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Dhu'l-Qarnayn
ذو القرنين ar ذوالقرنین fa
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- Also called Qissat Dhulqarnayn, Qissat Dhi al-Qarnayn, Dhū'l-Qarnayn
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- Moses Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
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