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Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shīʿī: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Ḥusayn ibn Zakariyyāʾ
Born Sanaa • Yemen
Died 911
Founder Fatimid dynasty
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Ibn Tūmart
Berber Muslim leader
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Pemulwuy
Australian Aboriginal warrior
Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.
Joshua
Hebrew leader
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Abd el-Krim
Berber leader
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Clovis I
Merovingian king
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
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Robert
duke of Apulia
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Saladin
Saladin
Ayyūbid sultan
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ʿAbd al-Muʾmin
Almohad caliph
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ʿUmar Tal
Tukulor leader
Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.
Black Hawk
Sauk and Fox leader
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Bohemond I
prince of Otranto and of Antioch
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Lakota chief
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Yamaga Sokō
Japanese military strategist
Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker
Native American leader
Geronimo, 1886
Geronimo
Apache leader
Ashikaga Takauji
Ashikaga Takauji
Japanese shogun
Taira Kiyomori
Taira Kiyomori
Japanese ruler