HAJJ OMAR

häj ōˈmär, 1797–1864, Muslim religious and military leader in W Africa. A chieftain of the large Tukulor tribe of Senegal, he desired to convert the pagan tribespeople of the W Sudan. Declaring a holy war in 1852, he used modern weapons against the pagan Africans. In several engagements (1857–59) against the French in Senegal, he was repulsed. Thereafter he turned eastward, conquering the kingdoms of Segu and Massina and sacking Timbuktu. He was killed in 1864 while attempting to put down a revolt by the Fulanis, a Muslim group living in Massina. Bitter quarrels over his domain by his sons weakened it, and in 1890 it was annexed by the French.

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books on: Hajj Omar  - 51 results

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A Political Chronology of Africa
Book by David Lea; Europa Publications, 2001
Subjects: Africa--History--Chronology, Africa--Politics And Government--Chronology
...to negotiate commercial agreements with al-Hajj Omar. 12 February 1864: Al-Hajj Omar was killed in battle with the Fulbe. 22 February...agreements with Ahmad Tall, the son of al-Hajj Omar. 6 September 1880: A decree was promulgated...
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Nationalism in Colonial Africa
Book by Thomas Hodgkin; Frederick Muller, 1956
Subjects: Nationalism--Africa
...and conquest. African leaders of the resistance to European power -- like the Sudanese Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, El-Hajj Omar, the Toucouleur, 12 or King Ja-Ja of Opobo -- conventionally represented as fanatics or tyrants, can be transformed...
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Situating Globality: African Agency in the Appropriation of Global Culture
Book by Wim Van Binsbergen, Rijk Van Dijk; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Africa--Civilization--Congresses, Africa--Religion--Congresses, Africa--Social Conditions--1960---Congresses, Globalization--Social Aspects--Africa--Congresses, Group Identity--Africa--Congresses, Mass Media--Social Aspects--Africa--Congresses, Religion And Sociology--Africa--Congresses
...and 18 centuries, and the Wahabbist- inspired jihads of the 19the century under the leadership, for example, of El Hajj Omar Taal are all examples of this. This chapter picks up threads of this conversation from the early 20`? century, in...
4.
The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan
Book by Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi; Harvard University Press, 2008
Subjects: Afghanistan--History--1989-2001, Afghanistan--History--2001-, Taliban
...erence to the Quranic text, but Omar is presumably quoting the Quran...See the cable Message to Mullah Omar in ibid. 32. Mctcalf, Traditionali...on hashish, see Muhammad Riza Hajj Babai, ed., Qawanin-e Mulla Omar Majrnua ye qawanin va ayin namahha...
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The Oxford History of Islam
Book by John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Islam--History
...stud- ies by, 271 Barmakid family in Abbasid govern- ment, 29 al-Barnawi, Muhammad ibn al-Hajj Abd al-Rahman. SeeHajirmai al-Bashir, Omar, 679, 680, 703 Basmil nomads, as Uighur allies, 464 Basra (Iraq) ; African slave domination...
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journal articles on: Hajj Omar  - 28 results

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Stress and Coping: The Experience of Students at the American University of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War
Journal article by Ahmad Oweini; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 18, 1996
Subjects: American University of Beirut--Reports, Civil war--Lebanon, Stress management--Psychological aspects, Students and war--Psychological aspects
...Among the victims were a medical student, two AUB students and a staff member. A year earlier, a popular driver, Hajj Omar, had been martyred by a snipers bullet while driving the same bus.(54) Even the Medical Center building was not spared...
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Servant Leadership in the Bedouin-arab Culture
Journal article by Yasin Khalaf Sarayrah; Global Virtue Ethics Review, Vol. 5, 2004
Subjects: Arabs, Culture, Leadership, Management styles, Middle East, Studies
...Bedoin leaders. First, Omar bin alKhattab, an early...and second, Shaykh Hajj Ali, a tribal leader...and the case studies of Omar bin al-Khattab and Shaykh Hajj AIi indicate that the...early Arab culture. Omar bin alKhattabs personal...
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Al-Balda Al-Ukhra: A Meta-Text Unveiled
Journal article by Mona N. Mikhail; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 20, 1998
Subjects: Alien labor--Analysis, Employment abroad--Middle East, Middle East--Economic policy
...ground, my eyes remained at the same level of the eyes, cheeks, and faces of the women. Omar Ibn abi Rabiia was indeed no madman, when he went on the Hajj to flirt with women. I wonder what would happen if I were to go to Mecca.(May God forgive...
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Australian Experiences of the Meccan Pilgrimage
Journal article by Katy Nebhan; Journal of Australian Studies, 1999
Subjects: Australia--Religious aspects, Islamic shrines--Social aspects, Mecca, Saudi Arabia--Social aspects, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Social aspects, Muslims--Australia
...to perform the fifth and final pillar of Islam -- the hajj. The hajj, like Islam itself, has been an object of totalising...essential to look beyond totalism and to examine the hajj as conceived and understood away from Mecca, in the...
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Roads to Mecca: Conversion Narratives of European and Euro-american Muslims
Journal article by Marcia Hermansen; The Muslim World, Vol. 89, 1999
Subjects: Asad, Muhammad, Autobiographies, Islam, Literary criticism
...that he describes the ceremonies of the hajj and the topography of Mecca and Medina...with the Pope, "I am a Moslem. ,19 Her hajj account is written in the form of a diary...first Muslim Englishwoman to perform the hajj is probably not accurate, but perhaps...
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magazine articles on: Hajj Omar  - 17 results

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"Forgotten Roots: African American Muslims in Early America"
Magazine article by Matt Horton; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 24, September 2005
Subjects: African Americans, Art exhibits, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, History, Islam, Minority & ethnic groups, Museums, Muslims, Religion
...English and Arabic by Abdur Rahman. Hajj Omar ibn Sayyid (1770-1864) was also...Toro) in present day Senegal. Omar had made Hajj before his capture in 1807, when...escaped in 1810 and was imprisoned. Hajj Omar was eventually purchased for $900...
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An Algerian Advocate of Dialogue: Sheikh Mahfoud Nahnah
Magazine article by Greg Noakes; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIII, December 1994
Subjects: Algeria, Diplomacy, Government, International relations, Nahnah, Mahfoud, Personal profiles, Political parties, Politics
...earlier this year off a mountain road, his throat cut. Members of the GIA stand accused of the murder. Nahnahs driver, Hajj Omar, was killed during the summer, and shortly after Nahnahs U.S. visit another Hamas official, Ali Ayeb, was assassinated...
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Islam's Medieval Outposts
Magazine article by Husain Haqqani; Foreign Policy, November 2002
Subjects: Islam and politics, Islam--Study and teaching, Muslims--Attitudes
...pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the hajj. Television was about to be...Khattak. Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been a student at Haqqania...Taliban. He also considers Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden great Muslims...interpretation of Islam. Mullah Omar, Taliban leader (madrasa dropout...
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Maghreb Mirror: Heritage Foundation Conference Assesses Islamist Threat
Magazine article by Greg Noakes; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIII, October 31, 1994
Subjects: Africa, Foreign policy, Geography, Government, International relations, Islam, North Africa, Politics, Religion
...where they helped the Islamist regime of Omar alBashir eliminate domestic opposition...and Alamoudi found Pipes reference to the hajj and the pillars of "the Great Satan...insulting and repugnant. When Muslims go on hajj they go for a religious purpose, and they...
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Lebanon Dodges Bullets of Another Civil War
Magazine article by Sami Moubayed; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XX, June 30, 2001
Subjects: Civil war, Gemayel, Amin, Government, International relations, Jumblatt, Walid, Lebanon, Politics, Sfeir, Mar Nasrallah Boutros
...Gemayel, current President Mounir al-Hajj and Vice President Kareem Bakradoni. Gemayel...Phalange Party president Mounir al-Hajj disavowed the radical anti-Syrian attitude...Hussein al-Husseini, former Prime Minister Omar Karami, former President Hrawi, Emir...
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newspaper articles on: Hajj Omar  - 12 results

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RP Pilgrims Bereft of Hajj Leaders
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 7, 2009
Subjects: Islamic religious practice, Muslims, Travel restrictions
...the 3,500-member Filipino hajj delegation this year.Sheikh...Dipatuan, one of the five banned hajj team leaders, said their own...stemming from the absence of hajj guides.Dipatuan also complained...sheikhs - Suhayli Malambut, Omar Dimacaling, Salih Dimacaling...
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Saudi Hajj Officials Seek P324,350 for Damages
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2009
Subjects: Islamic religious practice
...guides of pilgrims) during Hajj 2008. ldquo;Please be informed...participating in the forthcoming hajj. And, if legally feasible...Mustapha Abdullah Anggun, Omar Dimacaling, Salih Dimacaling...of their ban from engaging in hajj services. ldquo;In the interest...
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Rabitah Cited for Aiding RP Gov't Secure Special Flight for Pilgrims
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 19, 2007
...pilgrims last Sunday for this years hajj season. "Were very grateful for the intercession of Dr. Omar Nasiff, Rabitah president...Arroyos special envoy for 2007 hajj. Lanao del Sur provincial spokesman...Saudia Airline, which monopolizes hajj flights, provided only one special...
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The Men Who Are Selling Timeshares in Mecca ... to Christians; It Could Be a High-Yield Bargain- but Non-Muslims Will Never Be Able to See Their Investment
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 25, 2005
...a highyielding bargain, says Omar Ahmed, of Investors Provident...during the month of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, rental values have...sterling1,000 a night during Hajj and there is a desperate shortage...for a 30-day stay over the Hajj period to $102,500 (pounds...
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300 Cows Slaughtered to Mark Pilgrims Return; Tons of Beef Distributed to Indigent Families in Zamboanga City
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 22, 2007
Subjects: Beef industry--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Beef--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Cattle--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Christian-Muslim relations--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Christianity and other religions--Islam, Christianity and other religions--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...monopoly of Saudia Airlines on Hajj ferry services for Filipino pilgrims...three Muslim officials joined the hajj activities in Mecca with a mission...Muslim League (Rabitah). Dr. Omar Nasiff, Jeddah-based Rabitah...pilgrims had paid each for the hajj. (With report by Ali Macabalang...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hajj Omar  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Hajj Omar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAJJ OMAR haj o mar, 1797 1864, Muslim religious and military leader in W Africa. A chieftain of the large Tukulor tribe of Senegal...
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Fulani
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...continued to rule over part of N Nigeria until the British conquest in 1903. The Fulani of Massina were conquered (1861) by Hajj Omar , but their resistance ultimately resulted in his death. See D. J. Stenning, Savannah Nomads (1959, repr. 1964...
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Faidherbe, Louis LÉon CÉsar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...colony into the dominant political and military power in West Africa, founding (1857) the city of Dakar . He drove Hajj Omar out of Senegal, extending French control to The Gambia, but maintained the traditional authority of the chiefs. After...
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Islam in Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Muslim world, was swept by a wave of religious reform. Militant reformers, such as the Fulani and the followers of Hajj Omar , greatly extended the area over which Islam held sway in W Africa. Usumanu dan Fodio (1809) founded the Sokoto caliphate...


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