(Encyclopedia) Abiy Ahmed
Ali,
1976–, Ethiopian political leader. Joining the Ethiopian army in 1993, he served in the
intelligence service, the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda,…
Prince Ahmed bin SalmanAge: 43 businessman and nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. A publishing magnate, bin Salman also owned War Emblem, the horse that won 2002's Kentucky Derby and…
(The). This pavilion was so small it could be covered with the hand, and yet would expand so largely as to encamp a whole army. (Arabian Nights: Ahmed and Pari-Banon.) (See Solomon's…
(Encyclopedia) Best, George, 1946–2005, Northern Irish soccer play, b. Belfast. Regarded as the greatest player ever in British soccer, he was signed by Manchester United in 1961. He first played for…
Yamani, Ahmed Zaki
(Encyclopedia) Yamani, Ahmed Zaki,
1930-2031, Saudi Arabian politician, b. Mecca, Saudi Arabia, King Faud I
University (B.A., 1951); New York…
(Encyclopedia) Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-ōˈmär häˈsän äˈmĕd äl-bäshērˈ [key], 1944–, Sudanese military and political leader, president of Sudan (1994–2019). He…
(Encyclopedia) Best, Charles Herbert, 1899–1978, Canadian physiologist, b. West Pembroke, Maine. With F. G. Banting and J. R. R. Macleod he discovered (1921) the use of insulin in the treatment of…
(Encyclopedia) Mustafa II, 1664–1703, Ottoman sultan (1695–1703), nephew and successor of Ahmed II. The grand vizier (chief executive officer) of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Husayn Köprülü,…
