Awalmir, Ustad (1931-1982)

Awalmir, Ustad (1931-1982)

Awalmir, Ustad (1931-1982) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: استاد اولمیر Alias: –   GENERAL INFO Description: Ustad Awalmir was an ethnic Afghan composer, musician, singer, and poet who wrote and sang in the Pashto...
Tocada Movida (2007)

Tocada Movida (2007)

Tocada Movida (2007) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: –   There is a popular saying in chess. When you move a piece and then drop it, your opponent says “piece touched, piece moved“. If you touch it...
al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995) Alternative last name spellings: ibn Abī Ya’qūb Ishāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Warrāq Alternative first name spellings: Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Nadīm Alias:   GENERAL INFO Description: Ibn al-Nadim was an Arab erudite and...
Ziryab (789–857)

Ziryab (789–857)

Ziryab (789–857) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi‘ Alias: –   GENERAL INFO Description: Ziryab was a musician recognized as a polymath, famous for the refined oriental customs that...
Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)

Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)

Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)   Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Sappho of Lesbos. Alias: – “To have beauty is to have only that, but to have goodness is to be beautiful too.”   GENERAL INFO...