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  Tunku Abdul Rahman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Istana Pelamin, Alor Setar, Kedah, Abdul Rahman was the seventh son and twentieth child of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, the twenty-fourth Sultan of Kedah.
Abdul Rahman began his education in 1909 at a Malay Primary School, Jalan Baharu, in Alor Setar and was later transferred to the Government English School, now the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Setar, where he studied during the day and read the Quran in the afternoon.
Abdul Rahman dominated the politics of independent Malaya (which became Malaysia in 1963), and led the Alliance to landslide wins in the 1959, and 1964 general elections.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman   (1374 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tunku Abdul Rahman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tuanku Al_Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al_Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah
The late Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah was the father of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime minister of Malaysia.
Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato Hussein (1922-1976) was the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, ruling from 1970 to 1976.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tunku-Abdul-Rahman   (3691 words)

  
 Tunku Abdul Rahman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His father, Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah was the 24th Ruler of Kedah and his mother, Cik Menyalara, was daughter of Luang Naraborirak (Kleb), a Thai district officer during the reign of King Rama V. As a child, the little prince used to sneak out from the grounds of the palace.
Although Tunku Abdul Rahman was born in a palace, he did not grow up to become ruler of his State - instead he became the leader of the whole nation.
Tunku Abdul Rahman passed away on Dec 6, 1990 at the age of 87 and was laid to rest at the Langgar Royal Mausoleum in Alor Star.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tu/tunku_abdul_rahman.htm   (1857 words)

  
 GN Online: Fitting farewell game set for Abdul Rahman
Abdul Rahman, nicknamed "The Engineer" for his style of play in organising his team's attacks from the midfield, will play 25 minutes in his testimonial for his club, Al Nasr, wearing the blue jersey for the last time as a player.
Abdul Rahman, now 35 and married with a son and a daughter, joined Al Nasr in 1975 as a youth for the under-11 team.
Abdul Rahman was a member of the UAE Golden team which played in the World Cup Finals in Italy in 1990.
www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=11341   (608 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Tunku Abdul Rahman (Southeast Asia History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
A prince, he was the fifth son of Sultan Abdul Halim Shah of Kedah and was educated in England at Cambridge.
Rahman entered the Kedah state civil service in 1931.
An influential statesman in Southeast Asia, Rahman in 1961 put forward the plan for the Federation of Malaysia, approved in 1963.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rahman-T.html   (237 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - November 26, 2004 - Article 4
Prince Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, arrived in the region of Tabuk to convey greetings of Saudi leaders to personnel of the armed forces' sectors in the north-western region on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr.
Prince Abdul Rahman was received by Prince Mohammed Ibn Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Governor of the Eastern Region; Prince Mashari Ibn Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz, Undersecretary of the National Guard for the Eastern Sector; and senior civil and military officials.
Prince Abdul Rahman was accompanied by Prince Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz and Prince Mohammed Ibn Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20041126/feat4en.htm   (2150 words)

  
 "Iraqi Complicity in the World Trade Center Bombing and Beyond " (June 2001)
Abdul Rahman was in his brother's Jersey City apartment, when the FBI arrived that afternoon, and he was taken in for questioning by New Jersey FBI.
Abdul Rahman would always say that he would return to the US to answer the FBI's questions, only he had some business to finish up first.
Perhaps significantly, the decision to indict Abdul Rahman Yasin was made in New York, and Washington was merely informed of it, as the lead prosecutor, Gil Childers, explained to this author.
www.meib.org /articles/0106_ir1.htm   (6507 words)

  
 Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal [Abd ar Rahman], struggled valiantly to resist foreign intrusion and restore peace and stability to his Kingdom.
His successor, Abdul Aziz Ibn Rashid, was, however, unable to maintain his position, and in spite of Turkish support, sustained a severe defeat in 1905 at the hands of Ibn Saud which for the time, at any rate, restored the supremacy ofRiyadh.
In 1889 (1307 AH), a younger son of Faisal, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, managed to confirm the rule of the Saudi dynasty by assuming the leadership of the family.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/gulf/abdul-rahman-bin-faisal.htm   (680 words)

  
 Sentinel TMS Entity Record - Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman
Abdel Rahman is identified as the spiritual leader of Egypt's primary Islamic movement, al-Gamaa' al-Islamiyya.
Rahman's early radical actions were aimed at his native country of Egypt, and president Anwar Sadat in particular.
Rahman was indicted in the plot because he had issuedd a fatwah against Sadat, but was later acquited.
www.trackingthethreat.com /content/entities/ent1124.htm   (249 words)

  
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Born in America, Abdul Rahman Yasin received his passport, which he soon used to travel to the United States.
But Abdul Rahman Yasin's older Iraqi brother, Musab Yasin, lived in the same Jersey City building as Mohammad Salameh, the Palestinian who had first called his uncle in Iraq just days before Abdul Rahman sought his own passport to America.
Abdul Rahman was taken to New Jersey FBI headquarters in Newark.
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At the dawn of seventeenth century, at the age of invasions from the West by Persians and East by Moghols, a the time when Afghans were in the mist of war in every corner of the nation, a the time when education was the last thing in peoples' mind, a legend was born.
In the high hills of the Afghan nation, in the provincial area of Mohmand, a child was born, by the name of Abdul Rahman.
Abdul Rahman would become one of the greatest poet in the history of the Pashto literature.
www.geocities.com /khyber007/rbaba.html   (1114 words)

  
 Abdul Rahman Arif   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Abdul Rahman came to power by being the brother of Abdul Salam Arif, president of Iraq 1963- 66.
Abdul Rahman never proved to be as powerful and charismatic as his brother.
— September: His brother Abdul Salam clashes with president Qasim, and is later sentenced to death (a sentece that is commuted by Qasim himself).
i-cias.com /e.o/arif_r.htm   (299 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - May 9, 2003 - Article 4
On behalf of Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minsiter, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, Prince Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation, patronized the concluding ceremony of Al-Riyadh schools for boys and girls.
Meanwhile Prince Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz said in a press statement after the conclusion of the ceremony that the development of the Kingdom should be built on strong educational bases according to the rules of Islam and scientific development.
He noted that the Prince Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz Institute for Post Graduate Studies was established in 1997 to provide students with a diploma in dentistry so that they could continue their studies at universities.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20030509/feat4en.htm   (3113 words)

  
 TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
For his contributions and sacrifices in bringing the country from colonialism to independence, Tunku Abdul Rahman is known as the Father of Independence.
Tunku was born on February 8, 1903 in Alor Setar, the capital of the State of Kedah.
He is the seventh prince of Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah, the twenty fourth Sultan of Kedah, and Che Manjalara.
www.pmo.gov.my /website/webdb.nsf/0/683147f9e2b0f7e148256d52001861e5?OpenDocument   (490 words)

  
 Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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Abdul Rahman died before completion of his term.
Brief essay on the accomplishments of Abdul Wahhab and his role in Egyptian cultural life from the 1930s through the 1970s.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003290?tocId=9003290   (514 words)

  
 Palestinians Remember Founder of Palestinian Nationalism
Ahmad Abdul Rahman: Arafat Was Poisoned ...
On September 25, Arafat received a visit from a group of cyclists from around the world on a peace mission as well as from a group of activists accompanying the parents of a US peace activist who had died six months earlier crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the southern Gaza Strip.
The cabinet secretary, who recorded the evolution of Arafat's health in his diary, said red rashes appeared on his skin, the same ones which were visible on his face before he was evacuated to France for treatment this year.
Two weeks before the visit mentioned by Abdul Rahman, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet had taken a decision to “remove” Arafat from his Ramallah compound.
www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=1&id=758   (796 words)

  
 UNEP Global 500 Forum :: Datuk Abdul Rahman bin Ramli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Datuk Abdul Rahman has contributed significantly towards the formation and success of the Forum.
Datuk Abdul Rahman served as the Co-Director of the Conference, along with Sir Martin Holdgate.
We take this opportunity to thank Datuk Abdul Rahman for his contributions to the Forum and to wish him a happy and long retirement.
www.global500.org /news_7.html   (88 words)

  
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For example, copies of the front pages of Abdul Basit Karim’s passport, with his picture and signature, should be there.
For example, a notation that Abdul Basit Karim and his family left Kuwait on August 26, 1990, traveled from Kuwait to Iraq, and crossed into Iran on their way to Pakistani Baluchistan, where they live now—that information shouldn’t be in a Kuwaiti file.
He agreed that Abdul Basit Karim’s file had been tampered with and that that was the "smoking gun." He had passed the information on to the New York FBI, but he cautioned me that he wasn’t sure what they would do with it.
www.suite101.com /print_message.cfm/investing/68672/650876   (1145 words)

  
 Filatelic.com - Tunku Abdul Rahman Stamps
Tunku Abdul Rahman was born at the “Istana Tiga Tingkat” (Three Storey Palace) in Alor Setar, Kedah on the 8th of February, 1903.
He was the 20th child of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halimshah, the 24th Sultan of Kedah.
The late Tunku Abdul Rahman passed away in 1990 at the age of 87 years old.
www.filatelic.com /00-05/Tunku.html   (849 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After Al Samh ibn Malik was killed in 102 A.H. in battle by Oed of Aquitaine, Abdul Rahman took over the command of Eastern Andalus.
In 112 A.H. the Caliph Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik appointed Abdul Rahman as governor/commander of Al Andalus.
Charles, however, managed to form an army of Gauls and Germans, and defeated Abdul Rahman near Poitiers, at the river Loire.
encyclozine.com /Abd-ar-Rahman   (420 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Tunku Abdul Rahman
Abdul Rahman, Tunku (1903-1990), first prime minister of the Federation of Malaya (1957-1963) and of Malaysia (1963-1970).
By 1967 the war had reached a stalemate, and the republicans had split into opposing factions concerning relations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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 The Saudi Arabian Information Resource - King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
King Abdul Aziz, founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (known as Ibn Saud) was a tall, imposing figure, a natural leader of men.
Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Ibn Saud): the early years
www.saudinf.com /main/b42.htm   (239 words)

  
 Tun Ismail bin Dato' Abdul Rahman --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Tun Ismail, a medical doctor trained in Singapore and Melbourne, entered Malaysian politics in 1951 when he was elected vice president of the United Malays National Organisation, the dominant Malay political party.
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Comprehensive resource on Osama Bin Laden of Saudi Arabia held to be responsible for bombing the U.S. Embassy in East Africa in 1998.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9042932?tocId=9042932&query=prince   (522 words)

  
 CoralRealm .. Diving Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park
Sabah is located on the Island of Borneo and is one of the 13 states in the federation of Malaysia.
On the doorstep of Kota Kinabalu is the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park.
Granted, the dive sites of the Tunku Abdul Rahman park will never be seen in the top ten list and the area suffers from fish bombing and net fishing, but for a relaxing, stress-free day it is ideal.
www.coralrealm.com /travlogs/tunkuMP.html   (1560 words)

  
 Prince Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
As president of the United Malays National Organization, Abdul Rahman brought Chinese and Indian political groups into the Alliance Party, which won an overwhelming majority in the 1955 election.
He negotiated for Malayan independence from Britain (achieved in 1957); the federation of Malaysia was formed in 1963.
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 Clinton Era "Good Will Ambassador" Arrested
Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi, a Board member of the American Muslim Council, and co-founder of The American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs Council,was arrested on as-yet-unspecified criminal charges at Dulles International Airport,after returning from London.
Another troublesome fact is that Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi, founder of the American Muslim Council, has been linked by terrorism expert Steve Emerson and journalist Kenneth Timmerman to arranging large and questionable campaign fund transfers possibly involving known Arab terrorist groups to the DNC and to the Clinton/Gore reelection campaign in 1996.
Is Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi related to the Al-Amoudi family group and Mohammed Al-Amoudi that are tied to the port of Yemen and to banker Khalid Mahfouz, to those who have transferred money to Bin Laden through Saudi banks and who could have been complicit in the Cole bombing?
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/991722/posts   (1334 words)

  
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One of the main operatives the CIA had utilized in its war against the Soviets was Sheik Abdel Omar Rahman.
The CIA utilized Rahman because of his influence over the Mujahadeen, then brought him into the U.S. on a CIA-sponsored visa.
A staunch anti-Western crusader, Rahman became a shining light for thousands of Muslim extremists after the war in their crusade for the holy Jihad.
www.constitution.org /ocbpt/ocbpt_11.htm   (2469 words)

  
 Son of Shiekh Omar Abdul Rahman accuses Israel of Luxor attack
Rahman's father, Dr. Omar Abdul Rahman, is the leader of the Moslem Brotherhood in Egypt who is serving a life sentence in an American prison.
The son of Sheikh Omar Abd El-Rahman said he was not associated with the brotherhood's demands, "I'm dealing with the case of United State's bad treatment to Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman in prison and the deterioration of his health, for he's my father.
Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman issued a statement from prison in which he asked for a halt to the violence that was launched by the leaders and supporters of those who are in jail as a result of the case of the assassination of the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/971124/1997112441.html   (316 words)

  
 Al-Nasr President Abdul Rahman Dies
JEDDAH, 30 July 2004 — Prince Abdul Rahman ibn Saud, president of Al-Nasr sports club, died of a heart attack in the specialist hospital in Riyadh on Thursday.
With the death of Prince Abdul Rahman, who was associated with sports for over 40 years, Saudi Arabia has lost one of the pioneers of the sporting world.
Prince Abdul Rahman was considered the longest serving club president in the world.
www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=49083&d=30&m=7&y=2004&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom   (139 words)

  
 Prince Abdul Rahman New Air Force Commander
Prince Abdul Rahman ibn Fahd Al-Faisal has been appointed commander of the Air Force, the Saudi Press Agency reported yesterday quoting a Royal Court statement.
Abdul Rahman Al-Faisal has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and appointed commander of the Air Force,” said a decree by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd.
Prince Sultan, second deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, later confirmed Prince Abdul Rahman in his new rank.
www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=42630&d=6&m=4&y=2004&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom   (189 words)

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