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Hamdani
Hamdani or al-Hamdani ( ar, حمداني), ( ar, همداني) may refer to: People with the surname * Harith al-Hamdani (), contemporary of Muhammad * Saeed Ibn Qais Hamdani (), Tabi‘un hermit * Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893–945), Arab geographer, historian and astronomer * Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932–968), Arab prince and poet * Yusuf Hamdani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi master *Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384 ), Persian Sufi Muslim Saint * Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani (1751–1844), Indian Urdu poet * Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani (died 1896), Muslim scholar and Sufi shaykh * Smail Hamdani (1930–2017), Algerian politician * Ra'ad al-Hamdani (1945–2015), Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein * Salah Al-Hamdani (born 1951), Iraqi poet, actor, and playwright * Talat Hamdani (born 1953), Pakistani American anti-discrimination activist and mother of Mohammad Salman Hamdani * Fayçal Hamdani (born 1970), Algerian footballer * Dorsaf Hamdani (born 1975), Tunisian singer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Salman Hamdani
Mohammad Salman Hamdani ( ur, ) (December 28, 1977 – September 11, 2001) was a Pakistani American New York City Police Department cadet and emergency medical technician who was killed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, where he had gone to try to help. In the weeks following 9/11, reports surfaced that the missing Hamdani was being investigated for possible involvement with the perpetrators, but this suspicion proved to be false and he was subsequently hailed as a hero by the New York City mayor and police commissioner. Hamdani was mentioned in the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act of the U.S. Congress as an example of Muslim Americans who acted heroically on 9/11. An intersection in Bayside, Queens has been renamed "Salman Hamdani Way" in his memory, and scholarship awards established in his name at Rockefeller University and Queens College in New York. Life Salman Hamdani was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to America with his parents when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talat Hamdani
Talat Hamdani is a Pakistan-born American who became a commentator after her son was killed during Al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001. Her eldest son, Mohammad Salman Hamdani, was a New York Police Department cadet, who had trained as a first responder. Mourners at her son's funeral included Michael Bloomberg, who was then Mayor of New York, Ray Kelly, then Police Commissioner, and Gary Ackerman, then his Congressional Representative. Hamdani described growing up in a Karachi that was more liberal than the Pakistan of today, where she was able to play in the schoolyard with boys, ride a bike, and learn to drive. She worked as a school teacher in Pakistan, before immigrating to the US, where she again worked as a school teacher. In August 2004, the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' called Hamdani a vehement opponent of the Patriot Act"'', when they quoted her in an article about critics of George Bush who feared he would use the site of the 9-11 attacks for partisan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra'ad Al-Hamdani
Ra'ad Majid Rashid al-Hamdani ( ar, رعد مجيد الحمداني) is a former General of the Iraqi Republican Guard, and was one of Saddam Hussein's favourite officers. Early career Hamdani graduated from the Iraqi Military College in Baghdad in 1970 with a BA in military science. He served in the 71st Brigade as a first lieutenant, which saw action on the Golan Heights as part of the 3rd Armoured Division during the Yom Kippur War. Following the war he attended Bakr University from 1978 to 1980 receiving an MA in military science from the Iraqi Staff College. Iran–Iraq War During the Iran–Iraq War Hamdani served as a staff officer in various armoured and reconnaissance units, and joining the Republican Guard in 1982, and serving as a senior training office between 1987 and 1989. He received both of Saddam Hussein's sons; Uday and Qusay, as well as Tariq Aziz's son, to serve as officers in his battalion. This was done as a political stunt, so Saddam and Tariq-Aziz cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdanid Dynasty
The Hamdanid dynasty ( ar, الحمدانيون, al-Ḥamdāniyyūn) was a Twelver Shia Arab dynasty of Northern Mesopotamia and Syria (890–1004). They descended from the ancient Banu Taghlib Christian tribe of Mesopotamia and Eastern Arabia. History The Hamdanid dynasty was founded by Hamdan ibn Hamdun. By 892–893, he was in possession of Mardin, after fighting the Kharijites of the Jazira. In 895, Caliph al-Mutadid invaded and Hamdan fled Mardin. Hamdan's son, Husayn, who was at Ardumusht, joined the caliph's forces. Hamdan later surrendered to the caliph and was imprisoned. In December 908, Husayn conspired to establish Ibn al-Mu'tazz as Caliph. Having failed, Husayn fled until he asked for mediation through his brother Ibrahim. Upon his return, he was made governor of Diyar Rabi'a. In 916, Husayn, due to a disagreement with vizier Ali b. Isa, revolted, was captured, imprisoned, and executed in 918. Hamdan's other son, Abdallah, was made governor of Mosul in 905 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Firas Al-Hamdani
Al-Harith ibn Abi’l-ʿAlaʾ Saʿid ibn Hamdan al-Taghlibi (932–968), better known by his pen name Abu Firas al-Hamdani ( ar, أبو فارس الحمداني), was an Arab prince and poet. He was a cousin of Sayf al-Dawla and a member of the Hamdanid dynasty, who were rulers in northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia during the 10th century. He served Sayf al-Dawla as governor of Manbij as well as court poet, and was active in his cousin's wars against the Byzantine Empire. He was captured by the Byzantines in 959/962 and spent several years at their capital, Constantinople, where he composed his most famous work, the collection of poems titled (). He was ransomed in 966, and was killed in 968, when he raised a revolt against his nephew Sa'd al-Dawla, Sayf al-Dawla's successor. He is considered among the greatest figures of classical Arabic poetry. Life Abu Firas was born in 932 or in 933, probably in Iraq and specifically in Baghdad, as his father Abi'l-Ala Sa'id—a son of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smail Hamdani
Smail Hamdani ( ar, اسماعيل حمداني; 11 March 1930 – 6/7 February 2017) was an Algerian politician. He was Prime Minister of Algeria from 15 December 1998 to 23 December 1999. Early life and education Hamdani was born in Guenzet, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province in eastern Algeria, on 11 March 1930. Political career Hamdani became a member of the National Liberation Front (FLN). In 1962 when Algeria gained its independence, he was named as chief of staff of the provisional government led by Abderrahmane Farès. Under the presidency of Ahmed Ben Bella, Hamdani was appointed ambassador to Belgium. Then he served as information officer and the director of legal and consular affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 1970. He was Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorsaf Hamdani
Dorsaf Hamdani (; Biographie de Dorsaf Hamdani (Music Story) ) is a n singer, musicologist and the JMC Director Life Daughter of a violinist, Hamdani joined the National Conservatory of Music in in 1985, allowing her to perform with Tunisian Malouf orchestras. In 1994, she began her postgraduate studies, and earned a master's degree in musicology in 1998. During her student years ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani
Ghulam Hamdani (1751–1844), known by the takhallus (nom de plume) of Mas'hafi (مصحفی ''maṣḥafi''), was an Urdu ghazal poet. Works Before his time, the language known as Hindi, Hindavi, Dehlavi, Dakhini, Lahori or Rekhta was commonly known as the ''Zaban-i-Ordu'', and commonly in local literature and speech, ''Lashkari Zaban'' or Lashkari. Mashafi was the first person to simply shorten the latter name to ''Urdu''. He migrated to Lucknow during the reign of Asaf-ud-Daula. According to one source, his ghazals are full of pathos. He wrote ''Tazkira E Hindi'' in Persian language which demonstrates his skill in that tongue. He also wrote in Hindavi aka. Hindi poetry: There are ten extant collections of his poems, but it is believed that he allowed others for a fee to publish his poems under their own authorship. His personal life lacked discipline and his poetry reflects a level of sensuality. He excelled in lyrics but also composed odes and romances. See also *Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Al-Hamdani
Salah Al-Hamdani ( ar, صلاح الحمداني), born in 1951 in Baghdad, is an Iraqi poet, actor, and playwright. Imprisoned as a political dissident in the 1970s, he began writing in prison. Some of his writing was published in clandestine journals. He has continued to write, in Arabic and in French, since moving to France, where he been living for three decades. In his work, Al-Hamdani opposed Saddam Hussein's government, and subsequently the United States-led Occupation of Iraq. He is particularly known in France for his 2003 poem "Baghdad Mon Amour" ("Baghdad My Beloved"). Al-Hamdani also assisted Saad Salman in writing the dialogue of the latter's film ''Baghdad On/Off'', which he appeared in as an actor. Sources "Salah Al Hamdani" ''Le Printemps des Poètes'': biography and bibliography (in French) * Words Without Borders, ''Literature from the "Axis of Evil" ''Literature from the "Axis of Evil"'' is an anthology of short stories, poems and excerpts from novels by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachid Hamdani
Rachid Hamdani ( ar, رشيد حمداني; born 8 April 1985) is a footballer who last played as a midfielder for Asteras Tripoli. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level. Club career Hamdani started his career in France playing mainly with two clubs: Nancy and Clermont, till the summer of 2011. He joined Apollon Limassol in 2011 where he won the 2012–13 Cypriot Cup. After making fewer appearances with other players like Camel Meriem and Luka Stojanovic being preferred, he scored in his last game for Apollon Limassol in the 2014–15 season. On 17 June 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Greek Super League side Asteras Tripoli. Retrieved 17 June 2015 Honours * |
Fayçal Hamdani
Fayçal Hamdani (born July 13, 1970 in Boufarik) is a retired Algerian international football player. Career Honours Club ; USM Alger * Ligue 1 (1): 2001-02 * Algerian Cup (3): 1997, 1999, 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... References External links web.archive.org Profile* at footballdatabase.eu 1970 births Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Living people People from Boufarik Algerian footballers Algeria international footballers Association football defenders MC Alger players USM Alger players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria WA Boufarik players Mediterranean Games medalists in football 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Muhammad Al-Hasan Al-Hamdani
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī (279/280-333/334 A.H. / c. 893-945 A.D; ar, أبو محمد الحسن بن أحمد بن يعقوب الهمداني) was an Arab Muslim geographer, chemist, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer, from the tribe of Banu Hamdan, western 'Amran, Yemen. He was one of the best representatives of Islamic culture during the last period of the Abbasid Caliphate. His work was the subject of extensive 19th-century Austrian scholarship. Biography The biographical details of al-Hamdani's life are scant, despite his extensive scientific work. He was held in high repute as a grammarian, wrote much poetry, compiled astronomical tables and is said to have devoted most of his life to the study of the ancient history and geography of Arabia. Before he was born his family had lived in al-Marashi (المراشي). Then they moved to Sana'a (صنعاء), where al-Hamdani was born in the year 893. His father had been a travell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
