• Look up bab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bab or BAB can refer to: Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" Set (mythology)...
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    the Twelfth Imam. Bábism, a term originating from Orientalists rather than the followers of the religion, comes from the Arabic noun bāb "gate" (Arabic:...
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    The Báb (born ʻAlí-Muḥammad; /ˈæli moʊˈhæməd/; Persian: علی‌محمد; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850) was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and...
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  • Babs or BABS may refer to: Nickname of Barbara Windsor (1937-2020), British actress Babs McMillan, Australian actress Babs Olusanmokun, American actor...
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    underground area of the Temple Mount known as Solomon's Stables. Bāb al-Janā’iz (باب الجنائز), or Bāb al-Burāq (باب البراق) (Gate of the Funerals/of the Burāq)...
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    Subh-i-Azal (redirect from Azalí Bábism)
    after the execution of its founder, the Bāb, in 1850. He was named the leader of the movement after being the Bāb's chief deputy shortly before its execution...
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  • inspired, this disciple was the "gate" (bāb) to the Imam and the esoteric knowledge he possessed. The first such bāb is held to have been Salman the Persian...
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    Bāb Ḥuṭṭa (Arabic: باب حطة or باب الحطه Bāb (al-)Huṭṭa, Bāb (al-)Hiṭṭa) is a neighborhood in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem to the north...
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    Bab al-Saghir (Arabic: باب الصغير, romanized: Bāb al-Ṣaghīr, lit. 'Small Gate') is one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. It has qubūr...
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    Jerusalem. It was known early Islamic period Bāb Daud, which means David's Gate. It was also known as Bāb al-Maḥkama (باب المحكمة), Gate of the Law Court...
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    in the city. Al-Bāb in Arabic means the door. According to Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in 1226, the name is a shortening of Bāb Bizāʻah (the gate...
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    The Cotton Merchants' Gate (Arabic: باب القطانين Bāb al-Qaṭṭānīn) is one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf). It is by the western...
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    Bāb al-Futūḥ ("Gate of Conquests") and Bāb al-Naṣr ("Gate of Victory"); on the east side were Bāb al-Barqiyya ("Gate of the Barqa regiment") and Bāb al-Qarrātīn...
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  • Bab Tuma (Arabic: بَابُ تُومَا, romanized: Bāb Tūmā, meaning: "Gate of Thomas") is a neighborhood located in the Old city of Damascus in Syria. It is one...
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    Bāb Antakiya (Arabic: بَاب أَنْطَاكِيَّة, romanized: Bāb ʾAnṭākīyah, Aleppo Arabic: [ˈbæːb ˈntˤaːkjɛ], "Gate of Antioch") is a critical defense gate in...
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    Bab Qinnasrin (Arabic: بَاب قِنَّسْرِيْن, romanized: Bāb Qinnasrīn), meaning the Gate of Qinnasrin is one of the gates of the medieval Old City of Aleppo...
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    Babs Olusanmokun is a Nigerian-American actor best known for playing Dr. Joseph M'Benga in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present) and Jamis in Dune...
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  • Ibn Nusayr (redirect from Bab Nusayr)
    the bab (representative) of al-Askari and sometimes of Hujjat Allah al-Mahdi, during the Minor Occultation. A rival of his in claiming to be the Bāb (Door)...
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  • "Bab." may be an abbreviation for: Charles Babington, an English botanist The Babylonian Talmud Bab (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • Outline of religion MacEoin, Denis (1989). "Bāb, Sayyed ʻAli Mohammad Sirazi". Encyclopædia Iranica. Bábism at Wikipedia's sister projects Definitions...
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    Bab Ksiba (Arabic: باب القصيبة, Bāb al-Quṣayyabah) is a gate in Marrakesh, Morocco. Bab Ksiba and another more famous gate further north, Bab Agnaou,...
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    Bab Kisan (Arabic: بَابُ كِيسَانَ, romanized: Bāb Kīsān, meaning "Kisan Gate") is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The gate, which...
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  • and less complicated. The Báb encourages believers to be proactive in order to learn the sciences. In such a context, the Bāb recommended that teachers...
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  • Bab al-Nairab (Arabic: بَاب النَّيْرَب, romanized: Bāb an-Nayrab, also spelled Bab al-Nayrab) meaning the "Gate of al-Nayrab", was one of the nine historical...
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    (1996). "A Note on the Shield-Shaped Ornamental Bosses on the Façade of Bāb al-Nasr in Cairo". Ars Orientalis. 26: 55–64. ISSN 0571-1371. JSTOR 4629499...
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  • Bab Maran (Persian: بابماران, also Romanized as Bāb Mārān and Bāb-e Mārān) is a village in Gevar Rural District, Sarduiyeh District, Jiroft County, Kerman...
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    Mecca (redirect from Harat al Bab)
    The British Museum. pp. 176–178. ISBN 978-0-86159-193-0. OCLC 857109543. "Bab Bani Shaiba". Madain Project. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020...
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    The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit. 'Gate of Grief'), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula...
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  • Bab Nem (Persian: باب نم, also romanized as Bāb Nem and Bāb Nam) is a village in Sarduiyeh Rural District, Sarduiyeh District, Jiroft County, Kerman Province...
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  • Bab Zeytun (Persian: باب زيتون, also Romanized as Bāb Zeytūn and Bāb-e Zeytūn; also known as Bāb Zeytūn-e Bīd Khān) is a village in Mashiz Rural District...
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