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Also Known As Arabī • ʿArabiyyah • ʿArab • ʿArabī

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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, wearing a white and gold robe and head covering, sits at a table with Saudi officials at the 2002 Arab League summit in Beirut.
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A muezzin stands with hands at his ears, making the call to worship in front of the ornate dome of the mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Faisal I
Faisal I
king of Iraq
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Michel ʿAflaq
Syrian political leader
Portrait of Abdullah I of Jordan wearing traditional Arab dress and head covering, looking slightly to the side.
Abdullah I
king of Jordan
Hussein ibn Ali sits facing forward, wearing traditional robes and a turban, with a white beard and a plate with a cup and food in front of him.
Hussein ibn Ali
king of Hejaz
Amin al-Husseini
Amin al-Husseini
grand mufti of Jerusalem
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Jaʿfar al-ʿAskarī
Iraqi statesman
David George Hogarth
David George Hogarth
British archaeologist
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Salah al-Din Bitar
Syrian politician
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Hishām ibn al-Kalbī
Arab scholar
illustration from Kitāb al-aghānī (“The Book of Songs”) by Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī
Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī
Muslim scholar
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Ibn Khallikān
Muslim jurist