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91Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali — Sheikh Noor ud din, also known as Nund Rishi, was a famous Kashmiri saint who belonged to the Rishi order. He belonged to a Rajput lineage of Kisthwar. He was born in 1377 CE, corresponding to 779 Hijri and he died at the age of 63 years in… …
92Joumana Haddad — (born December 6, 1970, Beirut) is a renowned Lebanese poet, translator and journalist [http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/contributor.php?conid=71] ] .BiographyShe is head of the Cultural pages in prestigious An Nahar newspaper, as well as… …
93Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
94Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
95Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
96Archdiocese of Dublin — Dublin † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Dublin (DUBLINIUM; DUBLINENSIS). Archdiocese; occupies about sixty miles of the middle eastern coast of Ireland, and penetrates inland, about forty six miles, including all the County of Dublin,… …
97Theotokos Fyodorovskaya — Original icon from Epiphany Monastery in Kostroma Fyodorovskaya Theotokos (Russian: Федоровская Богоматерь), also known as Our Lady of St. Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia is the patron icon of the Romanov family and one of the most… …
98VERONESE, Paolo — (1528 1588) One of Venice s greatest decorative painters, Paolo Veronese invented a Mannerist pictorial language uniquely suited to large scale decorative styles. Born in Verona, Italy, into a family of artisans, Veronese entered the workshop of …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
99pleasure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of enjoyment Nouns 1. pleasure, enjoyment, gratification; voluptuousness, sensuality; luxuriousness; gluttony; titillation, gusto; creature comforts, comfort, ease, [lap of] luxury; purple and… …
100Barmecide — , BARMECIDE S FEAST According to the The Barber s Story of his Sixth Brother in the Tales from the Arabian Nights, Barmecide is an illusion, particularly one containing a great disappointment. The story begins in Baghdad, where a member of… …
