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- Geeta Basra is an indian actress who has done two known movies. She originally hails from Portsmouth near London, but now resides in Mumbai. *Dil...
- The Brethren of Purity were an obscure and mysterious organization of Arab philosophers in Basra, Iraq - which was then the seat of the Abbasid...
- male, deceased (1135)
- Al-Mustarshid (d. 1135) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1118 to 1135. Son of the preceding Caliph, he once more tried independence while the...
- male, deceased (639)
- Utbah ibn Ghazwan (d. 639) was a well known companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the seventh person to convert to Islam and...
- male, deceased (998)
- Marzuban (c. 963-December 998) was the Buyid amir of Iraq (983-987), as well as Fars and Kerman (988 or 989-998). He was the second son of 'Adud...
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- Abdullah Shah Ghazi is considered to be patron saint of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The dargah of Abdullah Shah Ghazi is located in Clifton...
- male, deceased (804)
- Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742-804), a singer, was born of Persian parents settled in Kufa. In his early years his parents died and he was trained by an...
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- Yefet ben Ali was perhaps the foremost Karaite commentator on the Bible, during the "Golden Age of Karaism". He lived during the 10th century, a...
- male, deceased (1941)
- Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881-February 17, 1941) was a British ornithologist. Born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, Ticehurst was educated first at...
- male, deceased (2005)
- Steven Vincent was an American freelance journalist in Basra, Iraq, reporting for the "The Christian Science Monitor", "National Review", "Mother...
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