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unusual facts about Wali


Aidrus Mosque

One of the principal mosques in Aden, it is named after Sayyid Abu Bakr Al-Aidarus, the Wali of Aden.


1904 Sasun uprising

To hide traces of genocide from European observers, the Wāli of Bitlis gave orders to cut corpses into pieces and throw them into the Tigris.

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June 9Battle of Toulouse: after besieging Toulouse for three months, Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the Wāli (governor) of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), is defeated (and dies of his injuries) by Odo the Great, Duke of Aquitaine, preventing the spread of Umayyad control westward from Narbonne into Aquitaine.

Abbas I

Abbas I of Egypt, Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (1813–1854)

Ahmed Wali Karzai

Before the 2009 Afghan presidential election, Wali Karzai and Sher Mohammad Akhundzada, former governor of the Helmand Province and a member of the Upper House of the Afghan parliament, were accused of vote rigging.

Ataullah Mengal

In 1958, Ataullah Mengal along with chief of Marri tribe Khair Bakhsh Marri joined the National Awami Party (Wali) of Khan Wali Khan and developed a close friendship with Wali Khan over the next decade.

Azmatkhan

According to Al-Habib Salim bin Abdullah al-Shatiri Al-Husaini, Grand sheikh of Tarim, Yemen, Azmatkhan family (particularly Wali Sanga) were ahl al-bayt from the first wave of Ba 'Alawi sada migration to Indonesia for preaching Islam.

Bambasi

In the later 19th century, Bambasi was seat of the Sheikhdom of Bambasi, which had been established following the conquest of Ismail bin Muhammad Ali, son of Wali Muhammad Ali.

Gulbarga Fort

Ahmad Shah Wali Bahmani had inducted immigrants from Iraq, Iran and Central Asia, which changed the soci-cultural and religious life in the Deccan but was well amalgamated with Hindu traditions.

Haskell V. Anderson III

In the early 1980s, he was involved with the L.A. Rebellion black film movement at UCLA, appearing in shorts by S. Torriano Berry (Rich, 1982) and Monona Wali (Grey Area, 1982).

Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali

The mausoleum and shrine at the Qutb Shahi Tombs called Dargah Hussain Shah Wali was built by Abdullah Qutb Shah in his honour.

Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona

He had by her: García, who went with his mother to Gascony; Sancho, who married Quissilo, daughter of García, count in Bailo; and Dadildis, wife of Muza Aznar ibn al-Tawil, wali of Huesca (grandson of Aznar Galíndez II of Aragon).

Miangul Jahan Zeb

Miangul Jahan Zeb(ميانگل جهان زيب ؛ اردو) (1987–1908), Gujar, formally Miangul Abdul-Haqq Jahan Zeb was former ruler of the princely state of Swat currently part of Pakistan and formally titled the Wāli.

Nadir Ali Khan

He is considered an important member of the Bangle Wali Masjid Markaz mosque which runs Tablighi Jamaat.

Najem Wali

Born in Amara, Wali fled Iraq in 1980 after the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War.

Nawabganj District

One of the most graceful monument of the Sultanate period is the Chhota Sona Masjid or Sona Mosque at Gaur in Chapainawabganj Built by one Wali Muhammad during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah (1493–1519).

Ni'matullāhī

The order is named after its 14th century CE founder Shah Nimatullah (Nūr ad-Din Ni'matullāh Wali), who settled in and is buried in Mahan, Kerman Province, Iran, where his tomb is still an important pilgrimage site.

Nutkani

Important centers of the tribe include Basti nutkani or nutkanry Mangrotha, Kharan, Usta Mohd, Turbat, Hairo, Bindi, Makwal,Mithay Wali Taunsa Sharif,Jhoke UttraKot Chutta Butkil, Sibi, Jaffarabad, Rajanpur, Dera Bugti.

Pallu Wali Mata

Pallu Wali Mata is an Indian temple located in Pallu, Tehsil Rawatsar, Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan.

Pine Residence

In view of the modernization of Beirut's city center, the wali of Beirut Azmi Bey planned to build a high-end meeting place for the city's privileged class in the ‘Bois des Pins’; he commissioned the building of a casino and a horse racecourse.

Punpun

Punpun nowadays came in highlights due to a character in the tv series Bhagyavidhaata on Colors tv named "Punpun Wali Bhabi" (a bahu in the serial) who belongs to Punpun village in Bihar.

Sufi saints of Aurangabad

Nirgun Shah Wali came from Bengal, and lived as a recluse at Nidhara, two miles north of Jalna.

Wali Khan Babar

On World Press Freedom Day, 2011, participants of a forum at the National Press Club and Newseum in Washington, D.C., called attention to world governments who licensed in order to punish news organizations that were critical of the government, as was the case for Pakistan that had used licensing to punish Geo News, for which Wali Khan had worked.

Wali Mohammed Wali

Wali's tomb in Shahibaug locality of Ahmedabad was damaged in 2002 riots and later lost when road was widened.

Yazur

Accompanied by Netter and two Templars, Hoffmann and Ernst Hardegg, the governor also passed by Yazur: While riding between Natter's property and the city, the Wali was beset by Arab women and men who begged him, holding onto the reigns of his mule, and onto his trousers, to help them regain their rights, the Jews were taking away their land; here they pointed at Natter, who rode next to the Wali, screaming "the Jews, the Jews."


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