Isma'iliyah

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• Al Isma'iliyah — may refer to: * Ismailia, Egypt * Al Isma iliyah Governorate, Egypt …   Wikipedia

• Al Isma'iliyah — Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Al Ismā‘īlīyah Country and Admin Code EG.07 EG …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

• Ismāʿīlīte — ▪ Islamic sect       a sect of the Shīʿites (one of the major branches of Islām) that was most active as a religio political movement in the 9th–13th century through its subsects, the Fāṭimids, the Qarāmiṭah (Qarmatians), and the Assassins.… …   Universalium

• Isma'iliya — /is may euh lee euh, muy euh /, n. Islam. 1. a branch of Shi ism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Isma il to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali. 2.… …   Universalium

• Isma‘iliya — Is•ma•‘i•li•ya [[t]ˌɪs meɪ əˈli ə, maɪ ə [/t]] n. 1) ear a Shi‘ite sect having an esoteric philosophy 2) geg Ismailia • Etymology: < Ar Īsmā‘īlīyah, der. of Ismā‘īl (died 760), recognized by the Isma‘ilis as the 7th imam in the succession from …   From formal English to slang

• Isma'iliya — /is may euh lee euh, muy euh /, n. Islam. 1. a branch of Shi ism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Isma il to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Suez Canal — a canal in NE Egypt, cutting across the Isthmus of Suez and connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 107 mi. (172 km) long. * * * Ship canal, Isthmus of Suez, Egypt. Connecting the Red Sea with the eastern Mediterranean Sea, it extends 100… …   Universalium

• Ismailia — /is may euh lee euh, muy euh /, n. a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt. 189,700. Also, Isma iliya. * * * ▪ Egypt also transliterated  Al Ismāʿīlīyah        capital of Al Ismāʿīlīyah (Ismāʿīliyyah, Al ) muḥāfaẓah… …   Universalium

• Nāṣir-i Khusraw — ▪ Persian author in full  Abū Muʿīn Nāṣir i Khusraw Al marvāzī Al qubādiyānī  born 1004, Qubādiyān, Merv, Khorāsān [Iran] died c. 1072, /77, Yumgān, Badakshān, Central Asia [now in Afghanistan]       poet, theologian, and religious propagandist,… …   Universalium

• Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …   Universalium

• Islāmic world — Introduction  prehistory and history of the Islamic community.       Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …   Universalium