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Badr

American  
[bad-er] / ˈbæd ər /

noun

  1. Islam. Battle of, a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.


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What’s Next: Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi has called for an extension to the two-week cease-fire agreed to on April 7, to allow talks to continue.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Dar, who is also Pakistan's deputy prime minister, held separate bilateral talks with his counterparts -- Badr Abdelatty from Egypt, Hakan Fidan from Turkey, and Saudi Arabia's Faisal bin Farhan.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

After indirect negotiations on Thursday, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi — the mediator for the talks in Geneva — lauded what he said was “significant progress.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi - who had been mediating this week's US-Iran nuclear talks - said he was "dismayed".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

We shall only mention the most characteristic of these innumerable expeditions; putting on one side the first minor skirmishes and come at once to the famous Ghazwah of Badr.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne