Abdul Alhazred is a fictional character created by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.

The name Abdul Alhazred is a pseudonym that Lovecraft created in his youth, which he took on after reading 1001 Arabian Nights at the age of about five.

Abdul is a common Arabic name component ( but never a name by itself ; additionally the ending-ul and the beginning Al-are redundant ), but Alhazred may allude to Hazard, a pun on the book's destructive and dangerous nature, or a reference to Lovecraft's ancestors by that name.

A reference to the " Mad Arab " in Cthulhu Mythos fiction is invariably a synonym for Abdul Alhazred.

Abdul Alhazred acts as vizier to King Calaphim and Queen Allaria in The Land of the Green Isles in King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow.

" The character Snake says it was written by Abdul Alhazred and was said to be one of the books used in the creation of the Necronomicon.

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* The American horror author H P Lovecraft created an Arab poet Abdul Alhazred to whom was attributed a couplet:

In a passage attributed to the Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred, Derleth writes:

Mordack was the " friend " ( according to Cassima ) and master of the former Vizier of the Green Isles, Abdul Alhazred Through his relationship with Alhazred, Mordack was able to meet Cassima, princess of that land.

Mordack is not specifically stated to be a member of the Society of the Black Cloak within KQ6, but is connected to both Shadrack and the Abdul Alhazred via a letter ( he is also connected to the Vizier via a few lines in KQ5 ).

* Abdul Alhazred: The Vizier of the Land of the Green Isles and minion of the Mordack He came to the Green Isles and impressed the King and Queen, Caliphim and Allaria, with his intelligence and knowledge.

According to the King's Quest Companion, Abdul Alhazred wrote the Necronomicon, a dark tome feared throughout Daventry.

* Shamir Shamazel: A genie in the service of Vizer Abdul Alhazred.

It is known that he has given some advice to Abdul Alhazred concerning capturing the kingdom.

It was formerly ruled by Abdul Alhazred ( in interim ), and before that King Caliphim and his wife Allaria.

However Abdul is a common Arabic prefix meaning " Servant of the " and " Al " is Arabic for " the ", and if " hazra " means " he prohibited ", " he fenced in " or " Great Lord ", then the name would mean " Servant of the Prohibited ", " Servant of the Fenced in ", or " Servant of the Great Lord " which would make sense considering his role, even if it is not a proper Arabic name.

* 1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.

The ARY Group is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob.

Abdul is the Chief Executive Officer and owner of the Group.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the senior uniformed officer, is General Abdul Fatah Khalil a-Sisi and the Chief of Staff is Lieutenant General Sedki Sobhi.

* 1954 – Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.

* 1958 – Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader.

* 1968 – A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba ' ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.

Other places of interest include Kabul City Center, which is Kabul's first shopping mall, the shops around Flower Street and Chicken Street, Wazir Akbar Khan district, Kabul Golf Club, Kabul Zoo, Abdul Rahman Mosque, Shah-Do Shamshira and other famous mosques, the National Gallery of Afghanistan, the National Archives of Afghanistan, Afghan Royal Family Mausoleum, the OMAR Mine Museum, Bibi Mahro Hill, Kabul Cemetery, and Paghman Gardens.

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, a prominent Saudi government official, was staying at the same hotel that night, although there is no evidence that they met or knew of each other's presence.

During this time Abdul Qadir of Pakistan was the highest-profile leg spinner in the world and is sometimes credited with " keeping the art alive ".

* 1924 – The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed.

The President of Afghanistan is the Commander-in-Chief of the military, acting through the Ministry of Defense that is headed by General Abdul Rahim Wardak.

Letterbocks also formerly featured correspondence from, and has brought fame to, the late Abdul Latif, Lord of Harpole, proprietor of the ( real ) Curry Capital restaurant ( formerly the Rupali ), Bigg Market.

Despite the evident tongue-in-cheek origin of the book, supposedly written by the " Mad Arab Abdul al-Hazred ," who was supposed to have died by being torn apart by an invisible being in an Arab marketplace in broad daylight, many have been led to believe that the book is real.

The group Big Brovaz originally comprised three women, Cherise ( half-Jamaican and half-Irish ; won the MOBO best unsigned artist in 2000 ), Dion, Nadia ( born in Reading ) and three men, J-Rock ( real name John Paul Horsley, born in Washington DC ), Flawless ( real name Tayo Aisida, born in Lagos, Nigeria ) and Randy, plus two producers Skillz, also known as JJC ( real name Abdul Bello, born in Kano, Nigeria ), who also manages his group 419 squad, and Fingaz.

Further, Abdul Raheem, who was close to his stepbrother Abdul Rahman, was the real Zekharia Hadad.

It is the birthplace of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan ( 1872 – 1937 ), who was one of the most important musicians of this gharana and of Hindustani music in general in the twentieth century, and considered by some to be the real founder of the Kirana Gharana, while the roots of the tradition can be traced back to his great-grandfather Ghulam Ali and Ghulam Maula, the brother of Ghulam Ali.