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  Payvand, international forum of Tajik and Farsi speakers.
Celebrated scholar, renowned poet and the outstanding Ismaili theologian of the 5th/11th century, Nasir Khusraw was born in 394 Islamic calendar /1004 AD, in Qubadiyan, suburb of Merw, approximately 250 kilometers south-east Dushanbe, the capital city of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Nasir died in 481/1089 and was buried in Yumgan gallery, currently a small village in north-east Afghanistan.
In the meanwhile, he ascends the ranks of Ismaili religious hierarchy reaching its highest achievable position, that is, the rank of an authorized preacher (hujjat), a position that entitled him to preach Ismaili faith unaided and with authority.
www.payvand.org.uk /nasir_khusraw.html   (1475 words)

  
 Ibrahim Nasir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan, KCMG, NGIV (born 1926) is a Maldivian statesman who served as his country's Prime Minister under Sultan Muhammad Fareed Didi (from 1957 to 1968) and succeeded him to become the first President of the Second Republic from 1968 to 1978.
President Nasir is widely credited with modernizing the long-isolated and nearly unknown Maldives and opening them up to the rest of the world.
President Nasir was criticized for his authoritarian methods and repression of political activity during his career.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibrahim_Nasir   (379 words)

  
 KEO - Nasir Rezazí   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nasir Rezazí was born in June 1955 in Sine, Easter Kurdistan.
Nasir is a famous Kurdish singer in all sector of Kurdistan.
Nasir's resistance songs and nationalist ballads with their emotive lyrics have been a source of encouragement for the Kurds in their struggle against tyranny and repression and for national liberation.
www.kurdistanica.com /english/culture/music/singers/nasir-rezazi.html   (87 words)

  
 Nasir al-Din Tusi [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nasir al-Din Tusi, by far the most celebrated scholar of the 13th century Islamic lands, was born in Tus, in 1201 and died in Baghdad in 1274.
At the age of twenty-two or a while later, Tusi joined the court of Nasir al-Din Muhtashim, the Ismaili governor of Quhistan, Northeast Iran, where he was accepted into the Ismaili community as a novice.
At the age of twenty-two or a while later, Tusi joined the court of Nasir al-Din Muhtashim, the Ismaili governor of Quhistan, Northeast Iran, where he was accepted into the Ismaili community as a novice (mustajib).
www.utm.edu /research/iep/t/tusi.htm   (1086 words)

  
 Nasir Khusraw
Nasir Khusraw was one of the most important figures of eleventh century Iran, an era which has produced such men of prominence as Omar Khayyam, Hasan bin Sabbah and Al Muayyad fid Din Shirazi.
Nasir calls himself an Alawi in two of the couplets in his Diwan, from which it may be concluded that "Alawi" does not only mean, Shi'ite but there is good reason to believe that Nasir was really a "Sayyid".
It is generally accepted that Nasir went on to the pilgrimage as an orthodox Muslim and became converted to Ismailism in Egypt through which he had to pass on his way to Mecca.
www.farhangsara.com /nasirkhosro.htm   (3112 words)

  
 Nasir Khusraw [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Abu Mo’in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw was born in 1004 in Qobadiyan in the district of Marv, in the eastern Iranian province of Khurasan.
He and at least two of his brothers enjoyed high positions in the administrative ranks of the Saljuq court (he says he himself was in the revenue department), and there is evidence that he was also familiar with the court of previous dynasty, the Ghaznavids.
For Nasir, God Himself is indescribable (nothing which has an opposite can be ascribed to Him, since that would be limiting Him to human concepts) and is not a being, in fact, is beyond all categories of being and non-being alike.
www.iep.utm.edu /k/khusraw.htm   (1033 words)

  
 Nasir P. Dickerson
NASIR P. Nasir Dickerson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Camden New Jersey.
Nasir has also earned many academic scholarships and awards, such as the Alexander Oaks Award, which was given to the number one senior student who has won the respect and approval of the administration, faculty, staff and student body, for academic scholarship, character, personality and athletic interest.
Nasir was accepted into the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Music Performance in May of 2006.
www.unitycommunity.com /nasir_p__dickerson_bio.htm   (522 words)

  
 Karnak Desert Interlude Nasir
Nasir is sufficiently skilled already that they would, in fact, be interested in taking him in - even so young as he is (or seems to be).
Nasir will admit this to Shadya alone, but to the healer he will make excuses of various sorts: protesting that perhaps he is not ready yet, etc., etc..
It is possible that had Nasir been caught and brought before a judge that his entire life story would have been unraveled and various injustices in it set to right.
www.icynic.com /~knowles/Karnak/Nasir.html   (2641 words)

  
 NASIR FAMILY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nasir Bushido Association is an association of students under the instructions of Professor Rasul Nasir,Soke dedicated to the practice and instruction of ultimate combat survival skills using the traditional skills of the ninja and modern day/conventional tactics of the current warriors.
Person in the law enforcement and security fields along with social workers would fine Nasir Ryu Ju Jitsu to meet their job requirements involving contact with clients and/or suspects who need to be apprehended.
Owner of Nasir Inc. and Founder [Soke] of Nasir Ryu and Nasir Bushido Association, Inc. A graduate of Adelphi University 1977 with a B.A. Degree in Communications.
www.nasirinc.com   (1235 words)

  
 Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Majid's Pages- Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan
In addition to delivering the Maldives from British imperialism Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan put in much effort to free the Maldivian psyche from Arab cultural imperialism that had been gaining momentum for the best part of the century.
Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan is a living Maldive treasure- the only Maldivian of that calibre now alive.
brahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan's kilege title and the Insignia of the Most Distinguished Order of Ghazi (N.G.I.V) bestowed upon him by His Majesty the Sultan was revoked by the new regime.
www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /maldives_nasir.shtml   (1487 words)

  
 Nasir Khusraw - Ismaili Dai and Hujjat
Nasir Khusraw was one of the most important figures of llth century Iran - an era which has produced such men of prominence as Omar Khayyam, Hasan bin Sabbah.
Nasir was employed as a government secretary and a revenue officer.
"Nasir", says lvanow, "himself well knew the harm that he was causing to himself but obv iously the speaker in the dream was some one of especial importance, the Prophet or the lmam.
www.amaana.org /ISWEB/khusraw.htm   (3383 words)

  
 Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi Biography | scit_02123_package.xml
In 1259, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi persuaded the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan (c.
Al-Tusi, also known as Muhaqqiq-i Tusi, Kwaja-yi Tusi, and Khwaja Nasir, was born in the town of Tus in northeastern Iran.
His father was a jurist in the Shi'ite Islamic sect, and al-Tusi received a strong religious education supplemented with teachings, provided by his uncle, in logic, physics, and mathematics.
www.bookrags.com /biography/nasir-al-din-al-tusi-scit-02123   (658 words)

  
 NASIR-I KHUSRAW THROUGH THE HOLY LAND
Harith al-Kubadhiyani, was born in 1004, by the Western calendar, in Kubadhiyan, in the region of Marw, to a family of landowners and officials.
However, Nasir was not an extremely wealthy man and he notes in his travel book that he was employed by the sultan's revenue service and later mentions that his brother Abul-Fath Abd al-Jalil was in the entourage of the vizier of the prince of Khorasan.
However, scholars have begun to believe that both the manner and the direction of his travels make it likely that Khusraw had been converted prior to his departure, was engaged in a quest for further enlightenment, and was intent on training in Ismaili doctrine.
chass.colostate-pueblo.edu /history/seminar/khusraw/paper1.htm   (4243 words)

  
 Nasir al-Din Tusi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201–1274) was a Persian scientist, of Shi'a Twelver Islamic belief, born in Tus, Khorasan, Iran.
Nasir al-Din Tusi was born in Tus in the year 1201 and began his studies at an early age.
He also wrote extensively on biology and is one of the early pioneers of a kind of evolutionism in scientific thought.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nasir_al-Din_Tusi   (559 words)

  
 Nasir al-Din Tusi [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Nasir al-Din Tusi, by far the most celebrated scholar of the 13th century Islamic lands, was born in Tus, in 1201 and died in Baghdad in 1274.
At the age of twenty-two or a while later, Tusi joined the court of Nasir al-Din Muhtashim, the Ismaili governor of Quhistan, Northeast Iran, where he was accepted into the Ismaili community as a novice.
At the age of twenty-two or a while later, Tusi joined the court of Nasir al-Din Muhtashim, the Ismaili governor of Quhistan, Northeast Iran, where he was accepted into the Ismaili community as a novice (mustajib).
www.iep.utm.edu /t/tusi.htm   (1086 words)

  
 Nasir Khusraw
Nasir Khusraw holds a special place in the hearts of the Tajiks, not only because they consider him a Tajik poet, since Tajik is the name of their language, which is really Persian.
For Nasir, Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni stands as the prime example of a worldly leader unworthy to be the subject of praise by the high art of poetry.
Nasir Khusraw is a rich mine for study, whether casually dipping into him from time to time or for deep analytical study.
www.ismaili.net /Source/1663a.html   (1605 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Distance Haze: Books: Jamil Nasir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nasir is obviously deeply attached to the question of dreams and their relationship to our experience of reality.
Nasir's descriptions of life by the lake, of the numinous colors and feelings evoked by it is most wonderful.
It's Jamil Nasir's most personal and subjective effort to date, and he pursues issues regarding human meaning and our place in the universe more deeply than most other SF or fantasy writers, or, for that matter, fiction writers in general.
www.amazon.com /Distance-Haze-Jamil-Nasir/dp/0553579959   (1794 words)

  
 Nasiri
When they were relaxing in the gathering, Shaykh Ibn Nasir said to his guest, "Perhaps it is the time of Maghrib." Almost as soon as the other said to him, "Yes," the mu'adhdhan of the zawiyya, the uncle of Ahmad ibn 'Abdu'r-Rahman gave the adhan.
Shaykh Ibn Nasir instituted a hizb in the Sus region known as the "Hizb of the Shaykh" which is attributed to him, may Allah be pleased with him.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Nasir, may Allah be pleased with him, died in 1085 AH and was succeeded by good descendants whose excellence had appeared during his lifetime.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/ABewley/Nasiri.html   (2631 words)

  
 Nasir Hussain
It is Nasir Hussain who is reponsible for the emergence of the free-wheeling, hip-swinging, happy go lucky romantic hero that one sees in Bollywood even today.
Nasir Hussain always maintained that it was more interesting to show the process of the hero and heroine falling in love run through the film rather than have the hero and heroine in love and that is what makes his films special.
Nasir Hussain finally got some sort of belated recognition in 1997 when he was presented with a special Filmfare Award for his contribution to Hindi Cinema.
www.upperstall.com /nasirhussain.html   (1205 words)

  
         (to a) Shade             { Nasir Fanlisting }        
A fanlisting is simply an online list of fans of a subject (in this case for nasir) that is created by an individual and open for fans from around the world to join.
Nasir is a laguz (from the dragon's tribe) who is entrusted as a guide for Ike's group throughout their travel to Empire of Begnoin.
Nasir is a secondary character, but probably, on the psycological side, he's the most well developed one.
nasir.akaneia.nu /about.php   (274 words)

  
 getPakistan.com: Saleem Nasir
Saleem Nasir was described best as an extraordinary artist and master of the highly specialized field of acting.
Super-performer of ‘Aakhri Chatan’, Saleem Nasir was super smartly dubbed as Sultan Jalal uddin Khwarzim Shah in one of Pakistan television’s greatest historical drama serial.
Pakistani television icon, Saleem Nasir, played the character of a cruel brother, in the television drama, ‘Jangloos’ in 1989, which happened to be his last television play as well.
www.getpakistan.com /Entertainment/Profiles/Saleem_nasir.htm   (943 words)

  
 
S.Nasir's Home Page
Nasir,, S., Al Harthy, A., Al Sayigh, A., Lazki, A. (2006): Geochemistry and petrology of Tertiary volcanic rocks and related ultramafic xenoliths from the central and easternOman Mountains.
Nasir,, S., Al Harthy, A., Al Sayigh, A., Al-Khirbash, S., Al-Jaaidi,, O, Musllam, A., Al-Mishwat, A, Al-Bu’saidi, S. (2006): Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of listwaenite from the Semail Ophiolite, Oman.
Nasir, S. Theye T.and Hans-Joachim Massonne (2005): Silicate-, iron-oxide- and sulfide-rich melt inclusions in kaersutite megacrysts from the Harrat Shamah Volcanic Field, northwestern part of the Arabian Plate: Implication for immiscible melt separation and oxidation from silicate magmas.
www.angelfire.com /ms/snasir/page2.html   (2465 words)

  
 Baby Name Nasir - Origin and Meaning of Nasir
The boy's name Nasir \n(a)-sir\ is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is "supporter".
Nasir has 4 variant forms: Naseer, Naser, Nasr and Nassor.
Nasir is a very rare male first name and a popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/1/Nasir   (96 words)

  
 Na'ilah Suad Nasir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Na'ilah Nasir is an assistant professor at Stanford University's School of Education.
In her research, Dr. Nasir draws on socio-cultural theory to explore the relation between learning, development, and culture.
In a second line of research, Dr. Nasir is focusing on moral development in the context of urban, faith-based communities and schools.
www.stanford.edu /group/adolescent.ctr/Research/nasir.html   (237 words)

  
 Salim Nasir
Born to an enlightened family in 1944, the ever-amazing Salim Nasir had all the ingredients necessary to fulfill his ambition in any given profession.
Super-performer of 'Aakhri Chatan', Salim Nasir was super smartly dubbed as Sultan Jalal uddin Khwarzim Shah in one of Pakistan television's greatest historical drama serial.
Pakistani television icon, Salim Nasir, played the character of a cruel brother, in the television drama, 'Jangloos' in 1989, which happened to be his last television play as well.
anisshakur.tripod.com /id3.html   (1053 words)

  
 Was President Nasir All That Bad?
President Ibrahim Nasir joined public service on 29th February 1949 and served in various ascending capacities for the Maldives till his resignation on 11 th November 1978.
On 4th June 1978, after he was nominated as President for a third consecutive term by the Parliament, President Nasir declined to accept his nomination and wrote to the Parliament advising them to choose an alternate candidate.
This was also the third time President Nasir requested Parliament to reconsider their decision to entrust him with the Presidency.
www.minivannews.com /news/news.php?id=837   (373 words)

  
 Al-Tusi_Nasir biography
When invited by the Isma'ili ruler Nasir ad-Din 'Abd ar-Rahim to join the service of the Assassins, al-Tusi accepted and became a highly regarded member of the Isma'ili Court.
In 1256 al-Tusi was in the castle of Alamut when it was attacked by the forces of the Mongol leader Hulegu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, who was at that time set on extending Mongol power in Islamic areas.
In his model Nasir, for the first time in the history of astronomy, employed a theorem invented by himself which, 250 years later, occurred again in Copernicus, "De Revolutionibus", III 4.
www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Al-Tusi_Nasir.html   (1977 words)

  
 Nasir M. Khan’s Cricket blog
Nasir Masud Khan is a 30 year old software engineer currently residing in San Jose, CA, USA.
Nasir M. Khan on Opinion: Lack of benchmarking tournaments......
Nasir M. Khan on News: Upcoming Associate v Test Nation ODIs.....
nasirkhan.wordpress.com   (2522 words)

  
 MobyGames - Nasir Gebelli
Nasir met with Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo and several people at Square.
The known Square games that Nasir produced are: Battles of the 3D World Runner, Rad Racer, Rad Racer II, Final Fantasy I, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III and Secret of Mana.
In August 1998, Nasir resurfaced to attend John Romero's 1998 Apple II Reunion in Dallas, TX at the Ion Storm offices.
www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,82501   (360 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Nasir Khusraw, the Ruby of Badakhshan: A Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and Philosopher: Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A renowned poet, philosopher, and traveler of the 11th century, Nasir Khusraw was also a major thinker and author of the Iranian lands.
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Nasir Khusraw's life and aspects of his theological and philosophical thought in the context of his times.
Her lively and insightful account of Nasir's hajj and his stops along the way make him come to life and illustrate how his experiences shaped his philosophy and influenced his timeless writing.
www.amazon.com /Nasir-Khusraw-Ruby-Badakhshan-Philosopher/dp/1850439265   (1274 words)

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