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unusual facts about Al Rashid



Battle of Mulayda

Following problems over Zakat and the arrest of the Rashidi leader, Ibn Sabhan, Rashidies planned to end the Saudi State and conquer both Qassim region and Riyadh.


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Al-Rashid Mosque

Al-Rashid Mosque was expected to be the first mosque in North America but was built in 1938 just after the Mother Mosque of America in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and several years after the 1929 mosque built in Ross, North Dakota.

Fort Edmonton Park

; Al-Rashid Mosque:The Al-Rashid Mosque has the distinction of being the first purpose-built mosque in Canada.

Qazi Mohammad Obaidullah Alvi

His career as journalist played mostly in Islamabad and Karachi and he delivered lectures in Al Rashid University Karachi, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad and Kabul University Afghanistan.

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

He is said to be close to Al Arabiya TV director and Asharq Al-Awsat journalist Abdelrahman Al Rashid and to Othman Al Omeir, who launched and is the owner of the liberal e-newspaper Elaph.

Tuanku Sultan Otteman II

He was born to Sri Paduka Tuanku Sultan 'Amal ud-din II Perkasa 'Alam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ma'amun al-Rashid Perkasa 'Alam Shah, the Sultan of Deli, and Raja Maheran binti al-Marhum Paduka Sri Sultan 'Abdu'llah Muhammad Shah Habibu'llah, Tengku Mahasuri, third daughter of Maulana Paduka Sri Sultan 'Abdu'llah Muhammad Shah II Habibu'llah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ja'afar Safi ud-din Mu'adzam Shah (a former Sultan of Perak).