Faisal
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Faisal is an Arabic given name and means The separator between good and Evil.

Faisal may refer to:
  • Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah Al Saud -- one of the imams of the Second Saudi State
    Second Saudi State
    The Second Saudi State existed during the 19th century when the rule of the House of Saud was restored to central and eastern Arabia after having previously been brought down by an Ottoman-Egyptian invasion in 1818...

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  • Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
    Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
    Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, GCIE , historic spelling Fessul bin Turkee, ruled as Sultan of Muscat and Oman from June 4, 1888 - October 15, 1913. He succeeded his father Turki bin Said as Sultan...

  • Faisal I of Iraq
    Faisal I of Iraq
    Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi, was for a short time King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of the Kingdom of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933...

     and Syria - leader during the Arab Revolt
    Arab Revolt
    The Arab Revolt was initiated by the Sherif Hussein bin Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen.- Background :...

  • Faisal II of Iraq
    Faisal II of Iraq
    Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the "14 July Revolution" together with several members of his family...

     last King of the Kingdom of Iraq
    Kingdom of Iraq
    The Kingdom of Iraq was the sovereign state of Iraq during and after the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. The League of Nations mandate started in 1920. The kingdom began in August 1921 with the coronation of Faisal bin al-Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi as King Faisal I...

  • Faisal of Saudi Arabia
    Faisal of Saudi Arabia
    Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975. As king, he is credited with rescuing the country's finances and implementing a policy of modernization and reform, while his main foreign policy themes were pan-Islamic Nationalism, anti-Communism, and pro-Palestinian...

     - Third King of Saudi Arabia
  • Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah Al Saud - Saudi ruler of central and eastern Arabia in the mid-19th century
  • Faisal Al-Dakhil
    Faisal Al-Dakhil
    Faisal Al-Dakhil, also spelled Al-Dakheel is a prominent Kuwaiti footballer. He is well known because of his famous goal against Czechoslovakia in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....

     , Kuwaiti
    Kuwait
    The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

     footballer
  • Faisal Al-Dawish
    Faisal Al-Dawish
    Faisal bin Sultan al-Dawish or commonly known as Faisal al-Dawish was a prince of Mutair tribe and one of the Ikhwan leaders, who assisted Ibn Saud in the unification of Saudi Arabia....

     Saudi leader of ikhwan
    Ikhwan
    The Ikhwan was the Islamic religious militia which formed the main military force of the Arabian ruler Ibn Saud and played a key role in establishing him as ruler of most of the Arabian Peninsula, in his new state of Saudi Arabia. The Ikhwan were made up of Bedouin tribes...

  • Faisal Faisal
    Faisal Faisal
    Faisal Ghazi Faisal is an Iraqi athlete who hoped to represent Iraq in the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Early life and education:Faisal grew up in Baghdad and lived in Wales as a child....

    , Iraq
    Iraq
    Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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  • Faisal Iqbal
    Faisal Iqbal
    Faisal Iqbal is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.-Early Life and Family:...

    , Pakistani cricketer
  • Faisal Islam
    Faisal Islam
    Faisal Islam is an award winning journalist and the economics editor for Channel 4 News.-Education:Faisal was educated at Manchester Grammar School, a boys' independent school in Manchester, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated from City University in London in 2000, with a Post...

    , British Bangladeshi economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News
  • Faisal Shahzad
    Faisal Shahzad
    Faisal Shahzad is a Pakistani American who attempted the May 1, 2010, Times Square car bombing. On , 2010, in Federal District Court in Manhattan he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt...

    , alleged terrorist responsible for 2010 Times Square car bomb attempt

Places

  • Faisal Mosque
    Faisal Mosque
    The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan and is located in the national capital city of Islamabad.Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan...

     - largest mosque
    Mosque
    A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

     in Islamabad
    Islamabad
    Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

    , Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

  • Faisalabad
    Faisalabad
    Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...

     - third largest city in Punjab
    Punjab (Pakistan)
    Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

    , Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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