ibn Zuhr

[ ĭb′ən zur′ ]

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.
Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple|Michael Luongo|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These included a flamboyant veteran of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan named Ibn al-Khattab.
Tsarnaev Brothers’ Impact on U.S.-Russian Counterterrorism Cooperation|Andrew S. Weiss|April 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Since the death of ibn Saud in 1953, succession has moved only among his sons.
With Prince Muqrin’s Appointment, Saudi Succession Crisis Looms|Bruce Riedel|February 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
French Shooting Suspect Mohamed Merah Under Siege in Raid|Tracy McNicoll|March 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The soldier killed in Toulouse, Imad Ibn-Ziaten, 30, was of Moroccan origin.
France’s Shocking Shooting Spree|Tracy McNicoll|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This phrase, says Ibn Khallikan, afterwards became a proverb.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
Thus the cautious encyclopædia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
It is in the sect of Abdullah ibn Maymūn that we must seek the model for Weishaupt's system of organization.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster
The remarks of Ibn Batuta (c. 1332) already suggest the present state of things, viz.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various