widely read by...
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - February
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1801: Émile Littré born.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 2.
1905: Ayn Rand born.
1970: ...
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Liberal Movements Within Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberal Movements Within Islam - Reform Not Schism
These are movements within Islam, rather than an attempt at schism. As such, they believe in the basic tenets of Islam, such as the Six E...
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Liberal Movements Within Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberal Movements Within Islam - Criticism Of Liberal Islam
Conservative Muslims are often critical of liberals for, what they see as, producing a watered-down, inauthentic form of Islam as a compr...
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Islam In Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Pakistan - Schools Of Thought
Over 98% of the people of Pakistan are Muslims (adherents of Islam). An estimated 75% of the Muslims are Sunni, some (25%) are Shia, maki...
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Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Pre-islamic Iranian Literature
We have few literary remains from the ancient Persians. Most of these consist of the royal inscriptions of the Achaemenid kings, notably ...
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Ghazal: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghazal - Ghazal Singers
Some well-known ghazal singers are:
Abida Parveen
Begum Akhtar
Ghulam Ali
Talat Aziz
Iqbal Bano
Mehdi Hassan
Farida Khanum
Master Madan
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Important Developments Events And Achievements
20th century - Science and technology.
The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers t...
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Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi - Major Works
Rumi's major work is Masnavi-ye Manavi (Spiritual Couplets), a six-volume poem regarded by many Sufis as second in importance only to the...
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20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Overview
The twentieth century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social,...
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Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - Non-muslim Scholars
Many non-Muslims have been interested in Islam, the first real scholars begining in the 19th century.
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Islam In Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Pakistan - Politicized Islam
From the outset, politics and religion have been intertwined both conceptually and practically in Islam. Because the Prophet established ...
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List Of University Of Cambridge People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Cambridge People - Scientists Technologists And Mathematicians
See also List of all Nobel Prize winners from Cambridge University
List of University of Cambridge people - Astronauts.
Michael Foale ...
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - September
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1648: Marin Mersenne dies.
1903: Charles Bernard Renouvier dies.
List of philosophy anniversar...
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - October
List of philosophy anniversaries - 2.
1869: Mahatma Gandhi born.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 4.
1903: Otto Weininger dies.
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - November
List of philosophy anniversaries - 2.
1815: George Boole born.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 3.
1756: Pierre Laromiguière bo...
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - July
[[1743]: William Paley born.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1646: Gottfried Leibniz born.
1871: Henry Longueville Mansel dies.
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - August
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1930: Pierre Bourdieu born.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 3.
1780: Étienne Bonnot de C...
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - June
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1952: John Dewey dies.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 2.
1740: Marquis de Sade born.
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - April
List of philosophy anniversaries - 3.
1880: Otto Weininger born.
2000: Terence McKenna dies.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 4.
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - March
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1768: Hermann Samuel Reimarus dies.
1858: Georg Simmel born.
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List Of Philosophy Anniversaries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophy Anniversaries - May
List of philosophy anniversaries - 1.
1881: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin born.
List of philosophy anniversaries - 3.
1469: Niccolò ...
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Muhammad Iqbal: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Iqbal - Iqbal's Legacy
Iqbal is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Urdu language, admired both in India and Pakistan. He is also highly regarded ...
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Muhammad Iqbal: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Iqbal - Return To The Subcontinent
Upon his return to India from Europe in 1908, Iqbal embarked on a career in law, academics and poetry, all at once. Of the three pursuits...
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Muhammad Iqbal: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Iqbal - Later Years And Death
After returning from a trip to Afghanistan in 1933, Iqbal's health deteriorated. But his religious and political ideas were gaining wide ...
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