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Al Sheik Abu al-Nazr (Male): The overseer and clerk of the Synagogue at Dammuh, Egypt, and Maimonides' brother-in-law (second half of the 12th c.). His Hebrew name: Isaiah ha-Levi b. Misha'el.
Al-Ṭayyār fī l-Janna (Male): Brother of 'Ali b. Abi Talib, also known as Flyer in Paradise. Lost arms in Battle of Muta', considered to have traded them for wings in Paradise
Al-Yamānī (Male): a leader of a faction in apocalyptic fighting; likely reflects late Umayyad-era Qays-Yamani rivalry and involvement in third fitna