(Encyclopedia) Murad V, 1840–1904, Ottoman sultan (1876), son of Abd al-Majid. He came to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) when his uncle, Abd al-Aziz, was deposed, but he was soon declared…
(Encyclopedia) Ibn KhalikanIbn Khalikanĭbn khăˈlēkăn [key] or Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barmaki al-Irbili ash-Shafii, 1211–82, Arabic biographer, b. in Erbil, Iraq. Ibn Khallikan lived and served as a…
Links to History: Third Parties 1830 1832 For the first time in American history, a third party challenges the major two parties. William Wirt of the Anti-Masonic Party…
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Allen Funt, creator and host of Candid Camera, dies of complications of a 1993 stroke. He was 84. The show, a CBS hit from 1960 to 1966, was originally created by Funt as a radio show, moved…
(Encyclopedia) IdrisiIdrisiĭdrēˈsē [key] or EdrisiIdrisiĕ– [key], in full Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abdallah Ibn Idris Al-Hammudi Al-Hasani Al-Idrisi, b. 1099?, d. after 1154, Arab…
