Nur

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Nur may refer to:

• Nur Mountains "Mountains of Holy Light", a mountain range in Turkey
• NUR Reactor, a research reactor in Algiers
• Nur University of Bolivia
• National University of Rwanda
• National Union of Railwaymen
• Nur (biology), a family of transcription factors.
• In Islam:
  • An-Nur (The Light), 64 ayat, the 24th sura of the Qur'an
  • Ayman al-Zawahiri aka Nur
  • Risale-i Nur Collection, a collection of works by Islamic scholar Said Nursi
  • Nur ibn Mujahid, a 16th-century ruler of Harar

[edit] See also

• Noor
• Nuristan Province - a province in Afghanistan