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15 unusual facts about Ash


Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath

The scion of a distinguished family of the Kindaite tribal nobility, he played a minor role in the Second Islamic Civil War (680–692) and then served as governor of Rayy.

The revolt gained widespread support among religious scholars known as kurra ("Quran readers"), and developed from a mutiny to a widespread anti-Umayyad rebellion.

Army Operational Shooting Competition

It also uses Ministry of Defence (MOD) ranges in the vicinity, such as Ash and Pirbright.

Ash-har Quraishi

His reports have resulted in changes in police complaint procedures and changes in recruitment policies for the Missouri National Guard.

Ash, Oregon

Ash had a post office established in 1894, named for the Ash trees in the area.

Ash: A Secret History

Her company is hired by John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, an exiled English nobleman, to undertake a mission to Italy for the Duke of Burgundy.

Ash'ari

For example, Al-Qaeda's ex-leader Osama bin Laden once tried in one of his speeches to explain what's happening to the Muslims by referring to some Quranic verses.

Ash's Lark

In order to give a complete, definitive description it must also be added that it is smaller than either the Rufous-naped Lark (M. africana), or the Red-winged Lark (M. hypermetra); that it is more greyish and marked on its mantle than either the Singing Lark (M. cantillans), or the Pink-breasted Lark (M. poecilosterna); and that its bill is not as thick as the former, and that it lacks the pinkish breast of the latter.

But even here, where it is locally common it is easily overlooked because it is also a home to nine other species of lark, such as the Red-winged Lark (M. hypermetra hypermetra) and the Somali Long-billed Lark (M. somalica rochei).

Ha*Ash

Their first single "No Te Quiero Nada" from their album Habitación Doble has begun to receive airplay in Mexico.

Jleeb-Ash-Shouyoukh

a school by the name Indian Central School which is affiliated to CBSE, Delhi, India, a big shopping area called Mujammah, Bikis Masjid and 2 free big playgrounds.

Jonathan Frost

In 1994, alongside his curacy, he became a police chaplain until he moved on from both posts in 1997 when he became Rector of Ash until 2002.

Onorata Rodiani

The figure of Onorata appears in the novel Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle, in which her episode with the Cremonese courtier is suggested to be propaganda, but she does command a mercenary company in the novel, and meets with her counterpart and main character, Ash.

Political aspects of Islam

Al-Mawardi said that if the rulers meet their Islamic responsibilities to the public, the people must obey their laws, but if they become either unjust or severely ineffective then the Caliph or ruler must be impeached via the Majlis ash-Shura.

Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Ash-har Quraishi, broadcast journalist; formerly CNN's bureau chief in Islamabad.


2010 Amstel Gold Race

Several riders who planned to compete in the race were unable to make it to Maastricht because of the colossal ash cloud formed by the eruption of the Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull, which grounded flights throughout Europe.

2011 Nabro eruption

On 6 July, reports suggest 48,000 people in the Bidu, Afdera, Erebti, Elidar, Teru and Kori woredas were in need of aid (with ash affecting food and water sources), and that the casualty total had reached 31 dead in the Bidu woreda.

Ash Flat, Arkansas

In 1967, the Arkansas General Assembly designated Ash Flat as the single county seat of Sharp County, a title previously held by Hardy and Evening Shade concurrently.

Ash International

Ash International is a British record company and audio-visual organisation started in 1993 by Mike Harding and Robin Rimbaud.

Biblical names of stars

Abenezra (1092–1167), however, the learned Rabbi of Toledo, gave such strong reasons for Ash, or Ayish, to mean the Great Bear, that the opinion, though probably erroneous, is still prevalent.

Blackburn Second Monoplane

The undercarriage main axle was carried at the bottom end of the kingpost with wheels at either end and bearing ash fore and aft skids.

Bomb It

Artists featured include Klone, KnowHope, GreatBates, Zero Cents, Foma <3, INSPIRE 1, Darbotz, Killer Gerbil, Bon, Alex Face, Sloke, Husk Mit Navn, Ash, Phibs, Stormie Mills, Beejoir and many more.

Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005

On Ash Wednesday, 2006, Cardinal Mahony announced that he would order the clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to ignore H.R. 4437 if it were to become law.

Bulbasaur

In the original Japanese version the two Bulbasaur are each played by separate voice actresses, Ash's Bulbasaur by Megumi Hayashibara and May's by Miyako Itō.

Celtic Ash

On the advice of Irish-born trainer Tom Barry, Celtic Ash was purchased by Boston, Massachusetts banker Joseph E. O'Connell, who imported him to the United States to race for his Green Dunes Farm.

Charizard

Charizard became loyal during the Orange Islands arc after Ash battled a trainer with a Poliwrath and Charizard was frozen solid.

Cicada orni

The genus name comes directly from the Latin cicada meaning "buzzer", while the species name orni possibly comes from Fraxinus ornus (Manna Ash or South European Flowering Ash), where this cicada often lay its eggs deep in branches.

David Rutley

Although not a player, he is the honorary vice president of the Ash Tree Cricket Club, Prestbury, which is located within his constituency.

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Adults as well as larvae are found in very soft decaying wood of broad-leaved trees, especially ash (Fraxinus excelsior), beech (Fagus sylvatica) and apple (Malus spp).

Gyarados

Author Ash Dekirk wrote that Gyarados and Magikarp were inspired by the Asiatic myth of the Dragon Gate.

Hansen, Wisconsin

the streams are fed by the swamps and are subject to very sudden rise & fall the timber is of various kinds such as soft-maple sugar Pine (TamaracK & alder in the swamps) Linn Oak Ash Ironwood +c, the stone are a Blue Flint.

Interglacial

Here this zone is characterized by the expansion of Quercus (Oak), Corylus (Hazel), Taxus, Ulmus (Elm), Fraxinus (Ash), Carpinus (Hornbeam), and Picea (Spruce).

Ittihad ash-Sha'ab

After the minor splinter group of Daud as-Sayegh had been accorded the legal recognition of the name 'Iraqi Communist Party' in early 1960, the mainstream (and un-recognized) Iraqi Communist Party became informally known as the 'Ittihad ash-Sha'ab Party'.

Kodiak Island

Bears and other large animals were blinded by thick ash and many starved to death because large numbers of plants and small animals were smothered in the eruption.

La Alameda Park, Quito

The park keeps inside trees that have stood the time, we can find palm trees, acacias, redwoods, toct, cedar and ash.

Lands of Threepwood

Cotton cloth or linen was originally bleached by repeatedly steeping it in an alkaline solution or lye derived from ash tree or fern ashes, called 'bucking'.

Meliae

The species of ash in the mountains of Greece is the Manna-ash (Fraxinus ornus).

Nihal Silva

The character was a stereotypical Tamil Hindu with a bald head, small moustache, police suit and Vibhuti, three lines of ash, on his forehead.

Nothing Records

John Bergin was also signed briefly under the name Trust Obey, but the album he recorded ("Hands of Ash") was instead released in 1996 on Fifth Colvmn Records with a sticker that quoted Reznor's reaction to the completed work: "Not a great commercial potential."

Okanagan Falls Provincial Park

In the 1950s, non-native tree species like Chinese elm, Norway maple, Red ash and Lombardy poplar were planted in the park.

Pemberton-Billing P.B.1

It had two-bay wings constructed of spruce and Ash, with ailerons on the upper wing and floats under the lower wingtips.

Pokémon 3: The Movie

Yūji Ueda (Eric Stuart in the English adaption) as Takeshi (Brock in the English adaption), a Pokémon breeder and Ash's travelling companion.

Progradungula otwayensis

Webs have also been found near hollows in mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans), the bases of tree ferns (Cyatheales), and even under bridges.

Rayat ash-Shaghilah

Rayat ash-Shaghilah sent its own delegation to the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students held in Warsaw, Poland, in 1955.

Satyrium caryaevorum

The larvae feed on the leaves of Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis), Butternut (Juglans cinerea), Red Oak (Quercus rubra), White Ash (Fraxinus americana), and hawthorn (Crataegus sp.).

Sheikh Mustafa

In Makkah he studied under Mawlana Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Sayyad Ahmad Zayni Dahlan al-Makki’i ash-Shafi’i who was a great scholar of Makkah and Madina at that time.

Sherbrooke Forest

The vegetation is classified as wet sclerophyll forest with the dominant tree species the Mountain Ash, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest flowering plant in the world.

Siwucha vodka

The name derives from the siwy (ash grey) color of the liquid due to Tyndall effect of the colloid emulsion of residual fusel oil.

Ski manufacturing techniques

Skis traditionally were hand-carved out of a single piece of hardwood such as Hickory, Birchwood or Ash.

Skrabalai

The skrabalai is gouged from a piece of hard wood – oak or ash.

Soo, Kagoshima

Soo is located in Kagoshima so it also receives ash from its volcanoes, most notably: Shinmoedake and Sakurajima.

Spike maul

Handles are often ash or hickory, but lesser species of woods find their way into economy handles.

SS-class blimp

Similar to the prototype, the production car was a wingless B.E.2c fuselage stripped of various fittings, and equipped with two ash skids in place of the wheeled undercarriage.

Stormy Waters

"Stormy Waters", first song fully written (in 1998) by Northern Irish drummer Rick McMurray; considered as fan-favourite and "lost gem"; on CD along with "Wildsurf", another song by McMurray's alternative rock band Ash

The Lines

A summer of Urban festivals, including The Camden Crawl, Live In Leeds, Liverpool Sound City and Dot to Dot, support slots with Ash and Ocean Colour Scene and more recently dates with Peter Doherty's on his solo tour.

Vallis Vale

Vallis Vale is an ancient woodland site and supports an Ash-Wych Elm stand type with a restricted distribution in Britain.

WBKP

Owned by the Marks Radio Group, WBKP is sister to ABC affiliate WBUP and the two stations share studios on Ash Street in Ishpeming of Ishpeming Township.

WBUP

Owned by the Marks Radio Group, WBUP is sister to CW affiliate WBKP and the two stations share studios on Ash Street in Ishpeming of Ishpeming Township.

Wildsurf

Ash said of the video: "Howard took us to the Natural History Museum in London. There we shot performance against giant video screens and metallic globes. We also headed to East London for more performance shots in the Docklands area. The video follows a sci-fi looking chick obsessed with water. She has some kinda weird aqua car and then ends up surfing a tsunami which destroys the city. The final special effect shot is so tacky and crap it's laughable!"

Withy

The term is also sometimes used to describe any type of flexible rod used in rural crafts such as hazel or ash.

Zanthoxylum americanum

In 2012, a Pennsylvania distillery introduced a bitters called Bartram's Bitters that uses prickly ash bark as one of several botanical ingredients.

Zapis

The zapisi (plural) are chosen from large trees, primarily oaks, but also elms, ashes, beeches, pear trees, and hazels.