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Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim [3] mystic, poet and preacher. [4]
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Yemen. Yemen is located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia . It has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the south, and Oman to the east.
Beginning in 1924, each year at least one stamp was issued in February to commemorate independence, a pattern that held steady, with few omissions, until the 1960s. Parliament House on the 15p of 1939. Afghanistan joined the Universal Postal Union in 1928; previously international mail required stamps of British India.
During World War I, British and Indian troops fought their way from Basra to Mosul; they used stamps of India overprinted "I.E.F." on their military mail. [3] The British overprinted a variety of Ottoman stamps during their occupation, a grouping now conventionally called the issues of "Mesopotamia".
Stamp overprinted during the Nejdi occupation of Hejaz. By 1925 Nejd had conquered the Kingdom of Hejaz. A variety of stamps were issued during the occupation, including postage stamps, railway stamps, postage dues and revenue stamps. Many were overprinted, including Turkish stamps made valid for postage in the territory. [1] [3]
Khawla's fighting skills were praised by Umar. [8] Many streets and schools in Saudi Arabia, are named after her. [citation needed] Jordan issued a stamp in her honor as part of the "Arab Women in History". [9] Many Arab cities have schools and institutions carrying the name of Khawla Bint al-Azwar. [6]
The former printed the 2 paisa, 3 paisa and 13 paisa stamps while the later did the 1 paisa, 7 paisa and 13 paisa stamps. In the printing the Times Press used as many as 34 plates; 17 for 1 paisa (ordinary and service), 14 for 7 paisas and 3 plates for 13 paisas. [ 14 ]
Abbas ibn Firnas. Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini ( Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 A.D. ), known as Abbas ibn Firnas ( Arabic: عباس ابن فرناس) was an Andalusi polymath: [ 1][ 2][ 3] an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer ...