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• Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina (noun)
  1. 980-1037 persian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years
• Ali Baba
  1. the main character in a story called Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, from The ARABIAN NIGHTS . Ali Baba sees 40 thieves enter a secret CAVE (= a large hole in the side of a cliff or under the ground) by saying the magic words "Open Sesame", which makes a door in the cliff open. He repeats these words, enters the CAVE, and takes some of the gold that the thieves keep there.
• Ali, Muhammad
  1. (1942- ) a US BOXER who became world heavyweight champion in 1964, and then again in 1974 and 1978, and is one of the greatest BOXERs ever. He changed his name from Cassius Clay when he became a MUSLIM in 1964.
• Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali
  1. (1928-79) a Pakistani politician who was President (1971-73) and then PRIME MINISTER (1973-77) of Pakistan. He was OVERTHROW n in a military COUP in 1977 and EXECUTE d in 1979. His daughter Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister from 1988 to 1990.
• Jinnah, Mohammed Ali
  1. (1876-1948) the first governor-general of Pakistan, from 1947 until his death. Jinnah was for many years the leader of the Muslim League in India, an organization that wanted a separate country for India's Muslims. He was mainly responsible for establishing the state of Pakistan in 1947.
• Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali
  1. (1939-) the religious leader of IRAN who succeeded Ayatollah KHOMEINI in 1989. He is regarded by IRANians as God's representative on earth and has the highest position of power in the country.
• Mehemet Ali (noun)
  1. 1769-1849 albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state
• Mohammed Ali (noun)
  1. 1769-1849 albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state
• Muhammad Ali (noun)
  1. 1769-1849 albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state
  2. born in 1942 united States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah (noun)
  1. 1876-1948 indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state
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