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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a
highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like
annual plant in the
family Asteraceae. It is one of the world's oldest...
- The
Usfurids (Arabic: آل عصفور, romanized: Al
ʿUṣfūr) were an Arab
dynasty that in 1253
gained control of
Eastern Arabia,
including the
islands of Bahrain...
- Al
Asfour (Arabic: العصفور, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film
directed by
Youssef Chahine, with Ali
Badrakhan as
second director. June, 1967, on the eve of...
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Youssef Chahine (Arabic: يوسف شاهين, romanized: Yūsuf Shāhīn [ˈjuːsɪf ʃæˈhiːn]; 25
January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an
Egyptian film director. He was active...
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medieval Arabic see قرطم @ Baheth.info
Archived 29
October 2013 at the
Wayback Machine (see also عصفر ʿ
usfur), قرطم @ Ibn al-Awwam and قرطم @ Ibn al-Baitar....
- A
Sparrow from the East (Arabic:
Usfur min Sharq) is a
novel written by
Egyptian author Tawfiq al-Hakim in 1938. It
narrates the life of Muhasin, an Arab...
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notable examples include Youssef Chahine's Al Ard (The Earth, 1969) and Al
Usfur (The Sparrow, 1972) as well as
Tewfik Saleh's Al Makhdu'un (The Dupes, 1973)...
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Mirdasid state Mirdas ibn Idris,
father of
Salih ibn
Mirdas Usfurid Emirate Usfur ibn
Rashid Samanid Empire Saman Khuda Zirid state Ziri ibn
Manad Marinid...
- from al-Hasa, in 1076. In the mid-13th centuries, one
Uqaylid clan leader,
Usfur ibn Rashid,
deposed the Uyunids, and
founded the Usfurids,
which lasted...
- al-Mumni', a book
translated from
Damascus by Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Mu'min ibn
Usfur al-Hadrami al-Shabili. Abu
Hayyan read
these books through al-‘Allamah Abu...
