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Tahir Agha
Taher ( ar, طاهر) (spelled Tahir and Tahar in English and French, Тагир in Russian; Pashto,Urdu and Persian: طاهر,; ) is a name meaning "pure" or "virtuous". The origin of this name is Arabic. There are several Semitic variations that include connotations given in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is traditionally a given name in Muslim and Jewish communities originating from the Middle East and Africa. Notable people with the name include: Given name Tahar * Tahar Ben Jelloun (b. 1944), Moroccan writer * Tahar Djaout (1954–1993), Algerian journalist and writer * Tahar Haddad (1899–1935), Tunisian author, scholar and reformer * Tahar Lamri (b.1958), Algerian writer * Tahar Rahim (b. 1981), French actor * Tahar Sayagh (b. 1995), French IT engineer * Tahar Touati (b. 1995), Algerian engineer Taher *Taher Abouzeid (born 1962), Egyptian politician and minister *Taher Badakhshi (1933–1979), cultural and political Tajik activist in Afghanistan *Taher Elgamal (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. At , the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. Geographically, the Arabian Peninsula includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen, as well as the southern portions of Iraq and Jordan. The largest of these is Saudi Arabia. In the classical era, the southern portions of modern-day Syria, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula were also considered parts of Arabia (see Arabia Petraea). The Arabian Peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the Red Sea between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the west and southwest, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the northeast, the Levant and Mesopotamia to the north and the Arabian Sea and the Indian Oce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taher Saifuddin
Taher Saifuddin (4 August 1888 – 12 November 1965), also known as Tahir Sayf al-Din, was the 51st and longest serving Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras. Saifuddin adapted the modernisation in Western and European ideas, and established its benefits for the Bohras, whilst still steeped in the traditions and the culture of the community's Fatimid heritage. Saifuddin laid substantial groundwork in terms of philanthropy, education, entrepreneurship, social outreach, political outreach, and community upliftment upon which his successors, Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mufaddal Saifuddin, continued to build, resulting in unprecedented era of prosperity among the Dawoodi Bohras. Early life Taher Saifuddin was born to Mohammed Burhanuddin I and Amatullah Aaisaheba on 4 August 1888 in Surat, British India (present day the state of Gujarat). Da'i al-Mutlaq Saifuddin became the 51st al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq in the year 1915 at the age of 28. During his reign, he rebuilt and repaired ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Pasha (other)
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Tahir Pasha may refer to: *Tahir Pasha Mahmud Bey-zade ( fl. 1711–18), Ottoman governor of Dukakin (1717–18) *Tahir Pasha (Egypt) (died c. 29 April 1818), Ottoman governor of Egypt * Tahir Pasha (Mosul) See also * Taher (name) Taher ( ar, طاهر) (spelled Tahir and Tahar in English and French, Тагир in Russian; Pashto,Urdu and Persian: طاهر,; ) is a name meaning "pure" or "virtuous". The origin of this name is Arabic. There are several Semitic variations tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Khan
Mohammad Tahir Khan (born 9 January 1981, Karachi, Sindh) is a Pakistani first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...er who plays for Karachi and has represented Pakistan A. He is a right-arm offbreak bowler and handy lower order batsman. External links * 1981 births Living people Muhajir people Karachi cricketers Pakistani cricketers Cricketers from Karachi Karachi Whites cricketers Karachi Blues cricketers Pakistan International Airlines cricketers Karachi Urban cricketers Sindh cricketers Karachi Dolphins cricketers Karachi Zebras cricketers {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie Domi
Tahir "Tie" Domi (born November 1, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Known as an enforcer, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets over a 16-year NHL career. He is the Maple Leafs' all time leader in penalty minutes in franchise history and is third overall in penalty minutes in NHL history. He is also the player with most fighting majors in NHL history, with 333. Playing career Minor and junior Domi was born in Windsor, Ontario, to Albanian parents, and grew up in nearby Belle River (now part of Lakeshore). As a child, he played minor hockey for the local Belle River Rink Rats of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. When he was 15, Domi played for the Belle River Canadiens of the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League, later moving up a level the following year to play with the Windsor Bulldogs of the Western Junior B Hockey League. At the 1986 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection, he was drafted in the sevent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Dawar
Mohammad Tahir Khan Dawar ( ur, طاہر داوڑ; ps, طاهر داوړ) was a Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet who was abducted from Islamabad on October 26, 2018 and then tortured and killed. His body was found on November 13, 2018 by the locals in the Dur Baba District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, close to the Torkham border crossing. His postmortem report revealed he had no marks of bullet injury, but was rather killed by excessive torture during captivity. He was kept hungry and thirsty for several days, and his legs and arms were broken. He had died a few days before his body was found. Iftikhar Durrani, the spokesperson of prime minister Imran Khan, laughed away Tahir's kidnapping report in a Voice of America interview on October 28, alleging that Tahir was not abducted but was safe in Peshawar. After the discovery of his dead body, some Pakistani officials, including the Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor, expressed concerns for a possib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Bilgiç
Tahir Bilgiç (born 12 December 1968) is an Australian comedian, film and television actor, of Turkish people, Turkish descent. He is primarily an actor and comedian. He has written, directed and starred in some of the most successful live stage shows Australia has ever seen, including "Lord of The Kebabs", "From Lebanon With Love" and "Straight Outta Compo" to name a few. He has appeared in 5 different Australian sit-coms and 3 feature films. He co-created and starred in "StreetSmart" (ch10) as well as coming with the initial idea and then co-creating "Here Come The Habibs" (ch9). Career Tahir has a huge body of work and is enjoying a highly successful career as a comedian / writer / director and actor. He features as the Lebanese character Habib in the hit series ''Pizza (TV series), Pizza'' and the motion pictures ''Fat Pizza'' and ''Fat Pizza vs. Housos''. Habib became of Australia's most popular and loved tv- sitcom characters. In 2011, he appeared in ''Swift and Shif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Akyurek
Tahir Akyurek, (born 1959 in Derebucak, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and a former mayor of Konya. After he graduated in law from Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocat ..., Tahir Akyurek worked in Konya as a lawyer at the Provincial Directorate of Bag-Kur. He has also served as General Secretary of the Konya Chamber of Commerce. In the 2004 local government elections he scored 63% of the vote and was elected mayor of Konya. He was elected for a second term in the March 2009 election. He is married with three children. In 2009 he announced that Konya would introduce a "smart bicycle" facility into its transport system in 2010. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Akyurek, Tahir 1959 births Living people Mayo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Aslam Gora
Tahir Aslam gora (born September 26,1963) is a Canadian broadcaster, editor, publisher, (English to Urdu) translator, and writer of fiction and non-fiction. He is a campaigner against the dangers of the Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood.New book warns political Islam in Canada Egypt Times, 4 Jan 2018. He co-authored ''"The Danger of Political Islam to Canada: (With a Warning to America)"'' exposing how the ideology of political Islam threatens countries and governments around the world, especially Canada and how the current policy of Canadian Prime Minister will jeopardize his country as a result of adapting and welc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir (Indonesian Businessman)
Dato' Sri Ang Tjoen Ming (born 26 March 1952), commonly known as Tahir, is an Indonesian billionaire, and a banking and property magnate. He is the founder of the Mayapada Group. On 13 December 2019, President Joko Widodo appointed Tahir to the Presidential Advisory Council. Early life and education Tahir was born in Surabaya, East Java, in 1952, in a slum area. He was raised by his parents who made a living by constructing pedicabs, known as '' becak''. In 1971, he graduated from Petra Kalianyar Christian High School in Surabaya. Tahir wanted to be a medical doctor, but when his father fell sick and could not afford his medical school tuition, Tahir dropped out of college to focus on helping with his father's business. He received a scholarship from Nanyang Technological Institute (now Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore, earning a Bachelor of Arts/Science. At the age of 35, he went to Golden Gate University in California and completed his Master's degree in finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad ( ur, ) (18 December 1928 – 19 April 2003) was the Ahmadiyya Caliphate, fourth caliph ( ar, خليفة المسيح الرابع, ''khalīfatul masīh al-rābi'') and the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya, Ahmadiyya Community. He was elected as the fourth successor of the founder of the community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. He was elected on 10 June 1982, the day after the death of his predecessor, Mirza Nasir Ahmad. Following the Ordinance XX that was promulgated by the government of Pakistan in 1984, which prohibited Ahmadis from any public expression of the Islamic faith, Tahir Ahmad left Pakistan and migrated to London, England, provisionally moving the headquarters of the community to the Fazl Mosque, London, Fazl Mosque in London. He is noted particularly for his question and answer sessions which he held regularly with people from around the world and for his Quranic discourses. Under his leadership, there was an acceleration in the number of Ahmadiyya tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Ibn Abdallah
Tahir ibn 'Abdallah (died 862) was the Tahirid governor of Khurasan from 845 until 862. He was the governor for seventeen years under Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, al-Mutawakkil and al-Muntasir. During his father 'Abdallah's lifetime, Tahir was sent into the steppes to the north in order to keep the Oghuz Turks in line; he probably received Samanid assistance in this venture. When 'Abdallah died in 844, the Caliph al-Wathiq originally appointed another Tahirid, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab, as his successor in Khurasan, but then reversed this decision and confirmed Tahir as governor. Little is known about Tahir's rule, although there was unrest in some of the outlying provinces. Sistan, for example, was lost to the Tahirids when the 'ayyar leader Salih ibn al-Nadr drove out Tahir's governor and took power there himself. Tahir died in 862; his will stated that his young son Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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