Al-Qāʾim, al-Qaim, or al-Ḳāʾim ( ar, القائم, "the riser") may refer to:
People
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al-Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad, a messiah-like figure in Shi'a Islam, similar to the Mahdi
* People with full name or honorific al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh ("the one raised by
r 'who carries out'
R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars'', or in Irelan ...
God's order"):
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justic ...
(869–?), 12th Shia imam, also called Muhammad al-Qa'im
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al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph) (r.934–946), the second Fatimid caliph in Ifriqiya
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al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Baghdad) (1031–1075), son of al-Qadir
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Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, 11th century Abbasid prince and father of caliph
Al-Muqtadi.
** Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Faraj, rival sultan to
Muhammad IV of Granada in 1327
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al-Qa'im (Abbasid caliph at Cairo) (f. 1451–1455), caliph under Mamluk authority
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Abu Abdallah al-Qaim (fl. 1509–1517), ruler of Sous in Morocco
Places
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Al-Qa'im District
Al-Qa'im District () is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, on the border with Syria. It is centred on the town of Al-Qa'im. The Euphrates river flows through it. At its western end, in the city of Husaybah, is the Al-Qa'im border crossing ...
, a district of Iraq
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Al-Qa'im (town)
Al-Qa'im ( ar, القائم) is an Iraqi border town located nearly 400 km (248 mi) northwest of Baghdad near the Syrian border and situated along the Euphrates River, and located in the Al Anbar Governorate. It has a population of abou ...
, a town situated in the above district
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Al-Qa'im border crossing
Al-Qa'im border crossing ( ar, معبر القائم الحدودي) between Syria and Iraq is one of the major supply routes across the Middle East. It connects the town of Abu Kamal in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate to the city of Husaybah, in t ...
, between Syria and Iraq
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