Abbas's political fortunes rose with those of Fatah, which by 1968 was the most important Palestinian nationalist organization. By 1969, Fatah had become the dominant faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Abbas served as a Fatah representative in the Palestinian National Council, the PLO parliament, starting in 1968.

May 23, 2018 · Mahmoud Abbas [1]March 26, 1935 • Safed, British Mandate of PalestinePresident of Palestinian National AuthoritySince the 1970s Mahmoud Abbas [2] has been a key player in Middle East [3] politics, but until the early 2000s he primarily worked in the shadow of Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat (19

May 21, 2018 · Abbas I (1571-1629), called "the Great," was a shah of Persia, the fifth king of the Safavid dynasty. He brought Persia once again to the zenith of power and influence politically, economically, and culturally. The greatest shah of the Safavids, Abbas I had …

Famously down to earth, Shah ˓Abbas was a pragmatic ruler who could be cruel as well as generous. Rare among Iranian kings, he is today remembered as a ruler who was concerned about his own people. A detail from a miniature painting of ˓Abbas I (1571–1629) appears in the volume one color plates. See alsoEmpires: Safavid and Qajar. BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABBAS I ° (reigned 1588–1629), regarded as the mightiest king of the Safavid period (1501–1736). In 1598 he transferred his capital from Kazvin to *Isfahan , which he transformed into one of the most magnificent cities in the world by constructing monumental mosques and beautiful avenues and squares.

Abbas Mahmud al-AqqadEgyptian Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad (1889–1964) was a largely self-educated writer, historian, poet, philosopher, translator, and journalist. Known for his patriotism toward the country of his birth, he used his writing to spread his pro-democratic beliefs and was known as a leading innovator in 20th-century Arabic criticism ...

Ferhat Abbas was born on Oct. 24, 1899, at Taher in the department of Constantine, Algeria, into a pro-French family of provincial administrators and landowners. In 1924, while a student of pharmacy at the University of Algiers, he helped to found the Association of Moslem Students, over which he presided for 5 years.

Abu al-'Abbas Abdallah al-Ma'mun ibn al-Rashid786-833 Persian Caliph Al-Ma'mun was the seventh Abbasid caliph and a great patron of the sciences in the Islamic world. He established an influential scientific academy in Baghdad where Arab scholars made important contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and others fields.

Apr 16, 2003 · Meanwhile, Abbas remained on the plane, claiming diplomatic immunity. The Italian government led by Prime Minister Bettino Craxi concluded that it had no legal grounds to detain Abbas because he held an Iraqi diplomatic passport and the plane was on a diplomatic mission, and Abbas was put on a plane and flown to Yugoslavia. In the late 1980s ...

HOVEYDA, AMIR ABBAS. Iranian politician, and prime minister continuously from 1965 to 1977. Amir Abbas Hoveyda was born in Tehran in 1919 and attended high school in Beirut. With a bachelor's degree in political science from Brussels, he returned to Iran in 1942 and was hired at the ministry of foreign affairs.