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Ali

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A·li  (ä-l) 600?-661.
Muslim caliph (656-661) after whose assassination Islam was divided into Sunnite and Shiite sects.
Ali, Muhammad Originally Cassius Marcellus Clay  (kl) Born 1942.
American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight title in 1964, 1974, and 1978.
Ali [ˈɑːliː]
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1. (Biographies / Ali (?600-661) M, Arab, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?600-661 ad, fourth caliph of Islam (656-61 ad), considered the first caliph by the Shiites: cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed
2. (Biographies / Ali, Mehemet) Mehemet. See Mehemet Ali
3. (Biographies / Ali, Muhammad) Muhammad. See Muhammad Ali
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Noun1.Ali - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali
2.Ali - the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects


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In the reign of Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived in Bagdad a merchant named Ali Cogia, who, having neither wife nor child, contented himself with the modest profits produced by his trade.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
Poor Gub-Gub was dreadfully frightened; and the pushmi-pullyu began to sharpen his horns for a fight by rubbing them on the mast of the ship; while Jip kept springing into the air and barking and calling Ben Ali bad names in dog-language.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context
She saw Ali ben Kadin, The Sheik's half brother, squatted upon a rug, smoking.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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