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Zubair Ibn Al-Awwam
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Zubair or Zubayr may refer to: Places *Al-Zubair District, a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq **Az Zubayr, the capital of Al-Zubair District **Az Zubair Field, oilfield *Deim Zubeir, a town in Lol State, South Sudan *Zubair Group, a group of volcanic islands belonging to Yemen People *Zubair (name), a given name and surname ''Includes a list of people with the names'' *Zubairi, a family name in South Asia and the Middle East See also *Al-Zubayr (other) Al-Zubayr, Al-Zubair, Az-Zubayr or Az-Zubair may refer to: People *Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (594–656), Arab military commander of the Rashidun Caliphate and cousin of Muhammad *al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib, founder of the Hilf al-Fudul and an uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Zubair District
Al-Zubair District ( ar, قضاء الزبير) is a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It seat is the city of Az Zubair, Al-Zubair. In the 1880s some Najd tribes immigrated to al-Zubair due to the fact that Najd had nothing to offer, but around 1945s they returned to their home (Saudi Arabia) after it has changed notably. In the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein hoped to make al-Zubair province number 19 and annex it to Kuwait after invading. The failure of the Invasion of Kuwait put rest to this idea. The district is majority Sunni of Maliki . Districts of Basra Province {{Iraq-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Az Zubayr
Az Zubayr ( ar, الزبير) is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubair District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra. The name can also refer to the old Emirate of Zubair. The name is also sometimes written Al Zubayr, Al Zubair, Az Zubair, Zubair, Zoubair, El Zubair, or Zobier. History of Zubair Early history The city was named al-Zubair because one of the Sahaba (companions) of the Prophet Muhammad, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, was buried there. Recent history During the Ottoman times, the city was a self-ruling Sheikhdom ruled by a Sheikh from Najdi families, such as Al Zuhair, Al Meshry, Al Rashed, and Al ibrahim families. Like other Sheikdoms under the Ottoman Empire, the Sheikdom of Zubair used to pay dues and receive protection from the Ottomans. In the 19th century, the city of Zubair witnessed relatively large migrations from Najd. Up until the 1970s and 1980s, the town was predominantly populated by people who moved from Najed. Now only a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Az Zubair Field
The Az Zubair Field ( ar, حقل الزبير), also known as ''Az-Zubayr'', is an oil field located in southern Iraq, west of Basrah. It is one of the largest fields in the world and was discovered by the Basrah Petroleum Company, an associate of the Iraq Petroleum Company, in 1949. It has of proven reserves and currently produces but in the next years, under the field's expansion programme, production is expected to reach a plateau level of . The development contract has been awarded to a consortium led by Eni (32.81%) with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (23.44%), Korea Gas Corporation (18.75%) and Iraq's state-run Missan Oil Company (25%). Cancer-risk Gas, a by-product from the oil-extraction, is burned openly, which produces cancer-linked pollutants. The Iraqi law prohibit gas-burning less than 10 km from people's homes, but BBC found in 2022 gas was being burned as close as 350 meters from people's homes. A leaked report from Ministry of Health (Iraq) blamed air pollutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deim Zubeir
Deim Zubeir, from the Arabic ديم الزبير Daim az-Zubayr" commonly translated as the "Camp of Zubeir", is the historically established but highly controversial name of Uyujuku town in the Western Bahr el Ghazal of the Republic of South Sudan, located in the Western Bahr El Ghazal part of the country, some 70 km from the border with the Central African Republic (CAR), near the Biri tributary of the River Chel. Due to different transliterations from the Arabic, the name components are also spelled in various combinations Dem, Dehm, Deym, Dam, Daym or Daim, and Zubair, Zubayr, Zoubair, Zoubeir, Zoubayr, Zobeir, Ziber, Zebehr, or Zubier, respectively. The historical remains of the slave camp have been designated a potential UNESCO World Heritage Centre site. In the collective memory of South Sudanese people, the very name Deim Zubeir rings as a synonym for millennia of slavery, at least since Pharaonic times. Stefano Santandrea (1966) had written a lexicon and gramma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zubair Group
Zubair Group, Al Zubair Group or Zubayr Group ( ar, مجموعة جزر الزبير, or simply: ) is a group of 10 major volcanic islands, on top of an underlying shield volcano in the Red Sea, which reach a height of 191 m (627 ft) above sea level. The volcano has continued to erupt in historic times. The islands currently belong to Yemen. Islands The largest island is Zubair, which is one of the younger islands. Other young islands are Center Peak, Saba, Haycock, and Saddle. Saddle Island has had eruptions in historic times. The volcano was built on a NNW-SSE rift line. It began with a period of explosive eruptions, then a period of quiescence followed, during which time marine erosion took place. This was followed by a period of both explosive and effusive eruption activity, building up the Stark and Barren group of islands that exist today. This period of eruption has continued into historic times. Historic eruptions 1824 eruption A small ( VEI 2) eruption t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zubair (name)
Zubayr ( ar, زُبَيْر; variants include Zubair, Zoubir or Zuberi) is an Arabic masculine name and a surname from the root Z-B-R, meaning 'strong' or 'brave'. People with that name include: Given name * Zubayr ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, founder of the Hilf al-Fudul and an uncle of Muhammad * Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (594–656), Arab Muslim military commander * Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar (788–870), Arab historian * Ahmed Al-Zubair al-Senussi (born 1934), a Libyan politician and prince of the Senussi house * Zubair Ahmad Khan, living Pakistani academic and engineer *Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013), Pakistani scholar *Zubayr Al-Rimi (1974–2003), Saudi Arabian terrorist *Zubayr Amiri (born 1990), Afghan football player *Zubayr Hamza (born 1995), South African cricketer *Zubair Hoque (born 1996), British racing car driver * Zubair Khan (Indian politician) (born 1963), Indian politician *Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Pakistani army general *Zubair Mohamed Salih (1944–1998), former Sudanese Vice Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zubairi
Zuberi also written as Zubairi, Zubairy, Zoberi, Zobairi is a surname from Arabic. Notable people with the surname include: *Ziauddin Ahmed * Iqbal Zuberi * Itrat Husain Zuberi *Laila Zuberi *Muhammad Suhail Zubairy *Roohi Zuberi Roohi Zuberi (born 24 March 1959) is an Indian social worker and women's rights activist. Zuberi has also served as a senior cabinet member at Aligarh Muslim University. Career As a university student, she became district president of the Nat ... * Rukhsana Zuberi * Sameer Zuberi (physician) * Sameer Zuberi (politician) Arabic-language surnames {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
