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[...]... Emergence of Modern Turkey (19 62; 2d ed 19 68); and, from a more European viewpoint, W N Medlicott, The Congress of Berlin and After: A Diplomatic History of the Near Eastern Settlement, 18 78 -18 80 (19 38; 2d ed 19 63) Ⅺ ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD BIOGRAPHY Shaykh ’Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah Shaykh ‘Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah (18 95 -19 65) ruled Kuwait for 15 years (19 50 -19 65), a period of spectacular development... H Hopkins, The Rise of the Social Gospel in American Protestantism, 18 65 -19 15 (19 40); Aaron I Abell, The Urban Impact on American Protestantism, 18 6 519 00 (19 43); Henry F May, Protestant Churches and Industrial America (19 49); and Francis P Weisenburger, Ordeal of Faith: The Crisis of Church-going America, 18 65 -19 00 (19 59) Ⅺ El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud (19 00 -19 83) was a military... on Jan 21, 16 29 Further Reading The best short account in English of the life of Abbas I is in Percy Sykes, A History of Persia, vol 2 (19 15; 3d ed 19 30) Other background studies which discuss Abbas include Donald N Wilber, Iran: Past and Present (19 48; 4th ed 19 58); A J Arberry, ed., The Legacy of Persia (19 53); and Richard N Frye, Persia (19 53; 3d ed 19 69) Ⅺ Ferhat Abbas Ferhat Abbas (18 99 -19 85) was... 10 , 19 18 Further Reading A good biography is the contemporary account by Sir Edwin Pears, Life of Abdul Hamid (19 17) More recent is Joan Haslip, The Sultan: The Life of Abdul Hamid (19 58) Background information is in M Philips Price, A History of Turkey from Empire to Republic (19 56; 2d ed 19 61) ; E E Ramsaur, The Young Turks: Prelude to the Revolution of 19 08 (19 57); Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern... Lord Aberdeen, a political biography, London; New York: Longman, 19 83 Iremonger, Lucille, Lord Aberdeen: a biography of the fourth Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., Prime Minister 18 52 -18 55, London: Collins, 19 78 Ⅺ William Aberhart As premier of the province of Alberta, Canada, from 19 35 to 19 43, William Aberhart (18 78 -19 43) was the first political leader who made the theories of social credit a basis for... government (18 28 -18 30), Aberdeen helped design a settlement guaranteeing the territorial integrity of an independent Greece He was again out of public office until he joined Prime Minister Robert Peel’s first Cabinet as secretary for war and the colonies in 18 34 This brief ministry ended in 18 35, and Aberdeen was out of office until 18 41 The most important part of Aberdeen’s public career began in 18 41, when... and Its Fall (19 02; trans 19 27) There are brief accounts in such works as Carl Brockelmann, History of the Islamic Peoples (19 39; trans 19 47), and Philip K Hitti, History of the Arabs (19 40) Ⅺ Abd al-Mumin The Berber Abd al-Mumin (ca 10 94 -11 63) was the founder of the Almohad dynasty in North Africa and Spain L ittle is known of the background of Abd al-Mumin except that he was born about 10 94 in a village... (2 vols., 19 26), in which he presents with English translations a vast array of spiritual wills prepared by Jewish saints and scholars over the ages His other works include Chapters in Jewish Literature (18 99), A Short History of Jewish Literature (19 06), The Book of Delight (19 12), an annotated edition of the Authorized Daily Prayer Book (19 12), and Studies in Pharisaism (2 vols., 19 17 -19 24) He was... within.‘‘ 21 22 ABEL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD BIOGRAPHY Further Reading Chicago Tribune, January 24, 19 93, section 2, p 6 Los Angeles Times, January 23, 19 93, p A22 Times (London), January 25, 19 93, p 19 Washington Post, January 23, 19 93, p C4 Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale, Volume 8, 19 78, Volume 22, 19 82, Volume 53, 19 89 Janiera, Armando Martins, Japanese and Western Literature, Tuttle, 19 70 Tsurutu,... First Centuries of the Chris- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD BIOGRAPHY tian Era, vol 2 (19 27); this work provides an excellent basic orientation in the Talmud Ⅺ Abbas I Abbas I (15 71- 1629), called ‘‘the Great,’’ was a shah of Persia, the fifth king of the Safavid dynasty He brought Persia once again to the zenith of power and influence politically, economically, and culturally T he greatest shah of the Safavids, . 347-4253 Fax: ( 313 ) 9 61- 6599 World Biography FM 01 9 /10 /02 6 :17 PM Page vi 1 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD BIOGRAPHY World Biography FM 01 9 /10 /02 6 :17 PM Page vii Hugo.