The main forces involved during that period in Kabul, northern, central and eastern Afghanistan were the Hezb-i Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar directed by Pakistan, the Hezb-i Wahdat of Abdul Ali Mazari directed by Iran, the Ittehad-i Islami of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf supported by Saudi Arabia, the Junbish-i Milli of Abdul Rashid Dostum backed by Uzbekisten, the Harakat-i Islami of Hussain Anwari and the Shura-i Nazar operating as the regular Islamic State forces ( as agreed upon in the Peshawar Accords ) under the defense ministry of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

" In the spring of 1941, upon hearing of the coup in Baghdad that brought Rashid Ali al-Gaylani to power, Ribbentrop dispatched Dr. Fritz Grobba on a secret mission to Iraq to make contact with the new government.

In pursuit of his Iraq project, Ribbentrop strongly pushed for German aid to the Rashid Ali al-Gaylani government in Iraq, where he saw a great opportunity for striking a blow at British influence in the Middle East.

After the fall of Najibullah's regime in 1992, private militias were formed and the nation began to witness a civil war between the various warlords, including Ahmad Shah Massoud, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdul Ali Mazari, Ismail Khan, and many others.

Ajman Port, Fujairah Port, Das Island, Mina ' Zayid and Mina Jabal Al Dhanna in Abu Dhabi, Khawr Fakkan, Mina Al Hemreya and, Mina ' Khalid in Sharjah, Mina ' Jabal ' Ali, Port Rashid in Dubai, Mina ' Saqr in Ras Al Khaimah, Umm al-Qaiwain Port,

* May 2 – Anglo-Iraqi War: British combat operations against the rebel government of Rashid Ali in the Kingdom of Iraq begin.

Seizing power on 1 April 1941, the nationalist government of Prime Minister Rashid Ali repudiated the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 and demanded that the British abandon their military bases and withdraw from the country.

Rashid Ali and the Mufti of Jerusalem fled to Iran, then Turkey, Italy, and finally Germany, where Ali was welcomed by Hitler as head of the Iraqi government-in-exile in Berlin.

Arab leaders are split: while some assist the Allies, others like Iraqi Rashid Ali and the Palestinian Amin al-Husayni assist the Axis.

The movement developed as a reaction to British colonialism in India, which was believed by a group of prominent Indian scholars consisting of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Shah Rafi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Zulfiqar Ali, Fadhl al-Rahman Usmani and Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi to be corrupting the Islamic religion.

On 1 April 1941, the Hashemite monarchy in Iraq was over-thrown and there was a pro-German coup d ' état under Rashid Ali.

The Rashid Ali regime began negotiations with the Axis powers and military aid was quickly sent to Mosul via Vichy French-controlled Syria.

By the end of May, the siege of RAF Habbaniya was lifted, Falluja was taken, Baghdad was surrounded by British forces, and the pro-German government of Rashid Ali collapsed.

Rashid Ali and his supporters fled the country.

Nabil Ali Muhammad ( Abu Rashid ) Shaath (,, also spelled Sha ' ath ; born August 1938 in Safad ) is a senior Palestinian official.

During General Rashid Ali al-Gaylani's short-lived anti-British military coup in 1941, Iraq-based Arab nationalists ( Sunni Muslims as well as Chaldean Christians ) asked the Nazi German government to support them against British colonial rule.

In April 1941, Rashid Ali led a pro-Axis coup in Iraq.

In March 1940, the nationalist Rashid Ali replaced Nuri as-Said.

He was among the key promoters of the pan-Arab Al-Muthanna Club, and supported the coup d ' état by Rashid Ali in April 1941.

When the war failed for the Iraqis, as little German and Italian assistance was given played a negligible role in the war, al-Husseini escaped to Persia ( together with Rashid Ali ), where he was granted legation asylum first by Japan, and then by Italy.

During his early military career, he took part in the Rashid Ali al-Gaylani's failed revolt against the British in 1941, and was arrested, imprisoned, and compulsorily retired from the army.

In January 1939 the king further aggrieved Nuri by appointing Rashid Ali al-Kaylani head of the Royal divan.

In April 1941, the pro-neutrality elements seized power, installing Rashid Ali al-Kaylani as prime minister.

Rashid Aali al-Gaylani (, also spelled Sayyad Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyad Rashid Ali al-Gailani, or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany ) ( 1892 – August 28, 1965 ) served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq on three occasions.

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. ( born March 13, 1972 ), better known by his stage name Common ( previously Common Sense ), is an American hip-hop artist and actor.

Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., on Chicago's South Side on March 13, 1972.

Salman Khan ( pronunciation: ; born Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on 27 December 1965 ) is an Indian film actor.

Jackson is currently married to Halima Rashid ( born 1970 ) in November 2004, a wealthy originally Afghanistan native.

She married Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, artist and patron of the arts ( born 1952 )

Doctor Abdul Latif Rashid ( born 1944 ) is the Iraqi Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki.

Dr Rashid is a Kurd, born in 1944 in Sulaymaniyah, and is an active member of the PUK under the leadership of Mr Jalal Talabani.

Rashid Alievich Sunyaev ( Cyrillic: Раши ́ д Али ́ евич Сюня ́ ев ; born March 1, 1943 ) to a Tatar family, and educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( MS ).

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( Arabic محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم ; ), also Sheikh Mohammed, ( born July 22, 1949 ), is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ), and constitutional monarch of Dubai.

Rashid al-Din Monafiq was born into a Jewish family at Hamadan now hamadan Province ).

El Rashid El Tahir Bakr was born in 1930 in the Karkoj Blue Nile region of Sudan 1930.

Nargis Dutt (; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981 ), born Fatima Rashid but known by her screen name, Nargis, was an Indian film actress.

Rashid Latif (; born 14 October 1968 ) is a former Pakistani wicket keeper and a right handed batsman who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches, between 1992 and 2003.

Rashid Behbudov was born in Tiflis Tbilisi, Georgia in 1915.

Rashid Karami was born in Tripoli on 30 December 1921 into one of Lebanon's most prominent political families.

Many famous Sudanese artists and politicians has been born or lived in the city, among them Rashid Bakr ( former Vice President 1983 ) and Ahmed Al Jabri ( singer ).

Karim Rashid talks to press at Innoprom-2012Karim Rashid ( in Arabic كريم رشيد ) ( born in Cairo, Egypt on September 18, 1960 ) is an industrial designer.

HH Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum ( Arabic هند بنت مكتوم بن جمعة ال مكتوم ) ( born 12 February 1962 ) is the senior wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai.

In the 1960s and 70s the NLF, headed by Saif Bin Ali, assisted by Yousif Ajaji ( born 1939 ) and Abdulla Rashid Binali ( born 1935 ), played a leading part in two major events: the March Intifada ( uprising ) of 1965, in which nationalist forces rose up against British colonialism, and the labour movement of the early 1970s.

Sheikh Mohammad Rashid was born into a family of farmers and entered politics before independence of Pakistan in 1947. his father was a government servant.

Rashid Ramzi () ( born July 17, 1980 ) is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.