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Munaf Naik
Munaf may refer to: * Munaf Patel, Indian cricket player * Mohammad Munaf, Iraqi-American terror suspect * Mohammad Munaf (cricketer) Mohammad Munaf (2 November 1935 – 28 January 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in four Tests from 1959 to 1962. He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1953 to 1971. Early life and education Munaf was born in Bombay to a ..., Pakistani cricket player * Manaf (deity) (also Manaf), a pre-Islamic deity See also * Manaf (other) {{dab, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munaf Patel
Munaf Patel (born 12 July 1983) is a former Indian cricketer who played all formats of the game. He has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team in domestic arena. In November 2018, he announced his retirement from cricket. He was born in Ikhar, Gujarat, India. He is a supporter of Youth Against Rape, a NGO started from instagram. Domestic career Patel first gained prominence in 2003 at the age of 20 before he had even played first class cricket for Gujarat, when he was invited to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai by the Indian chairman of selectors Kiran More. There he attracted the attention of visiting Australian captain Steve Waugh, and the director Dennis Lillee, a former Australian fast bowler, with his raw pace. With the backing of Sachin Tendulkar, he was signed by Mumbai in a transfer deal, in late 2003, without ever representing his native Gujarat. He was a part of Mumbai Indians till IPL 6 aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Munaf
Mohammed Munaf ( ar, محمد مناف, full name Mohammad Munaf Mohammad al-Amin, born November 29, 1952) is an Iraqi–American terrorist convicted in 2008 for his role in the March 2005 kidnapping of three Romanian journalists in Iraq. He was convicted of terrorism charges in Romania and served 7 out of the 10 years of his sentence and was freed on July 6, 2022. In addition to his conviction in Romania, he was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court in October 2006 for his involvement in the kidnapping of the Romanian journalists in 2005, but his conviction was vacated on technical grounds by the Iraqi Court of Cassation on February 29, 2008, and remanded to the lower court for retrial. His habeas corpus petition to prevent his transfer to the Iraqi government was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Munaf (cricketer)
Mohammad Munaf (2 November 1935 – 28 January 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in four Tests from 1959 to 1962. He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1953 to 1971. Early life and education Munaf was born in Bombay to a Konkani family who migrated to Pakistan from the west coast of Maharashtra. He was educated at Sindh Maddrasa-tul-Islam. Career After settling in Karachi, he, as a strapping young fast bowler, made his name in the Rubie Shield school tournament. At that time, he was good enough with the bat to have opened the batting with Hanif Mohammad for Sind Madrassah. Khadim H. Baloch wrote in his ''Encyclopaedia of Pakistan Cricket'' that Munaf delivered off a short run-up and had a slingy, round-arm action, and some reports had him, at his peak, as one of the fastest bowlers in the country. But his career coincided with early riches in Pakistan's pace resources. Fazal Mahmood, Khan Mohammad and Mahmood Hussain were all starters for the national s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaf (deity)
Manaf ( ar, مناف) was a pre-Islamic Arabian deity and given name that means "elevated". Personal names incorporating the name Manaf such as "Abd Manaf" show that the deity was widespread among the tribes of Quraysh, Hudhayl, and Tamim.T. Fahd. Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed, Brill, "Manaf" Although famous scholar Al-Tabari calls Manaf "one of the greatest deities of Mecca," very little information is available on the subject. However, going by the inscriptions, the name was known in Thamudic, Safaitic, and Dadanitic inscriptions, and there were altars dedicated to him at Hauran in the Levant and at Volubilis in Morocco. Some authors state that women, who normally touched his cult image as a token of blessing, kept away from it during menstruation, but, according to Encyclopedia of Islam, a report from Ibn Al-Kalbi indicates that this practice was common to all idols. He is attested in the Hauran as Zeus Manaphos, equated with Zeus. Some scholars suggest that Manaf might b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
