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.

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.

In March 1992, the communist regime in Afghanistan collapsed after the sudden change of allegiance of Afghan General Abdul Rashid Dostum.

* Early April-former communist general Abdul Rashid Dostum returns from self-exile in Turkey to boost resistance to the Taliban regime.

In 1941 nationalist army officers, from the first generation to have come under the influence of al-Husri's ideas, carried out a coup d ' état against the pro-British monarchy and government, briefly installing a pro-Axis regime under Rashid Ali al-Gailani.

The critical change in Iraqi Jewish identity occurred after the violent Farhud or pogrom against the Jews of Baghdad, on June 1 – 2, 1941 following the collapse of the pro-Nazi Golden Square regime of Rashid Ali al-Kaylani.

In 1924, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani began his career in politics in the first government led by Prime Minister Yasin al-Hashimi.

Put in its historical context, the 14 July Revolution was the culmination of a series of uprisings and coup attempts that began with the 1936 Bakr Sidqi coup and included the 1941 Rashid Ali military movement, the 1948 Wathbah Uprising, and the 1952 and 1956 protests.

By the early 20th century, the first generation of Egyptian composers, including Yusef Greiss, Abu Bakr Khairat, and Hasan Rashid, began writing for Western instruments.

The media watchdog group Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America ( CAMERA ) began an investigation of the quotation after Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi published the quotation in an op-ed piece for The New York Times, and was obliged to print a correction.

In 1312, his colleague, Sa'd al-Dawla, fell from power and was replaced by Ali Shah, who soon began intriguing to bring down Rashid al-Din.

* The Indian Progressive Writers ' Movement and Association first began after the publication of Angare ( Burning Coals ), a collection of short stories by Ahmed Ali, Sajjad Zaheer, Rashid Jehan and Mahmuduz Zafar in 1932 and its postcription by the British U. P. Government in 1933.

When their social reconstruction started, the cultural and political history of Muslims began to revolve around Deoband and Aligarh during this period, and Maulana Qasim Nanotvi and Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, both proponents of the reformer Shah Waliullah's ideology for social and political rejuvenation, established a school in Deoband in 1867.

* 1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.

A Pakistan Air Force T-33 trainer was hijacked on August 20, 1971 before Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 in Karachi when a Bengali instructor pilot, Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, knocked out the young Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas with the intention of defecting to India with the plane and national secrets.

In 1995 the Hezb-i Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Iranian-backed Hezb-i Wahdat as well as Rashid Dostum's Junbish forces were defeated militarily in the capital Kabul by forces of the interim government under Massoud who subsequently tried to initiate a nationwide political process with the goal of national consolidation and democratic elections, also inviting the Taliban to join the process.

In January 1994, former communist general Abdul Rashid Dostum joined an alliance with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

In the mid 1960s, Fayed met the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid al Makhtoum who entrusted Fayed with helping transform Dubai.

On 1799, as French soldiers under the command of Colonel d ' Hautpoul were strengthening the defences of Fort Julien, a couple of miles north-east of the Egyptian port city of Rashid, Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard spotted a slab with inscriptions on one side that the soldiers had uncovered.

Gumushtigin requested from Rashid ad-Din Sinan, grand-master of the Assassins of Syria, who were already at odds with Saladin since he replaced the Fatimids of Egypt, to assassinate Saladin in his camp.

Saladin had by now agreed truces with his Zengid rivals and the Kingdom of Jerusalem ( latter occurred in the summer of 1175 ), but faced a threat from the Hashshashin sect or " Assassins " led by Rashid ad-Din Sinan.

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Massoud's United Front troops and United Front troops of Abdul Rashid Dostum ( who returned from exile ) ousted the Taliban from power in Kabul with American air support in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Mazar-i-Sharif fell to United Front troops of Ustad Atta Mohammad Noor and Abdul Rashid Dostum on November 9, triggering a cascade of provinces falling with minimal resistance.

He co-starred with Burt Lancaster in the NBC-TV miniseries, On Wings of Eagles, playing the Iranian Rashid, the hero of a true story about Ross Perot.

On 8 January 1820, Sheikh Rashid ibn Humayd Al Nuaimi signed the General Maritime Treaty with Britain, accepting a protectorate to keep the Ottoman Turks out.

Many historical illustrations left in Rashid al Din's " Compendium chronicles " book described falconry of the middle centuries with Mongol images.

However, no references of the gift have been found in Abbasid records, nor any mentions of interactions with Charlemagne, possibly because Rashid regarded the Frank as a minor ruler.

Rashid Khalidi, a professor at Columbia University who was the subject of a critical dossier on the website, suggested that the Campus Watch campaign was an attempt to silence legitimate criticism, " by tarring it with the brush of anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism, truly loathsome charges.

Stunned and confused, Rashid had life altering decisions to make with his girlfriend, Kim Jones.

* In Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, United Nations special envoy Norbert Holl met with rebel leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attending the 2009 Singapore APEC summit, holding a videoconference with Rashid Nurgaliyev via a Tactical MXP, after an Ulyanovsk arms depot explosion | arms depot explosion in Russia.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Project to Preserve Al Azhar Scripts and Publish Them Online ( the " Al-Azhar Online Project ") with the mission of eventually providing online access to the library's entire rare manuscripts collection ( comprising about seven million pages ).< ref >

She married first ( and divorced ) Yusuf Shaba ’ an and second with Mustafa Rashid.