* Zia Mohyeddin as Tafas.

The book was also adapted to a Broadway play by Harvey Breit and Patricia Rinehart, and was staged at Hudson Theatre in 1968 with Zia Mohyeddin playing the lead role and Ravi Shankar scoring the music.

* Zia Mohyeddin as King Fedra

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Zia was born in Jalandhar, Punjab state of the British Indian Empire, on 12 August 1924 to a middle-class family, as the second child of Muhammad Akbar, who worked as a staff clerk in the Army GHQ of India Command of British Armed Forces in Delhi and Simla, prior to the partition of Pakistan from British colonial rule in 1947.

Zia is survived by his sons, Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, ( born 1953 ), who went into politics and became a cabinet minister in the government of Nawaz Sharif, and Anwar-ul-Haq ( born 1950 ) and his daughters, Zian ( also Zain ) ( born 1972 ), a special needs child, and Rubina Salim, who is married to a Pakistani banker and has been living in the United States since 1980, and daughter Quratulain Zia who currently lives in London, and is married to Pakistani doctor, Adnan Majid.

Begum Khaleda Zia ()( born August 15, 1945 ) is the former First Lady of Bangladesh ( 1977 – 1981 ), and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world ( only after Ms Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan in 1988 – 1990 ) to head a democratic government as prime minister.

Sameer Zia was born on 8 September 1981 in the United Arab Emirates and plays cricket for them as a specialist bowler.

Zia McCabe ( born Aimee Springer on June 2, 1975 ) is a keyboard player, percussionist and bass guitarist, and member of American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols.

The sisters ' maternal grandmother was born Countess Anastasia de Torby ( later Lady " Zia " Wernher ), younger morganatic daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mihailovich of Russia ( a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I ) by his wife Countess Sophie von Merenberg, morganatic daughter of Prince Nikolaus of Nassau ( himself brother of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ) by his wife Natalya Aleksandrovna, Pushkin's younger daughter.

In June 2009, a new food court was completed, featuring Starbucks, Quiznos, Cinnabon, and Zia locations.

* During, Jean and Mirabdolbaghi, Zia, " The Art of Persian Music ", Mage Pub ; 1st edition ( Book & CD ) June 1, 1991, ISBN 978-0-934211-22-2

( 16 January 1893-30 June 1973 ) x Countess Anastasia ( Zia ) Mikhailovna de Torby, ( 9 September 1892-1977 ), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and Sophie Nikolaievna von Merenberg, Countess de Torby

Major Zia and Colonel Taher were based in this regional head-quarter of Bangladesh's Liberation Force during June to December, 1971.

The flag of New Mexico is represented by the red and gold colors, which represent Spain, as well as the Zia symbol, an ancient symbol for the sun of that Pueblo-related tribe.

** Begum Khaleda Zia is reelected as prime minister of Bangladesh.

The Hopi language is Uto-Aztecan ; Zuñi is a language isolate ; Keresan is a dialect continuum that includes Acoma, Laguna, Santa Ana, Zia, Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe.

Pir Zia Inayat Khan is Pir Vilayat's son and successor as Pir of the Sufi Order International.

The order is currently led by Pir Zia Inayat Khan, the grandson of Hazrat Inayat Khan and son of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.

Pir Hazrat Inayat Khan was the original leader of this movement and the founder of the Sufi Order of the West, which is now known as the Sufi Order International and is led by his grandson, Pir Zia.

Hobbs is home to Zia Park racetrack that hosts thoroughbred and quarter horse racing, and the Black Gold Casino.

Zia Pueblo ( Eastern Keres: Tsi ' ya, ) is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.

Zia Pueblo is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Zia Pueblo is located at ( 35. 508657 ,-106. 722576 ).

The latter is the former residence of Vilayat Inayat Khan, and is now the home of the current Pir of the Sufi Order International, Zia Inayat Khan.

Zia is a polarising figure in Pakistan, credited by some for preventing wider Soviet incursions into the region as well as economic prosperity, but decried for weakening democratic institutions, supporting militancy, and passing harsh laws that may have given rise to Islamic fundamentalism.

It is not clear whether this explicit parliamentary approval was required for Gen. Zia's amendments to obtain legal validity, but it appears that Gen. Zia considered it desirable to obtain this approval and thus chose to compromise by watering down some of the presidential powers his amendments had granted.

He is popularly known as Shaheed President Zia, meaning " martyred Zia ," in reference to his 1981 assassination.

On several occasions during the 1980s and 1990s, the army had given Pakistani leaders ( Zia ul Haq and Benazir Bhutto ) similar proposals for infiltration into the Kargil region, but the plans had been shelved for fear of drawing the nations into all-out war.

She started appearing on the ' Zia Mohyuddin Show ', a Karachi TV stage show ( 1972 – 74 ) and later did songs for numerous Pakistani films in the 70s.

To this date, despite his growing age, Zia is still active among Pakistani media as a speaker and hosts several TV programs both for National and Private Channels.

When some of the EBRC survivors reached 8 EBR lines begging for help, Captain Khalekuzzaman raced to find Zia while Captain Oli Ahmad began recalling EBR troops to Sholoshahar and arrested all Pakistani soldiers and officers of the unit.

Captain Khalek managed to find Maj. Zia and get his escort of Pakistani troops back to 8 EBR lines, where Zia managed to arrest his escort and order Bengali troops to move out.

Captain Haroon with his troops reached Kalurghat Bridge by 26 March morning, where Major Zia ordered him to stay with the 8 EBR troops, along with 2 EPR companies coming from Teknaf Rangamati EPR Company imprisoned their Pakistani members and took position to the north east of cantonment by the early hours of March 26.

Pakistani troops were stuck at Kumira, while Major Zia was keeping any EPR troops heading to the city at Kalurghat.

Pakistani troops had failed to take control of Chittagong as planned, but they had access to airborne reinforcements and no lack of supplies, while Bengali troops were running out of supplies, needed reinforcements and the lack of coordination between Maj. Zia and Captain Rafiq meant their effort were not fully effective.

Bengali troops had captured 18 Pakistani officers near Ramgarh including Lt. Col Sheikh and Major Iqbal, all of whom Maj. Zia surrendered to the Indian authorities.

General Akhtar and General Zia along with a number of other top Pakistani military personnel were earlier in Bahawalpur to witness a US M1 Abrams tank demonstration.

* Junaid Zia, Pakistani cricketer

* Benazir Bhutto was a political prisoner for four years under General Zia ul Haq.

Wilson teamed with CIA manager Gust Avrakotos and formed a team of a few dozen insiders who greatly enhanced the support for the Mujahideen, funneling it through Zia ul-Haq's ISI.

In 2009 the Italian publisher Adelphi re-released the book, which had been out of print for many years in its Italian translation, under the title Zia Mame: the book reached the top spot on Italian bestseller lists and stayed there for many weeks, an unusual performance for a re-release.

Recognition for the university includes the 2003 Zia Award, the 2005 Best Practice Award ( for the School of Education ), the 2006 Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year Award, the 2008 Piñon Award, and the 2008 Compañero Award.

In January 1984, after six years of house arrests and imprisonment, General Zia succumbed to international pressure and allowed Bhutto's family to travel abroad for medical reasons.

Further pressure from the international community forced General Zia to hold elections, for a unicameral legislature on a non-party basis.

In retaliation to the speech, Zia announced death sentences for 54 members of her party at a military court in Lahore headed by Zia himself.

She succeeded her mother as chairperson of the PPP and the pro-democracy opposition, although a left wing alliance, the Movement for Restoration of Democracy ( MRD ) to the far-right and ultraconservative military government of General Zia.

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Asad Ali Khan were known for their proficiency with the Rudra veena.

Zia saw action in World War II as a British Indian Army officer, before opting for Pakistan in 1947 and fighting in the war against India in 1965.

Domestically, Zia passed broad-ranging legislation as part of Pakistan's Islamization, acts criticised for fomenting religious intolerance.

After Junejo signed the Geneva Accords in 1988 against Zia's wishes, and called for an enquiry into the Ojhri Camp disaster, Zia dismissed Junejo's government and announced fresh elections in November 1988.

This promotion was highly controversial but had political motives for Bhutto, who saw Zia as firmly religious and an apolitical military figure who had distaste of politics.

Zia planned the Coup d ' état carefully, as he knew Bhutto had integral intelligence in the Pakistan Armed Forces, and many officers, including Chief of Air Staff General Zulfiqar Ali Khan and Major-General Tajammul Hussain Malik, GOC of 23rd Mountain Division, Major-General Naseerullah Babar, DG of Directorate-General for the Military Intelligence ( DGMO ) and Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, were loyal to Bhutto.

To remove this intelligence, Zia secretly contracted with the active duty British SAS army officers to maintain a staff course for the Army personnel while Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Shariff quietly removed naval personnel loyal to Bhutto and his government from the Navy's active duty.

Four important advisors of his caretaker cabinet resigned in December 2006, accusing the Chief Adviser of making the decision of Army deployment while ignoring the advisor council's recommendation against it. In this situation, President's Advisor Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury went to Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia and after successful negotiation he brought all parties to President for dialogue and finally they participated in polls on 26 December for 22 January 2007 election ..