Urwa or Urwah or "Orwah" is a given name of Arabic origin meaning strong support. It may refer to:
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Urwa ibn al-Ward 'Urwa ibn al-Ward al-'Abasi ( ar, عروة بن الورد; 540–607 CE) was a pre-Islamic Arabic ''su'luk'' poet. He was a member of the Banu Abs tribe.
Life
Little is known about his life, but he had a reputation for being "the most generous of ...
(555–607), pre-Islamic poet
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Urwah ibn Mas'ud
Urwa or Urwah or "Orwah" is a given name of Arabic origin meaning strong support. It may refer to:
People
* Urwa ibn al-Ward (555–607), pre-Islamic poet
* Urwah ibn Mas'ud, semi-legendary chieftain of Taif
* Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 713), tab ...
, semi-legendary chieftain of Taif
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Urwah ibn Zubayr
ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām al-Asadī ( ar , عروة بن الزبير بن العوام الأسدي, ) was among the seven '' fuqaha'' (jurists) who formulated the fiqh of Medina in the time of the Tabi‘in and one of the Muslim ...
(died 713), tabi'i Muslim historian
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Urwah al-Bariqi
Urwah Ibn Abi Al-Ja"d Al-Bariq ( ar, عروة البارقي), was a companion of Muhammad. He was a governor of Kufa and was involved in the early Muslim conquests of Persia.
Lineage
Urwah Ibn Abi Al-Ja"d Al-Bariqi From Bariq Ibn Uday Ibn Hari ...
(c.610–681), companion of Muhammad
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Urwa Tul Wusqa
UrwaTul Wusqua Hussain, better known by her stage name Urwa Hocane (born 2 July 1991) is a Pakistani actress, model and media personality. She made her acting debut with '' Khushboo Ka Ghar'' as Rukhsana in 2012. Hocane is best known for portray ...
, Pakistani actress and model
Places
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Narimanovo Airport
Narimanovo Airport, officially Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport, (Russian: Аэропорт Нариманово) is an international airport in Astrakhan, a city in southern Russia near the Caspian Sea. It is operated by JSC "Aeropo ...
(ICAO code URWA), an airport in Astrakhan, Russia
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Urwa, India
Urwa is a residential locality in the city of Mangalore, in the state of Karnataka in India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most popul ...
, a locality in Mangalore, India
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'Urwah, Saudi Arabia
Urwah is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search Accessed 12 May 2011.
See also
* List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
The following is a list of ci ...
, a village in Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia
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Abu `Urwah
Abu or ABU may refer to:
Places
* Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan
* Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan
* Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria
* Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...
, a village in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia.
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Al-Urwa (disambiguation) Al-Urwa or Al-Urwah (, ''The Bond'') may refer to:
* Al-Urwah al-Wuthqa, 19th-century pan-Islamic journal.
* Al-Urwah al-Wuthqa (book), a Shi'i book of Islamic jurisprudence.
* Al-Urwa, a US propaganda magazine published in the 1950s.
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Arabic masculine given names
Pakistani feminine given names