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A CoruñaPlaceA Coruña is a port city in Galicia, north-western Spain, on the Atlantic coast.
A FamosaWork / monumentA Famosa was the fortress built by the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque at Malacca after they captured the city in 1511.- A Theology of LiberationWork / monumentA Theology of Liberation is a book by the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez, published in Lima in 1971 as Teología de la liberación and in English in 1973.
A'aliPlaceA'ali is a village in central Bahrain known for its burial mounds, among them the large royal tombs of the Early Dilmun period, built around 2050–1750 BCE and the…- A-Group culturePeople / groupThe A-Group culture flourished in Lower Nubia, between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile, from about 3800 BCE.
AachenPlaceAachen is a city in western Germany that served as the favoured residence and principal court of Charlemagne.
Aachen CathedralWork / monumentAachen Cathedral, in western Germany, has as its core the octagonal Palatine Chapel built for Charlemagne around 796–805, where he was buried in 814.
Aapravasi GhatPlaceAapravasi Ghat is the former immigration depot in Port Louis, Mauritius, where indentured labourers arriving from India were received from 1849 until the early 20th…
AarauPlaceAarau is the capital of the Swiss canton of Aargau, on the River Aare.
AarePlaceThe Aare is the longest river lying entirely within Switzerland, flowing nearly 300 km from the Bernese Alps through Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, past Bern, Solothurn and…
AargauPlaceThe Aargau is a region of northern Switzerland on the lower Aare, Reuss and Limmat, today a canton with its capital at Aarau.
Aba IslandPlaceAba Island is an island in the White Nile south of Khartoum in Sudan.- Aba Women's WarRevolt · 1929The Aba Women's War was a revolt by thousands of Igbo and Ibibio women in south-eastern Nigeria in November and December 1929.
Abaco IslandsPlaceThe Abaco Islands are a chain of islands in the northern Bahamas, made up of Great Abaco, Little Abaco and many smaller cays.
AbalgamashPersonAbalgamash was a king of Marhashi, a land east of Elam in south-eastern Iran, in the 23rd century BCE.- AbamPeople / groupThe Abam are an Igbo clan of modern Abia State in south-eastern Nigeria.
Abaqa KhanPersonAbaqa Khan was the second ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate, reigning from 1265 to 1282 as successor of his father Hulagu.
AbarkuhPlaceAbarkuh is a town in Yazd Province in central Iran, on old routes between Yazd, Shiraz and Isfahan.- AbarsalPlaceAbarsal was an ancient city-state of the twenty-fourth century BCE known from the archives of Ebla in Syria.
Abas I of ArmeniaPersonAbas I was king of Bagratid Armenia from about 929 to 953.
AbazinsPeople / groupThe Abazins are a north-west Caucasian people closely related to the Abkhaz, living mainly in Karachay-Cherkessia in southern Russia.- Abba BagiboPersonAbba Bagibo was king of Limmu-Ennarea, the leading Oromo monarchy of the Gibe region in south-western Ethiopia, in the first half of the 19th century.
Abba Jifar IIPersonAbba Jifar II was king of Jimma, the richest of the Oromo Gibe kingdoms, from 1878 to 1932.- Abba MagalPersonAbba Magal was an Oromo war leader remembered as the founder of the Kingdom of Jimma in the Gibe valley of south-western Ethiopia, around the beginning of the 19th…
Abba-El IPersonAbba-El I was king of Yamhad, with its capital at Aleppo, in the 18th century BCE.
Abbad II al-Mu'tadidPersonAbbad II al-Mu'tadid was the second Abbadid ruler of the Taifa of Seville, reigning from 1042 to 1069.- Abbadid dynastyPeople / groupThe Abbadids were an Arab dynasty that ruled the Taifa of Seville in al-Andalus from 1023 to 1091.
Abbas I of PersiaPersonAbbas I of Persia, known as Shah Abbas the Great, was the most celebrated ruler of the Safavid Empire, reigning from 1588 to 1629.
Abbas ibn FirnasPersonAbbas ibn Firnas was an Andalusi polymath of Berber descent at the court of the Umayyad emirs of Córdoba in the ninth century.
Abbas II of EgyptPersonAbbas II Hilmi was the last Khedive of Egypt, reigning from 1892 to 1914.
Abbas II of PersiaPersonAbbas II of Persia was a Safavid shah who ruled from 1642 to 1666.
Abbas IIIPersonAbbas III was an infant Safavid shah placed on the throne by the general Nader in 1732 as a nominal ruler.
Abbas MirzaPersonAbbas Mirza was the crown prince of Qajar Iran and governor of Azerbaijan, based at Tabriz.
Abbasid CaliphateStateThe Abbasid Caliphate was the Islamic caliphate that replaced the Umayyads in 750 and ruled from Baghdad, which it founded as its capital.
Abbasid RevolutionRevolution · 750The Abbasid Revolution was the uprising that overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and brought the Abbasid dynasty to power in 750.- Abbasid shadow caliphateInstitutionThe Abbasid shadow caliphate was the line of Abbasid caliphs maintained in Cairo by the Mamluk Sultanate from 1261 to 1517, after the Mongol destruction of Baghdad.
Al-AbbasiyyaPlaceAl-Abbasiyya was a palace city founded in 800 or 801 by Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab a few kilometres south of Kairouan, in present-day Tunisia.
AbbevillePlaceAbbeville is a town in the Somme department of northern France, on the River Somme.
Abbey of Saint Martial, LimogesInstitutionThe Abbey of Saint Martial was a Benedictine monastery in Limoges, founded in 848 around the tomb of Saint Martial, the first bishop of the city.
Abbey of Saint-Étienne, CaenWork / monumentThe Abbey of Saint-Étienne, known as the Abbaye aux Hommes, is a former Benedictine abbey in Caen founded by William the Conqueror around 1063, with Lanfranc as its…
Abbey of Saint-MartialInstitutionThe Abbey of Saint-Martial was a Benedictine monastery in Limoges, central France, built over the tomb of Martial, the city's first bishop.- Abbey of Saint-Martin of ToursInstitutionThe Abbey of Saint-Martin of Tours grew up around the tomb of Saint Martin, bishop of Tours, who died in 397, and became one of the greatest pilgrimage churches of…
Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'AgauneInstitutionThe Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune is a monastery in the Rhône valley of the Swiss canton of Valais, built at the traditional site of the martyrdom of Saint Maurice…
Abbey of Saint-MédardWork / monumentThe Abbey of Saint-Médard was a Benedictine monastery at Soissons in northern France, founded in the 6th century over the tomb of Saint Médard, bishop of Noyon.- Abbey of Saint-Victor, MarseilleInstitutionThe Abbey of Saint-Victor in Marseille, France, was founded around 415 by John Cassian near the tomb of the martyr Victor.
- Abd al-Aziz al-BakriPersonAbd al-Aziz al-Bakri was the second and last ruler of the Taifa of Huelva and Saltés in south-western al-Andalus, a member of the Arab Bakri family.
- Abd al-Aziz al-FishtaliPersonAbd al-Aziz al-Fishtali was a Moroccan scholar, poet and court historian of the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, in whose chancery he served as a leading secretary.
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi AmirPersonAbd al-Aziz ibn Abi Amir, a grandson of the Córdoban regent al-Mansur, ruled the taifa of Valencia from 1021 to 1061.
- Abd al-Aziz ibn MusaPersonAbd al-Aziz ibn Musa was the son of Musa ibn Nusayr and the first Umayyad governor of al-Andalus, from 714 to 716.
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Mutib Al RashidPersonAbd al-Aziz ibn Mutib Al Rashid was emir of Jabal Shammar, ruled from Ha'il, from 1897 to 1906.
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'aybPersonAbd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb was the last emir of the Emirate of Crete, ruling from about 949.
Abd al-Hafid of MoroccoPersonAbd al-Hafid was sultan of Morocco of the Alaouite dynasty from 1908 to 1912.- Abd al-Haqq IIPersonAbd al-Haqq II was the last Marinid sultan of Morocco, proclaimed as a baby in 1420 and kept under the control of Wattasid regents for most of his reign.
Abd al-IlahPersonAbd al-Ilah was regent of Iraq from 1939 to 1953 for his young nephew King Faisal II, and remained crown prince and a dominant influence afterwards.- Abd al-Karim ibn JamaPersonAbd al-Karim ibn Jama was the founder of the Wadai Empire, traditionally dated to around 1611, when he led a successful revolt against the ruling Tunjur dynasty.
Abd al-Karim QasimPersonAbd al-Karim Qasim was an Iraqi army officer who led the revolution of 14 July 1958 that overthrew the Hashemite monarchy.- Abd al-Latif MirzaPersonAbd al-Latif Mirza was a Timurid prince, the son of Ulugh Beg.
- Abd al-Malik I (Saadi sultan)PersonAbd al-Malik I was a sultan of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco in the 1570s.
- Abd al-Malik ibn AtiyyaPersonAbd al-Malik ibn Atiyya was an Umayyad general sent by the caliph Marwan II with Syrian troops against the Ibadi rebels who had seized Mecca and Medina in 747.
- Abd al-Malik ibn HudhaylPersonAbd al-Malik ibn Hudhayl was ruler of the Taifa of Albarracín, a mountain principality of eastern al-Andalus, from about 1045 to 1103, a member of the Berber Banu Razin…
Abd al-Malik ibn MarwanPersonAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan was an Umayyad caliph who reigned from 685 to 705.- Abd al-Malik Imad al-DawlaPersonAbd al-Malik Imad al-Dawla was the last Hudid ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza.
Abd al-Mu'minPersonAbd al-Mu'min was the first caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, proclaimed caliph c. 1133 as successor to the movement's founder Ibn Tumart.- Abd al-Nabi ibn Ali ibn MahdiPersonAbd al-Nabi ibn Ali ibn Mahdi was the second ruler of the Mahdid dynasty of Yemen, succeeding his father, who had taken Zabid from the Najahids in 1159.
Abd al-Rahman al-GhafiqiPersonAbd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi was the Umayyad governor of al-Andalus in 721 and again from 730.
Abd al-Rahman IPersonAbd al-Rahman I was an Umayyad prince who escaped the massacre of his family during the Abbasid Revolution and fled to al-Andalus.- Abd al-Rahman ibn RustamPersonAbd al-Rahman ibn Rustam was an Ibadi leader of Persian descent who governed Kairouan for the Ibadi Imamate of Tripolitania from 758.
Abd al-Rahman IIPersonAbd al-Rahman II was Umayyad emir of Córdoba from 822 to 852.
Abd al-Rahman IIIPersonAbd al-Rahman III was the Umayyad emir of Córdoba from 912 who proclaimed himself caliph in 929, founding the Caliphate of Córdoba.- Abd al-Rahman SanchueloPersonAbd al-Rahman Sanchuelo was a son of Almanzor by a daughter of King Sancho II of Pamplona, hence his nickname 'Little Sancho'.
- Abd al-Rashid KhanPersonAbd al-Rashid Khan (1508–1560) was the second khan of the Yarkent Khanate, succeeding his father Sultan Said Khan in 1533.
Abd al-Wahid ben MessaoudPersonAbd al-Wahid ben Messaoud was a Moroccan envoy of the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur who led an embassy to the court of Elizabeth I of England in 1600.- Abd Allah al-BayyasiPersonAbd Allah al-Bayyasi was an Almohad prince and governor in al-Andalus who proclaimed himself caliph at Baeza in 1224, during the succession crisis after the death of…
- Abd Allah al-MurtadaPersonAbd Allah al-Murtada was the governor of the Balearic Islands who declared himself independent at Madina Mayurqa, the later Palma, in 1076, when the Taifa of Dénia…
- Abd Allah al-UyuniPersonAbd Allah al-Uyuni was the founder of the Uyunid Emirate in eastern Arabia.
- Abd Allah BegPersonAbd Allah Beg was the leader of the Kumul (Hami) oasis in eastern Xinjiang who submitted to the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing in 1696, as the Dzungar Khanate threatened…
- Abd Allah ibn al-AftasPersonAbd Allah ibn al-Aftas, of Berber descent, was the founder of the Aftasid dynasty of the Taifa of Badajoz.
Abd Allah ibn al-ZubayrPersonAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr was a son of the Companion al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and a grandson of Abu Bakr.- Abd Allah ibn Ali al-UyuniPersonAbd Allah ibn Ali al-Uyuni was a chief of the Abd al-Qays tribe who founded the Uyunid Emirate of eastern Arabia.
- Abd Allah ibn BulugginPersonAbd Allah ibn Buluggin was the last Zirid king of the Taifa of Granada, ruling from 1073 to 1090 while his brother Tamim held Málaga.
- Abd Allah ibn IshaqPersonAbd Allah ibn Ishaq was a ruler of the Banu Ghaniya, the Almoravid family that held Majorca after the Almoravid collapse in Morocco and al-Andalus.
- Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (emir of Córdoba)PersonAbd Allah ibn Muhammad was the Umayyad Emir of Córdoba from 888 to 912.
- Abd Allah ibn QasimPersonAbd Allah ibn Qasim was the founder of the Taifa of Alpuente in the Valencian uplands, ruling from the fortress town of Alpuente in the early 11th century after the…
- Abd Allah ibn Yahya al-KindiPersonAbd Allah ibn Yahya al-Kindi (died 748), known as Talib al-Haqq, 'seeker of truth', was a judge in Hadramawt who in 746 was proclaimed imam by Ibadi missionaries from…
Abd el-KrimPersonAbd el-Krim was a Riffian Berber judge and leader who led the tribes of northern Morocco against Spanish rule.
Abd Rabbuh Mansur HadiPersonAbd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is a Yemeni politician who was vice-president under Ali Abdullah Saleh from 1994 and became president in 2012, after the 2011 uprising forced…
Abdagases IPersonAbdagases I was an Indo-Parthian king of the 1st century CE, a nephew of Gondophares according to his coins.- Abdal KhanPersonAbdal Khan was the Kurdish emir of Bitlis in the mid-17th century, ruling a hereditary principality under Ottoman overlordship.
Abdallah al-GhalibPersonAbdallah al-Ghalib was sultan of Morocco from 1557 to 1574, the son and successor of Muhammad al-Shaykh in the Saadi dynasty.
Abdallah al-Mahdi BillahPersonAbdallah al-Mahdi Billah was the founder of the Fatimid Caliphate, proclaimed caliph in 909 in Ifriqiya.- Abdallah BarshambuPersonAbdallah Barshambu was a king of Makuria in Nubia, a member of the royal house who had become a Muslim while living at the Mamluk court in Cairo.
- Abdallah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi SarhPersonAbdallah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh was an Arab commander and governor of Egypt from about 645 to 656 under the caliph Uthman, his foster-brother.
Abdallah ibn TahirPersonAbdallah ibn Tahir was the most celebrated ruler of the Tahirid dynasty, governing Khurasan for the Abbasid Caliphate from 828 to 845 from his capital at Nishapur.- Abdallah ibn YasinPersonAbdallah ibn Yasin was a Maliki religious scholar and preacher who founded the Almoravid movement among the Sanhaja Berbers of the western Sahara around the…
- Abdallah JammaPersonAbdallah Jamma was the leader of the Qawasma Arabs on the middle Nile around 1500.
Abdallahi ibn MuhammadPersonAbdallahi ibn Muhammad, known as the Khalifa, was ruler of the Mahdist State in Sudan from 1885 to 1898.
AbdalonymusPersonAbdalonymus was king of Sidon, installed by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE.
Abdeen PalaceWork / monumentAbdeen Palace is a royal palace in central Cairo, built for Khedive Ismail and completed in 1874, and the main residence of Egypt's rulers until 1952.
Abdel Fattah el-SisiPersonAbdel Fattah el-Sisi is an Egyptian army officer who has been president of Egypt since 2014.
Abdel Hakim AmerPersonAbdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian army officer, a close friend of Gamal Abdel Nasser and a leading member of the Free Officers who seized power in 1952.