Biography Category
( s´´mä l päshä´) (KEY) , 1830–95, ruler of Egypt (1863–79), son of Ibrahim Pasha. He succeeded his uncle Said Pasha as ruler. Ismail used t...
or Ivan the Great, 1440–1505, grand duke of Moscow (1462–1505), creator of the consolidated Muscovite (Russian) state. He subjugated (1478) Great ...
works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes.
Background
In the cent...
( sh´ ) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1, 2 Judahites. 3 Manassite. 4 Simeonite whose sons fought at Mt. Seir. 5 The name Ishi with the meaning “my husbandâ...
subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages that may be divided into two groups. The first group consists of the ancient Italic languages and d...
( släm´, s´läm) (KEY) , [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the younge...