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  Egypt - MSN Encarta
Egypt’s economic ills were a major reason for the peace efforts of the late 1970s, because the country could not afford another war.
Egypt responded with privatization of over 300 state companies and structural reforms, but resisted implementing major reforms such as streamlining the public sector.
Egypt is predominantly an agricultural country, around 34 per cent of the labour force being engaged in farming or herding.
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 Abbas II
Abbas Hilmi Pasha or Abbas II (July 14, 1874 - 1944) was the last khedive[?] of Egypt (January 8, 1892 - 1914).
The establishment of a sound system of native justice, the great remission of taxation, the reconquest of the Sudan, the inauguration of the stupendous irrigation works at Assuan, the increase of cheap, sound education, each received his approval and all the assistance he could give.
Mahommed Abdul Mouneim, the heir-apparent, was born on the February 20, 1899.
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 Egypt - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the table entitled Dynasties of Ancient Egypt, the numbers of the dynasties are given in Roman numerals, and the numeral is followed by the dates of the dynasty and a notation of famous monarchs of the era (each of whom has a separate article in the encyclopedia).
Egypt actively opposed the UN partition of Palestine in 1948 and, joining its forces with the other members of the Arab League, sent troops into the S Negev.
Egypt's postwar policy was based on two principles: no direct negotiations with Israel and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 242, which, in part, called for the withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from occupied territories.
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 Abbas II of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abbas Hilmi Pasha or Abbas II (Arabic: عباس حلمي باشا) (July 14, 1874, Alexandria 19 December 1944, Geneva) was the last khedive of Egypt (January 8, 1892 1914).
Muhammad Abdul Moneim, the heir-apparent, was born on February 20, 1899.
Al-Ahram on Abbas in exile: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/480/chrncls.htm and http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/480/chrncls.htm
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 Egypt. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
B.C. When Alexander’s brief empire faded, Egypt in the wars of his successors (the Diadochi) fell to his general Ptolemy, who became king as Ptolemy I. All the succeeding kings of the dynasty were also named Ptolemy.
Egypt became a granary for Rome; the emperors from Augustus to Hadrian raised the irrigation system to great efficiency, and Trajan reopened the ancient Nile–Red Sea canal.
Abbas I (reigned 1848–54), Muhammad Ali’s successor, undid some of his reforms and was followed by Muhammad Said Pasha.
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 Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Driven out of Egypt by the next Dynasty, this group retired to Napata, in the Sudan, and retained a Kingdom there and (from 590 BCE) at Meroë until the 4th century CE.
Egypt was an Augustan province so the governors were appointed directly by the Emperor rather than by the traditional Senatorial lottery.
Because of the importance of Egypt as the Empire's breadbasket, by law the governor of Egypt could not be of the Senatorial class (it was feared that consolidating too much power in a Senator invited revolt).
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 Abbas | Russian | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Abbas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib (c.566–c.653), a paternal uncle of Muhammad
Abbas Mirza (1789–1833), a Qajar crown prince of Persia
Abbas was the ancestor of the Abbasids, the dynasty which ruled in Baghdad from 750 to 1258.
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 CNN.com - Bush pledges $50 million to Palestinian Authority - May 26, 2005
Abbas was also expected to urge the United States to pressure Israel to complete its promised withdrawal this summer from Gaza and several West Bank settlements.
Abbas said he hopes that Bush will give him a letter assuring him of U.S. support on a variety of issues after their meeting at the White House.
Abbas' political fortunes could be bolstered by the outcome of his talks in Washington.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/05/26/abbas.bush/index.html   (919 words)

  
 Egypt Heads
She was daughter of Egypt's first pyramid builder, Pharao Khufu and his sister-wife Merityetes II, and first married to the crown prince Kawab who seems to have died at the end of Khufu's reign.
She was wife of Seqenenre Ta'a II and an inscription on the doorway Buhen suggests that she was joint regent with her sons Kamose and Ahmose I, who is generally given credit for founding the 18th Dynasty.
She was politically influential in Egypt during the reign of her husband and uncle, Pharaoh and High Priest of Amun Pinodzhem II of Egypt (Pindudjem) who appointed her Vice-Queen and Chief of Foreign Countries.
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 Abbas I (of Egypt) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Abbas I (of Egypt) (1813-1854), pasha of Egypt (1849-1854), grandson of the pasha Muhammad Ali.
Abbas II (1874-1944), last khedive (Turkish viceroy) of Egypt.
Abbas I (of Iran) (1571-1629), Safavid shah of Iran (1588-1629).
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 AllRefer.com - Abbas II (North African History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Abbas II (Abbas Hilmi), 1874–1944, last khedive of Egypt (1892–1914); son and successor of Tewfik Pasha.
Nominally he ruled in subordination to the Ottoman Empire, but in fact Egypt was controlled by the British resident : at first Lord Cromer, and later Lord Kitchener.
Although he resisted complete British rule, Abbas met with little success; in 1899 he was forced to admit the British claim to rule jointly with Egypt over Sudan.
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 Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Prior to this, Egypt was divided into dozens of regional kingdoms (these would for the most part form the basis for the nomes, or provinces, of Pharaonic Egypt).
Ramses II is the king most often identified with the unnamed adversary of Moses in the Book of Exodus.
Apepi appears to have provoked a war with the Theban king Tao II by writing a shockingly insulting letter complaining, inter alia, that the noise of Tao’s pet hippos (located hundreds of miles away) was interrupting his sleep.
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 Abbas to visit Jordan, Egypt, the Vatican and France before U.S.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The sources said that Abbas is scheduled to brief the king and the Jordanian officials on the results of the latest preparations for the summit that would be held on early November between Abbas and Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon.
Abbas would then head to Egypt to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, said the sources adding that Abbas would then pay a first visit to the Vatican.
Abbas is also scheduled to head to the Israeli city of Netanya on October 15 to join a ceremony to mark ten years since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
news.monstersandcritics.com /middleeast/printer_1054369.php   (196 words)

  
 Medals of the Arab Republic of Egypt (IEPE)
From 1517 to 1914, Egypt was nominally a part of the Ottoman Empire, although after 1801 the area enjoyed general autonomy and, on 12 May 1805, Muhammad Ali was elected to the semi-independent status of vali by the sheikhs of Cairo.
Egypt was established as a separate, semi-independent, kingdom on 28 February 1922.
The highest class, the Collar of the Nile, is awarded to the president fo Egypt and to heads of state and royalty of foreign nations, and all Egyptian recipients are entitled to recieve a full military funeral on their death.
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 Abbas II - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Abbas II (Abbas Hilmi), 1874-1944, last khedive of Egypt (1892-1914); son and successor of Tewfik Pasha.
Nominally he ruled in subordination to the Ottoman Empire, but in fact Egypt was controlled by the British resident—at first Lord Cromer, and later Lord Kitchener.
SHARM EL-SHEIK, EGYPT-- From left, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Abdullah II are seen during a summit a
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-abbas2.html   (256 words)

  
 Abbasids
It is true that the Mameluke sultans of Egypt established a puppet caliphate in Cairo, installing various members of the Abbasid family who had escaped the fall of Baghdâd.
Eventually the rival Shia Fatimid caliphate was established in Egypt, and the Baghdâd caliphate came under the control of expanding provincial dynasties.
In the reign of Marwan II this opposition culminated in the rebellion of Ibrahim the Imam, the fourth in descent from Abbas, who, supported by the province of Khorasan, achieved considerable successes, but was captured (AD 747) and died in prison (as some hold, assassinated).
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 CNN.com - Palestinian, Israeli leaders announce cease-fire - Feb 8, 2005
Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon agree to a cease-fire.
Tuesday's summit is the first time Sharon and Abbas have met since the Palestinian Authority president was elected to succeed Arafat, who succumbed to an unknown illness in November.
Abbas has deployed security forces within the Palestinian territories to prevent terrorist attacks, and Israeli officials have approved the release of some Palestinian prisoners.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/02/08/mideast/index.html   (875 words)

  
 Abbas II - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Abbas II - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Abbas II (1874-1944), last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt.
Abbas (566?-653), paternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and of the fourth caliph, Ali.
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 NTI: Country Overviews: Egypt: Missile Chronology
Egypt is developing enhanced Scud-B missiles, possibly with North Korea, with a payload of 2,200 pounds and storable liquid fuel.
Egypt is developing the two-stage solid-fueled Sakr-80 missile, possibly with North Korea and Iraq, with a range of 50 miles and a payload of 450 pounds.
Egypt is developing the Vector solid-fuel missile with Argentina, with a range of 500 to 600 miles and an unknown CEP.
www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Egypt/Missile/2362_2922.html   (6751 words)

  
 News: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Egypt warns Israel not to ask too much of Abbas
He called on Israel to give Abbas greater acknowledgement for the progress he had made in restructuring "Palestinian institutions" and "security organs" since his election as Palestinian leader in January.
Under Abbas's leadership, the Palestinians were "an active partner capable of making peace and abiding by it in a way that would achieve the aim of the establishment of a an independent Palestinian state," he said.
The presidential spokesman said US Secretary of of State Condoleezza Rice was due in Egypt later this month for talks with Mubarak ahead of a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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 Egypt
Muhammad 'Ali, an Albanian military commander, succeeded in destroying the power of the Mamluks in Egypt and founded a new dynasty of Egyptian rulers in 1805.
On the outbreak of the Great War, the unfortunate Khedive 'Abbas Hilmi II was convalescing at his palace on the shores of the Bosphorus, after an assassination attempt by an Egyptian student at the gates of the Sublime Porte.
Simmering discontent with the continuing British presence, at a time of withdrawal elsewhere; a failed War against Israel; large-scale government corruption; dissatisfaction amongst the majority Arabs against a predominately Ottoman ruling class; all boiled over into riots and rebellion.
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 CNN.com - Sharon, Abbas accept summit invitations - Feb 2, 2005
Also, Sharon is expected to meet with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the summit, the prime minister's spokesman said.
Abbas has deployed thousands of Palestinian security forces along the Israel-Gaza border to prevent attacks on Israel.
Abbas was prime minister under Arafat at the time.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/02/02/mideast   (369 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Sharon, Abbas Declare End to Violence - U.S. & World
Yet the deal, and the sight of Sharon and Abbas smiling broadly as they leaned across a table to shake hands, were the clearest signs yet of increased momentum in the peace process after Yasser Arafat's death in November and Abbas' election to succeed him in January.
Abbas said he expected the cease-fire pledges to pave the way for resumption of talks on so-called "final status" issues such as borders, refugees and Jerusalem's status, all within the context of the Mideast "road map" to peace.
Abbas said it was time for the Palestinian people to regain their freedom.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,146692,00.html   (1563 words)

  
 TRIBAL SOURCES OF AL KHAMSA FOUNDATION HORSES:
1890 chestnut Hadbah-Inzihiyah mare imported in 1893 to Egypt by Hassan Abu Amin Agha, later in the stud of Khedive Abbas II.
This entry adds that *Abeyah was later owned by Ibn Zu'ayr of the 'Amarat-Anazah was later owned by Ibn Zu'ayr of the 'Amarat-Anazah who lost her to Mudaybh Al Hadib, original owner of the strain.
Imported in 1891 from Egypt to England by Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt.
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 Sabil Umm Abbas in Cairo
This lovely nineteenth century sabil was built by the granddaughter of Abbas I, who ruled Egypt from 1848 to 1854 A.D, and the mother of Abbas II.
Sabil Umm Abbas or mother of Abbas is located in quite a remarkable spot off Saliba Street at the corner of the side alley ‘al-Siufiya’.
the fountain chamber and to the staircase of the upper floor of Sabil Umm Abbas is at the side of the sabil on al-Siufiya Street.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/sabilummabbas.htm   (946 words)

  
 His Highness Hidiv II. Abbas Hilmi Pasa
Deposed following the declaration of a British protectorate over Egypt on 18 December 1914, abdicated all his rights at Lausanne on 12 May 1931.
He died at Geneva on 20 December 1944, and was buried at the Afifi Türbesi in Cairo where his tomb's marble was brutally removed.
Abbas II Cabinet Meeting, 1894, pencil and watercolour, 17 x 10.2 in.
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 Abbas II — Infoplease.com
Abbas II Abbas II (Abbas Hilmi) (äbäs' hil'mi, ăbäs', ăb'
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 Abbas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that wikilink.
Bonfoh Abbass (born 1948), former interim president of Togo
Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and first (provisional) President of Algeria
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 Abbas visits Egypt, and Jordan before Washington
Abbas will be meeting with each of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Jordanian King Abdullah II in order to discuss the implementation of the Roadmap to peace and to enhance the truce announced by the Palestinian resistance groups in June with Israel.
Then Abbas will be heading for Washington where he will be meeting with the Palestinian President George W. Bush on July 25th, four days before his meeting with the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.
In a statement, Abbas said that the basic topics in the talks will be halting the Israeli settlement and releasing the Palestinian prisoners.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/030719/2003071906.html   (750 words)

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