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Mughal emperor of India, 1542-1605.
Fishburn and Hughes: "An Indian emperor of Mongol descent who expanded his territories and reorganised their administration. Though himself a Muslim, Akbar opened the civil service to Hindus and encouraged members of different religions to discuss their beliefs. He also patronised the arts." (5)
Aqibha ben Yoseph, rabbi who was a central contributor to the Mishnah, c. 50-135, here Akiba ben Yosef
town in Japan west of Osaka
mosque in Jerusalem
German expressionist magazine founded by Franz Pfemfert and was published between 1911 and 1932
Japanese short story writer and critic, , sometimes called Agutagawa, 1892-1927, author of a parody of the story of the forty-seven Ronins, A Day in the Life of Oishi Kuranosuke, 1917
Old name for Sittwe, the capital city of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma).
poem by Macedonio Fernández
beginning of Lugones poem "Alma venturosa"
Fishburn and Hughes: "The Arabic word for Andalusia, probably derived from al-Andlish, Arabic for 'the Vandals'. The name al-Andalus was used only for Spain's Muslim territory, which fluctuated according to the vicissitudes of the Reconquest. During the Middle Ages it applied to almost the whole of the Iberian peninsula, but the application was progressively confined to areas still under Arab control, so that eventually it referred only to the small principality of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in the peninsula." (5)
Allah, name of God in Islam.
Fishburn and Hughes:"Arabic al-ilah, meaning God: the Moslem appellation for 'The Only God'. There are ninetynine other names for God in Islam, but Allah is the foremost." (8)
poem by Pedro Miguel Obligado
state in United States
character in the Arabian Nights
