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Abd Al-Ghaffar
ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), ʻabd'' and ''al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the List of Arabic theophoric names, Muslim theophoric names. It may refer to: People Politicians *Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), Indian/Pakistani political and spiritual leader *Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo (1904–1988), Indonesian politician *Hardan ’Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti, or Hardan al-Tikriti (1925–1971), Iraqi Air Force commander and politician *Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar (born 1956), Iraqi politician *Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal, Afghan-American politician Scientists * al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (born 19th century), physician and second photographer of Mecca, who worked with Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, who – by coincidence – also used the name (Haji) Abdul Ghaffar Sportsmen *Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALA-LC Romanization
ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by North American libraries and the British Library (for acquisitions since 1975)Searching for Cyrillic items in the catalogues of the British Library: guidelines and transliteration tables and in publications throughout the English-speaking world. The require catalogers to romanize access points from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal
Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal is an Afghan-American politician and activist. He served as cabinet minister in Afghan governments in the 1980s. Before the revolution Lakanwal hails from rural Afghanistan.''Twin Cities Daily Planet''. MINNESOTA VOICES , Dr. Ghafar Lakanwal' He studied agricultural science at Kabul University, and obtained a doctorate from the University of Hohenheim. During the 1970s he worked for the West German international development agency. Minister Following the 1978 Saur Revolution, Lakanwal became the chairman of the Peasants Cooperative Union. As of 1980-1981 he was an alternate member of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. He was a member of the Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and a Central Committee member of the National Fatherland Front. Lakanwal was named Minister of Agriculture and Land Reform by Babrak Karmal in 1982. On March 12, 1987, following Mohammad Najibullah's ascent to power, Lakanwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (12 December 1934 – 19 May 2022) was a Bangladeshi-born British writer, journalist, columnist, political analyst and poet. He wrote the lyrics to " Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano", a widely celebrated song commemorating the Bengali Language Movement. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967, Ekushey Padak in 1983, and Independence Day Award in 2009. Early life and family Choudhury was born on 12 December 1934, to an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Ulania in Mehendiganj, then located under the Backergunge District of the Bengal Province. His ancestor, Shaykh Muhammad Asad Ali, arrived migrated from Persia to Ayodhya, later settling in the Bengali city of Murshidabad. Ali's great great great grandson Muhammad Hanif served as a military commander under Shaista Khan, the Mughal governor of Bengal. He was noted to have contributed to the suppression of Arakanese and Portuguese pirates in the Bay of Bengal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |