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Noor Investment Group
Noor or Nour may refer to: People * Noor (name) *Queen Noor of Jordan Fiction * ''Noor'' (film), a 2017 Bollywood film * ''Noor'' (play), a 2009 play by Akbar Ahmed *''Noor'', a 2020 Pakistani television series with Usama Khan * ''Noor'' (novel), a 2022 Africanfuturist novel by Nnedi Okorafor *''Noor'', an album by the metal band Adorned Brood *''Noor'', the Arabic title for Turkish soap opera '' Gümüş'' and a character in the series Places *Noor (Meuse), a river in the Netherlands and Belgium * Noor, Iran, a city in northern Iran and capital of the Noor county * Noor County, a county in Mazandaran Province in Iran * Noor Palace, Sweden Other uses * Noor (horse), an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse * Nūr (Islam), a concept in Islam *Noor (missile), a version of C-802 * Noor (satellite), a series of satellites; included the first Iranian military satellite * NOOR photo agency, a documentary photography collective and foundation * Ouarzazate solar power station (Noor 1), a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor (name)
Nur (also spelled Noor, Nor, or Nour, ar, نور: ) is a common Arabic unisex name meaning "light", "The Divine Light". An-Nur, meaning "the light" in Arabic. It can also be feminized as Nura or Noora. In Norse mythology ''Nór'' was the name of the founder king of Norway. In Dutch and Flemish ''Noor'' can be a form of ''Eleonore'' cognate to the English name ''Eleanor'', the first bearer of which was Eleanor of Aquitaine and is probably Occitan in origin. ''Noor'' is also an Estonian language surname, meaning "young". Given name Noor *Queen Noor of Jordan, former Queen of Jordan * Noor Alam, Pakistani field hockey player *Princess Noor bint Asem (born 1982), of the Jordanian Royal Family *Noor Bukhari, Pakistani actress *Noor Muhammad Butt, Pakistani nuclear physicist *Noor Hassanali, former president of Trinidad and Tobago *Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress *Noor Inayat Khan, Indian born British SOE agent *Princess Noor Pahlavi, Iranian princess *Noor Sabri, Iraqi foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor Palace
Noor palace is a 14th-century mansion in Knivsta, Sweden. Noor palace was confiscated as part of the reduction by King Charles XI in 1686, whereafter it was used as a royal hunting lodge. In 1689 King Charles XI sold the mansion to his adviser Count Nils Gyldenstolpe. He rebuilt the mansion in ''Swedish Carolean Style'' (''karolinerstil''), the style of fashion in Sweden during the period of the two Carolean kings, based on drawings by Jean de la Vallée. Between 1761 and into the 1980s Noor palace was owned by members of the noble Hermelin family. Erik Dahlberg made a drawing of the house for his ''Suecia antiqua et hodierna.'' Nobel laureate Verner von Heidenstam wrote his historical novel ''The Caroleans Caroleans ( sv, karoliner), from ''Carolus'', the Latin form of the name Charles, is a term used to describe soldiers of the Military of the Swedish Empire, Swedish army during the reigns of Kings Charles XI of Sweden, Charles XI and Charles XI ...'' (''Karolinerna)'' at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An-Nur
Light ( ar, النور, ; The Light) is the 24th chapter of the Quran with 64 verses. The surah takes its name, An Nur, from verse 35. Summary *1 This chapter revealed from heaven *2-3 Law relating to fornication *4-5 Punishment for defaming virtuous women *6-10 Law relating to charge of adultery when made by a husband against his wife *11-20 Aisha's slanderers reproved, and their punishment *21 Believers warned against evil deeds *22 The rich to forgive the poor, and bestow charity upon them *23-25 False accusers of virtuous women for ever accursed *26 Wicked men and women condemned to each other's society *27-29 Manners to be observed in visiting each other's homes *30-31 Pious men and women exhorted to modest demeanour *32 Marriageable women to be married if possible *32 Men-servants and maid-servants to be married when honest *33 Unmarried Muslims exhorted to continence *33 Masters to encourage slaves to purchase their freedom *34 The Quran an admonition to the pious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouarzazate Solar Power Station
Ouarzazate Solar Power Station (OSPS), also called Noor Power Station (نور, Arabic for light) is a solar power complex and auxiliary diesel fuel system located in the Drâa-Tafilalet region in Morocco, from Ouarzazate town, in Ghessat rural council area. At 510 MW, it is the world's largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. With an additional 72 MW photovoltaic system the entire project was planned to produce 582 MW. The total project's estimated cost is around $2.5 billion. The auxiliary diesel fuel system is used to maintain the minimal temperatures of the heat transfer fluid during times when the sun does not shine (including at night), to start the startup and synchronize the turbine to the electrical grid, and other auxiliary functions. The plant is able to store solar energy in the form of heated molten salt, allowing for production of electricity into the night. Phase 1 comes with a full-load molten salt storage capacity of 3 hours. Noor II, commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NOOR Photo Agency
NOOR is an international photo agency and foundation owned and directed by the member photographers under a cooperative model. It is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with photographers based worldwide. The agency is known for producing independent visual reports that stimulate positive social change, and impact views on human rights and other issues of global concern. History NOOR Images was launched in 2007 at Visa pour l’Image festival by the former managing director Claudia Hinterseer and member photographers Pep Bonet, Stanley Greene, Yuri Kozyrev, Kadir van Lohuizen, Francesco Zizola and former members Jan Grarup, Samantha Appleton, Philip Blenkinsop and Jodi Bieber. The agency later received new members: Jon Lowenstein in 2008, Nina Berman in 2009, Alixandra Fazzina in 2010, and Andrea Bruce in 2011, Bénédicte Kurzen in 2013, Sebastián Liste and Asim Rafiqui in 2014, and Tanya Habjouqa and Robin Hammond in 2016. As of August 2015, Clément Saccomani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor (satellite)
Noor (also spelled Nour, fa, نور, lit=Light) is a class of Iranian military Earth-imaging CubeSat. Two Noor satellites have been launched from the Shahrud Desert in Iran into low-earth orbit aboard three-stage Qased ( lit. 'message') space-launch vehicles. Noor-1, the first Iranian military satellite, was launched on 22 April 2020 to a 425 kilometer orbit and decayed from orbit on 13 April 2022 marking a lifespan of one year, eleven months, and nine days, just past its expected one year service life. Noor-1 carried a photo of former Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani and a Quranic verse about overcoming adversaries. Noor-2, the second and only operational satellite of the Noor class, was launched on 8 March 2022 (during the Sha'baniyah holiday) to a 500 kilometer orbit and continues to provide the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with low-resolution overhead imagery. The Noor satellite program is a unique development for Iran as it was the first satellite to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor (missile)
The Noor ( fa, نور) is a long-range anti-ship cruise missile manufactured by Iran. The missile is in primary service with the Iranian Navy. The missile is a reverse engineered Chinese C-802 anti-ship missile. History Iran was the first export customer of Chinese C-802 missiles. The contract was signed in 1995 but was cancelled due to U.S. pressure after 60 missiles had been delivered. After that, Iran started a program to reverse engineer the C-802. It is unknown when the programme was finished, but in 2000 and early 2001, Iran tested an upgraded C-802 missile during Unity-79 wargames. Officials said that the range of the missile is increased from . The missile is powered by Toloue-4, an Iranian version of the French Microturbo TRI 60 engine. In January 2004, Iran announced that it has started manufacturing the DM-3B mono pulse radar for the Noor missile. According to Iranian officials, DM-3B is a millimeter-wave active radar used in the last stage of missile flight to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nūr (Islam)
''Nūr'' ( ar, النور) is a Glossary of Islam, term in Islamic context referring to the "cold light of the night" or "heatless light" i.e. the light of the moon. This light is used as a symbol for "God's guidance" and "knowledge", a symbol of mercy in contrast to ''Nar'', which refers to the diurnal solar "hot light" i.e. fire. In the Quran, God is stated to be "the light (Nūr) of the heavens and the earth" (Verse of Light). Many classical commentators on the Quran compare this to God illuminating the world with understanding, not taken literally. The first and foremost to representatively stand to the concept of ''nūr muḥammadī'' (the essence of Muhammad) being the quintessence of everything was Abdul Qadir Gilani, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani, who described this idea in his book Sirr ul Asrar. This concept was then preached by his disciples. One of Abdul Qadir Gilani, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani's disciples was the Andalusian scholar Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, who categorized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor (horse)
Noor (1945 – 16 November 1974) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Champion who competed successfully in the United Kingdom and the United States. Background Given the Arabic name meaning "Light", Noor was sired by five-time U.S. leading sire Nasrullah. His damsire, Bahram, won the English Triple Crown in 1935. Racing career Noor raced at ages two to four in England, meeting with modest success, including a third-place finish in Britain's most prestigious race, The Derby. During the 1949 racing season, he won only one minor race, and his owner sold him to the American Charles S. Howard, famous as the owner of the 1938 U.S. Horse of the Year, Seabiscuit. Howard's trainer, Burley E. Parke, brought Noor to Howard's Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, California, where patience and training transformed the temperamental thoroughbred's style of racing to American standards. Noor made the transition from running on resilient English turf courses to the hard dirt surfaces in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor County
Nur County ( fa, شهرستان نور) is located in Mazandaran province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... The capital of the county is Nur. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 104,807, in 27,699 households. Retrieved 4 November 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 121,531, in 39,350 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Mazandaran Province {{Mazandaran-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Noor Of Jordan
Noor Al-Hussein ( ar, نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951) is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who is the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage on June 15, 1978, until Hussein's death on February 7, 1999. Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission on Missing Persons. As of 2011, she is president of the United World Colleges movement and an advocate of the anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Global Zero. In 2015, Queen Noor received Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Award for her public service."Queen Noor of Jordan receives Woodrow Wilson award at Princeton's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor, Iran
Nur ( fa, نور, Nūr) with other writing ''Nour'' or ''Noor'', ( fa, Nursar, formerly, Suldeh) is a city and capital of Nur County, located on the Caspian Sea in Mazandaran Province of northern Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,806, in 6,164 families. Overview Nur is one of the oldest cities of Mazandaran Province. Located on the Caspian Sea coast. It derives its name from Nur County, of which it is the administrative seat. In the past, Nur was reputedly known as Suldeh and is one of the ancient cities of Mazandaran. Nur Forest Park, the largest forest park in the Middle East with an area about 4000 hectares and a variety of plant species, is located in this region. Personalities *Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri (1807 – 1865) otherwise known as Aqa Khan Nuri, E'temad-ol Dowleh was a politician in Qajar Iran, who served as prime minister (ṣadr-e aʿẓam) between 1851-58 during the reign of king Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. *Nima Yooshij (1897 – 1960), also called Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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