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    Ishmael was the first son of Abraham, according to the Abrahamic religions. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the...
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    romanized: Yīšməʿēʾlīm; Arabic: بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل, romanized: Banī Ismā'īl, lit. 'sons of Ishmael') were a collection of various Arab tribes, tribal confederations and small...
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    Ishmael is a character in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851), which opens with the line "Call me Ishmael." He is the first-person narrator of much of the...
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  • Ishmael (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل, romanized: ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor to the Ishmaelites in Islam. He is the son of Ibrahim, born...
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  • Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of...
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  • Look up Ishmael in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ishmael is the first child of Abraham in Abrahamic religions. Ishmael may also refer to: Ishmael son of...
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    Ishmael Reginald Butler (born July 3, 1969) is an American rapper, record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with such groups as Digable...
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    Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for...
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  • My Ishmael is a 1997 novel by Daniel Quinn that is a sequel to Ishmael. With its time frame largely simultaneous with Ishmael, its plot precedes the fictional...
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  • Saint Ishmael may refer to: People: Isfael, an AD 6th-century medieval Welsh bishop of Rhos and saint Places: St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, a community...
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