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unusual facts about Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi


Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal

Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi compiled, edited and abridged this work naming it, Tahdhib al-Kamal fi asma' al-rijal.


20th hijacker

The other al-Qaeda members who allegedly attempted, but were not able, to take part in the attacks were Saeed al-Ghamdi (not to be confused with the successful hijacker of the same name), Tawfiq bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mushabib al-Hamlan, Zakariyah Essabar, Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani, Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi, Saeed al-Baluchi, Qutaybah al-Najdi, Zuhair al-Thubaiti, and Saud al-Rashi.

Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i

The reason why the people of Morocco took up the madhhab of Imam Malik, is that the people of Morocco and Spain were originally upon the madhhab of al-Awza’i, and likewise the Sham, from where they were conquered.

Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani

Percy Cox states in page 128 of the HAND BOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA that he was the most influential "Sunni" and official head of the Arab Community.

Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi

Major-General Charles George Gordon was given the job of evacuating the Egyptian garrison from Khartoum.

Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai

In this book he showed his political views by writing about issues such as constitutional rule and national independence, rule of law and human rights from different aspects of Islam.

Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani

Al-Mu`allimee's father Yahya ibn `Ali was raised in the village of al-Tufan in the Automah district of Dhamar, Yemen.

Upon visiting his son, Yahya was dismayed to learn of his slow progress in studying Arabic grammar.

Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi

The BBC News reported his name was "Ali Abdul Rahman al-Ghamdi", CNN reported his name was "Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi".

According to the BBC News Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi surrendered on June 26, 2003, shortly after he had been listed as the second most senior wanted individual on the first Saudi most wanted list.

Fakhri A. Bazzaz

Bazzaz's brother, Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz, served as OPEC Secretary General and Prime Minister of Iraq.

Islamic view of Jesus' death

Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr, an 11th-century Maliki jurist, writes that there have been differences of opinion on this issue and Sunnis accept the second coming of Jesus only through individual reports by narrators who are of sound character—a view supported by majority of Muslims (see Jesus' second coming).

Mizzi Kaspar

Mizzi Kaspar or Mitzi Kaspar (1864-1907), was the royal mistress of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.

Philip Mizzi

Philip Mizzi (born 27 August 1945, Qormi, Malta) is a Maltese actor with a varied body of work on stage, television and film.

Sorel Mizzi

In December 2007, Mizzi admitted taking over from another location the account of his friend, Chris Vaughn, during the middle of a Full Tilt Poker tournament.

At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Mizzi cashed three times, including 208th in the no limit Texas hold'em main event.


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