The main reason for Mark Sykes' fame is that he conducted secret Sykes-Picot Agreement negotiations between England France and Russia on how to share the Middle East during the First World War.
Abdullah Quilliam, who was appointed by Sultan Abdulhamid II as the Shaykh al-Islam of Britain and its islands in 1894, founded the Liverpool Islamic Center, the first mosque and madrasah in England, in 1887.
Although most people consider it a name, the Dalai Lama is a leadership title in Tibetan Buddhism. Due to his historical roots, the Dalai Lama has a seemingly forever feud with China, as he also represents the Tibetan government in exile.
Matityahu Peled also fought in the 1948 war and served as a general in the 1967 war. But in 1975 Peled began to question his political views. He directed harsh criticism towards the Labor Party, of which he was a member for a while... And:
She has become an integral part of the American political scene over the past 20 years, first as first lady, then as senator, presidential candidate, and secretary of state.
The only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, Mary was only six days old when her father died and she ascended to the throne. It seemed dangerous that she was a Catholic and was going behind Elizabeth's back; she was killed.
As the second son of a Jewish family who emigrated from Ukraine, he was born in the Deganya Alef Kibbutz in Palestine, which was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire at that time. Moshe Dayan attended agricultural school here. When he was 14, he joined the Haganah.
Tunisian statesman. He was the leader of the independence struggle and the first president of Tunisia. His family is thought to be of Libyan origin. He made Tunisia a secular, pro-Western Arab state.
Shimon Peres was one of the last representatives of the generation of politicians who saw Israel's founding in 1948. Peres, who was also the architect of Israel's secret nuclear program, served as prime minister for two terms and as president for one term.
Hassan II was born in Rabat on July 9, 1929. His father is Muhammad Fifth, who went down in the history of the country with the title of "the king who gained independence". King Hassan, who ruled Morocco for 38 years, left behind a complex political legacy.
