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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
19: ... I of Egypt|Abbas I]], (1813-1854), pasha of [[Egypt]]
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
100: ...Alexandria]], (died 978), [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] Pope - Algeria (16548 bytes)
62: ...ttacking and taking over many coastal cities, prompting some to seek help from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
64: ..., intense resistance from such personalities as [[Emir Abdelkader]] made for a slow conquest of Algeria,... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
1: ...State of Qatar''' (قطر) is an [[emirate]] in the [[Middle East]]. Situated on a small ...
24: | '''[[List of emirs of Qatar|Emir]]'''
37: | <br>[[September 3]], [[1971]]
57: ...clined to become part of either the [[United Arab Emirates]] or [[Saudi Arabia]].
59: ...and [[Saudi Arabia]] respectively, these clans swept through the Arabian peninsula and camped on the c... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
25: | '''[[List of emirs of Kuwait|Emir]]'''
66: ...d taxation/duties. This is unlike most other Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf where the rulers seized a...
72: ... . Kuwait now remains under the governance of the Emir (see [[Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah]]) a...
76: [[Image:Amir.jpg|thumb|right|Kuwaiti Emir: Sheikh Jabir, who suffered a stroke in 2001, sel...
78: ...ate is the [[Emir]], a semi-hereditary title. The emir appoints the prime minister, who until recently w... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - Crossword (24761 bytes)
14: ...ly Cox]] and [[Henry Rathvon]], which combines cryptic clues with diabolically ingenious variations on...
27: ...variant spelling (e.g., '''EMEER''' instead of '''EMIR'''), while the use of foreign language or a forei...
52: ... if they have one of the words then they can attempt to guess the phrase. This has also become popular...
60: ===Cryptic Crosswords===
61: {{merge|Cryptic crossword}} - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
5: ...Baghdad. [[Ahmed Sanjar]] was captured and held captive by Turkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] an...
7: ...ia]] in the [[1260s]] and divided it into small [[emirates]] called the [[Anatolian beyliks]], which in ...
54: '''[[Sultan]]s/[[Emir]]s of [[Damascus]]''': - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
69: ...lved in the politics of Bahrain by handpicking an Emir of the island. Eventually Iran and Britain agreed...
73: ...rom Bahrain in [[1971]], making it an independent emirate. The oil boom of the 1980s greatly benefitted...
104: ...d processing account for about 60% of export receipts, 60% of government revenues, and 30% of GDP. Eco... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
11: ... of the Persians comes from an [[Assyria]]n inscription from c. 844 BC that calls them the ''Parsu'' (...
15: ...] defeated the forces of Astyages, who was then captured by his own nobles and turned over to the triu...
17: Cyrus' son, [[Cambyses II]], annexed [[Egypt]] to the Persian Empire. The empire then reached ...
33: ...g all the troops of [[Darius III]] at Issus and capturing the capital at Susa. The last Achaemenid res...
41: .... King [[Antiochus III]]'s military leadership kept Parthia from overrunning Persia itself, but his s... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
18: ...[King David]] defeated the Jebusites in war and captured the city without destroying it. David then e...
24: ...he country rebelled again under [[Zedekiah]], prompting the city's repeated conquest and destruction b...
26: ...eral decades of [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|captivity]] and the Persian conquest of [[Babylon]], t...
36: ...her]] in 335. Jews were banned from the city, except under a brief period of Persian rule from 614-629...
45: ...e. However, in the early [[11th century]], the Egyptian [[Fatimid]] Caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]] o... - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
6: ...tics]] (the [[Central African Empire]] was an exception). In some cases, the symbolism of monarchy alo...
37: ...[United Arab Emirates]] has its own monarch (an [[emir]]).
66: *[[Kuwait]] (official title is "Emir")
79: *[[Qatar]] (official title is "Emir")
92: *[[United Arab Emirates]] (ruler is a monarch, yet is "President" of ... - Head of state (33577 bytes)
14: ...tive approval for individuals prior to their assumption of cabinet office and empower the legislature ...
35: ... to parliament, with the government, in turn, accepting constitutional responsibility for offering con...
76: ...[[Italy]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. The few exceptions include the [[Republic of Ireland]], where ex...
81: ...ctorian era constitutional monarchy):''' Under Chapter II, Section 61 of the [[Commonwealth of Austral...
92: ... prime minister's advice. Some countries have exceptions - under Article 4 of the [[Constitution of Sw...
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