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  • Thus, bearing in mind that the Hamzah is in reality a silent h, the syllable ká might be written kah, similarly to the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • If the conjunctive Hamzah is preceded by a quiescent letter, this takes generally Kasrah: “Tálat al-Laylah,” the night was longsome, would become Tálati ‘l-Laylah.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But among those consonants there are three, called weak letters (Hurúf al-‘illah), which have a particular organic affinity to these vowel sounds: the guttural Hamzah, which is akin to a, the palatal Yá, which is related to i, and the labial Wáw, which is homogeneous with u.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • But among those consonants there are three, called weak letters (Hurúf al-‘illah), which have a particular organic affinity to these vowel sounds: the guttural Hamzah, which is akin to a, the palatal

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Fayaz Kabli/Reuters Kashmiri Muslim men sit at the gate of the shrine of Sufi Saint Sheikh Hamzah Makhdoomi during a festival in Srinagar.

    Asia in Pictures 2012

  • In June 2002, bin Laden and one of his younger sons, Hamzah, posted comments to an al-Qaeda website that underlined how precarious life on the run had become.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • That total includes young children like Hamzah al-Khatib, a 13-year-old Syrian boy whose death at the hands of Syrian secret police sparked international outrage back in May.

    Col. Cedric Leighton: Beyond Qaddafi: Our Middle East Mission Is Not Over Yet Col. Cedric Leighton 2011

  • In June 2002, bin Laden and one of his younger sons, Hamzah, posted comments to an al-Qaeda website that underlined how precarious life on the run had become.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In June 2002, bin Laden and one of his younger sons, Hamzah, posted comments to an al-Qaeda website that underlined how precarious life on the run had become.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In June 2002, bin Laden and one of his younger sons, Hamzah, posted comments to an al-Qaeda website that underlined how precarious life on the run had become.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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