Ghanima (other)
Ghanima is an Arabic word ("الْغَنيمَة") meaning “spoils of war” which include land, wealth, cattle, women and children. It can refer to: *''Ghanima'', items subject to the Islamic wealth tax Khums *Yousef VII Ghanima, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 to 1958 ;In fiction *Ghanima Atreides Ghanima Atreides (; is a fictional character from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Born at the end of ''Dune Messiah'' (1969), Ghanima is a central character in ''Children of Dune'' (1976). She also appears as a child in the Brian ...

Khums
In Islam, khums ( ar, خُمْس , literally 'one fifth') refers to the required religious obligation of any Muslims to pay 20% of their acquired wealth from certain sources toward specified causes. It is treated differently in Shia and Sunni Islam. This tax is paid to the imam, caliph or sultan, representing the state of Islam,Abdulaziz Sachedina (1980)Al-Khums: The Fifth in the Imāmī Shīʿī Legal System Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct., 1980), pp. 276-277, 275-289, note 10 for distribution between the orphans, the needy, the trandedtraveler, and the descendants of Islamic prophet Muhammad. In some jurisdictions, khums is paid on minerals extracted in regions under the control of the state. Khums separate from other Islamic taxes such as zakat and jizya. In Sunni Islam, the scope of ''khums'' tax has been the spoils of war ( ar, الْغَنيمَة, al-ghanim). In Shia Islam, the scope of ''khums'' tax includes spoils of war, objects obtained f ...
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Yousef VII Ghanima
Mar Yousef VII Ghanima (January 29, 1881 – July 8, 1958) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1958. Life Mar Yousef VII Ghanima was born on January 29, 1881 in Mossul and was ordained a priest on May 15, 1904. An ethniChaldean in 1925 he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon of the Chaldean. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from September 17, 1947 till his death on July 8, 1958. He replaced Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas and was followed by Paul II Cheikho. With help from Mar Yousef VII Ghanima, the Patriarchate transferred from Mosul to Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon .... He was buried in the cemetery of St. Joseph church in Baghdad. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghanima, Yousef ...
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