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Azim

Azim (ʿAẓīm ) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "Great" or "Magnificent" or "Protector" Also used as a personal name, as short form of the Abdolazim, Abdul Azim, "Servant of the Magnificent". It is used by many Sahrawi people as a surname originating from the Hassaniya Arabic. The word Azim or Al Azim is also a Nisba used in Oman for people from the village of Azim in Gwadar (During Omani Gwadar) near Shinkani Dar Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Abdel Azim Ashry (1911–1997), Egyptian basketball player * Azim Hussein, Indo-Fijian educationalist and politician * Tariq Azim Khan, Pakistani politician * Azim Nanji, Kenyan-born professor of Islamic studies * Azim Premji (born 1945), Indian business tycoon * Seyid Azim Shirvani (1835–1888), Azerbaijani poet * Azim Surani (born 1945), Kenyan-British developmental biologist Surname: * Hazem Abdel-Azim (born 1960), Egyptian government opponent, senior adviser to the telecommunications minister in 2007 * Essam Abdel-Azim (born 1970), football footballer of Egypt national football team * Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat (born 1967), Saudi Arabian athlete, competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics * Eshan Azim, Last Wali of Omani Gwadar

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Azim (ʿAẓīm ) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "Great" or "Magnificent" or "Protector" Also used as a personal name, as short form of the Abdolazim, Abdul Azim, "Servant of the Magnificent". It is used by many Sahrawi people as a surname originating from the Hassaniya Arabic. The word Azim or Al Azim is also a Nisba used in Oman for people from the village of Azim in Gwadar (During Omani Gwadar) near Shinkani Dar Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Abdel Azim Ashry (1911–1997), Egyptian basketball player * Azim Hussein, Indo-Fijian educationalist and politician * Tariq Azim Khan, Pakistani politician * Azim Nanji, Kenyan-born professor of Islamic studies * Azim Premji (born 1945), Indian business tycoon * Seyid Azim Shirvani (1835–1888), Azerbaijani poet * Azim Surani (born 1945), Kenyan-British developmental biologist Surname: * Hazem Abdel-Azim (born 1960), Egyptian government opponent, senior adviser to the telecommunications minister in 2007 * Essam Abdel-Azim (born 1970), football footballer of Egypt national football team * Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat (born 1967), Saudi Arabian athlete, competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics * Eshan Azim, Last Wali of Omani Gwadar

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  1. date of birth: 1945 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1945". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343529783

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