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Organization · 1981 CE

Umm al-Qura University

Also known as

Jāmiʿat ʾUmmi l-Qurā
Jāmiʿat ʾUmmi l-Qurā
Pamantasang Umm al-Qura
Umm al-Qurá Ülikool
Umm Alqura University
Umm Alqura University

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located inMecca
educated · employedAbdul Aziz al-Harbi1965 CE
educatedAbdul Wahab Al-Dailami1938 CE
educatedAbdullah Awad Al Juhany1976 CE
employedAbla al-Kahlawi1948 CE
educated

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Ahmed al Haddad20th c. CE

educatedAssim al-Hakeem1962 CE

educatedBandar Baleela1975 CE

employedMuhammad Alawi al-Maliki1948 CE

employedMuhammad Ali al-Sabuni1930 CE

educatedMuḥammad Ḍiyāʼ al-Raḥmān al-Aʻẓamī1943 CE

Umm al-Qura University · Alexandria