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Philately ( / fɪˈlætəli /; fih-LAT-ə-lee) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. [1] While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. [2] For instance, the stamps being studied may be very rare or ...
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail —an envelope or other postal cover (e.g., packet, box, mailing cylinder)—which they wish to send. The item is ...
Fatima ( Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah ), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains.
Taqiyya is a practice in Islam that allows Muslims to conceal their faith in times of persecution or danger.
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps. [1]
Sharif. Sharīf ( Arabic: شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa ( شريفة ), plural ashrāf ( أشراف ), shurafāʾ ( شرفاء ), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ( c ...
Name structure Ism. The ism (اسم) is the given name, first name, or personal name; e.g. "Ahmad" or "Fatima".Most Arabic names have meaning as ordinary adjectives and nouns, and are often aspirational of character.
Muslim ( Arabic: مُسْلِم muslim ), also transliterated as Moslem or Müslüm ( Turkish ), is an Arabic male given name meaning 'pure, clear, immaculate, clean, taintless, straight, absolute', 'devout, god-fearing, pious, complaisant, obedient, submissive', 'virtuous, chaste, modest, blameless, innocent'. It is also the proper name for ...