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Alfred MeyerPersonAlfred Meyer was a Nazi Party official who was Gauleiter of Westphalia-North and from 1933 Reich governor of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe.
Alfred Meyer-WaldeckPersonAlfred Meyer-Waldeck was a German naval officer and the last governor of the Kiautschou Bay concession in China, from 1911.
Alfred MilnerPersonAlfred Milner was a British colonial administrator who as high commissioner for southern Africa from 1897 pressed the Transvaal into the Second Boer War.
Alfred NobelPersonAlfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist who invented dynamite, patented in 1867, and other explosives, building an international business in…
Alfred SakerPersonAlfred Saker was an English Baptist missionary who worked on Fernando Po and the Cameroon coast from 1844.- Alfred SharpePersonAlfred Sharpe was a British lawyer, hunter and colonial administrator who became commissioner of the British Central Africa Protectorate in 1896 and its first governor…
Alfred the GreatPersonAlfred the Great was king of Wessex from 871 to 899.
Alfred von TirpitzPersonAlfred von Tirpitz was a German admiral and State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916.
Alfred-Amédée DoddsPersonAlfred-Amédée Dodds was a French general of mixed African and European descent, born at Saint-Louis in Senegal.
Alfredo StroessnerPersonAlfredo Stroessner was a Paraguayan general who seized power in 1954 and ruled as president until 1989, one of the longest dictatorships in Latin America.
AlgarvePlaceThe Algarve is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal, a coastal strip between the Atlantic and the hills of the Serra de Monchique and Serra do Caldeirão.- AlgebraReligion / ideaAlgebra is the branch of mathematics that deals with symbols and the rules for manipulating them to solve equations.
AlgecirasPlaceAlgeciras is a port city on the Bay of Gibraltar in the province of Cádiz, Spain.
AlgeriaPlaceAlgeria is a country in north-western Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara.
Algerian WarWar · ended 1962The Algerian War was the war of independence fought by Algerian nationalists, led by the National Liberation Front, against French rule from 1954 until it ended in 1962.- AlgheroPlaceAlghero is a port on the north-west coast of Sardinia, Italy.
AlghuPersonAlghu was khan of the Chagatai Khanate from 1260 to 1266, a grandson of Chagatai Khan.
AlgiersPlaceAlgiers is the capital of Algeria and a major Mediterranean port.
AlgirdasPersonAlgirdas was grand duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377.
Algirdas BrazauskasPersonAlgirdas Brazauskas was a Lithuanian politician who became first secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania in 1988 and in 1989 led it to break away from the Soviet…
Algonquin peoplePeople / groupThe Algonquin are an Indigenous people of the Ottawa River valley in present-day Quebec and Ontario, whose name was later given to the wider Algonquian language family.
Alhama de GranadaPlaceAlhama de Granada is a town in the province of Granada, Spain, known since Roman and Moorish times for its hot springs.
AlhambraWork / monumentThe Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex on the Sabika hill above Granada, in southern Spain.- AlhanaPersonAlhana was a Chahamana king of Naddula (Nadol) in Rajasthan in the mid-12th century, ruling as a feudatory of the Chaulukyas of Gujarat.
AlhflædPersonAlhflæd was a daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria who married Peada, ruler of the Middle Angles, around 653, on condition that he accept baptism.
AlhfrithPersonAlhfrith was a son of King Oswiu of Northumbria who ruled Deira as sub-king under his father from about 655.
Alhred of NorthumbriaPersonAlhred was king of Northumbria from 765 to 774, during a period of rapid royal turnover.
Alhucemas landingBattle · 1925The Alhucemas landing was an amphibious assault by Spanish forces, supported by France, on the bay of Alhucemas (Al Hoceima) in northern Morocco in September 1925.- Ali Abdullah SalehPersonAli Abdullah Saleh was President of North Yemen from 1978 and, after unification in 1990, the first President of the Republic of Yemen.
Ali Abu HassunPersonAli Abu Hassun was the last Wattasid ruler of Morocco.
Ali Adil Shah IPersonAli Adil Shah I was the fifth Adil Shahi sultan of Bijapur, ruling from 1558 to 1580.
Ali Adil Shah IIPersonAli Adil Shah II ruled the Bijapur Sultanate from 1656 to 1672.
Ali al-MandriPersonAli al-Mandri was a military leader from the Emirate of Granada who refounded Tetouan in northern Morocco around 1484, with Wattasid permission, rebuilding the ruined…
Ali Aref BourhanPersonAli Aref Bourhan was an Afar politician who headed the government council of the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, present-day Djibouti, from 1967 to 1976.
Ali Barid Shah IPersonAli Barid Shah I was ruler of the Bidar Sultanate in the Deccan from 1542 to 1580 and the first of the Barid dynasty to take the royal title.
Ali Bey al-KabirPersonAli Bey al-Kabir was a Mamluk bey of Georgian origin who became the dominant power in Ottoman Egypt in the 1760s.
Ali DinarPersonAli Dinar was the last sultan of the Darfur Sultanate, who restored the sultanate in 1898 after the fall of the Mahdist state.- Ali ibn Abd al-KarimPersonAli ibn Abd al-Karim al-Abdali was the sultan of Lahej, the most important of the British-protected states around Aden, from 1952 to 1958.
- Ali ibn Abi TalibPersonAli ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 656 to 661 CE.
- Ali ibn al-Fadl al-JayshaniPersonAli ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani (died 915) was an Isma'ili missionary (da'i) in Yemen.
- Ali ibn DaudPersonAli ibn Daud was the emir of Harar who in 1647 founded an independent dynasty in the walled city, after the leadership of the Adal state had moved to Aussa.
- Ali ibn GhaniyaPersonAli ibn Ghaniya was a member of the Banu Ghaniya, the Almoravid family ruling the Balearic Islands.
- Ali ibn Hammud al-NasirPersonAli ibn Hammud al-Nasir was a commander of Idrisid descent who seized Córdoba in 1016 during the Fitna of al-Andalus and proclaimed himself caliph, the first…
- Ali ibn HatimPersonAli ibn Hatim was the last ruler of the Hamdanid sultanate of Sanaa, an Isma'ili tribal dynasty of 12th-century Yemen.
- Ali ibn MahdiPersonAli ibn Mahdi was a preacher from the Tihama, the coastal plain of Yemen, who denounced the luxury of the Najahid rulers of Zabid and gathered a following among the…
- Ali ibn MazyadPersonAli ibn Mazyad was the founder of the Mazyadid dynasty, leaders of the Banu Asad Bedouin who controlled the Euphrates lands south of Baghdad.
- Ali ibn Muhammad (Zanj leader)PersonAli ibn Muhammad was the leader of the Zanj Rebellion in southern Iraq.
- Ali ibn Muhammad al-SulayhiPersonAli ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi was the founder of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen, which ruled in the name of the Fatimid caliphs of Cairo.
- Ali ibn MunqidhPersonAli ibn Munqidh was the founder of the Munqidhite emirate of Shaizar on the Orontes in Syria.
- Ali ibn RashidPersonAli ibn Rashid was a sharif of the Banu Rashid who founded Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of Morocco in 1471.
Ali ibn YusufPersonAli ibn Yusuf was the Almoravid ruler from 1106 to 1143, son of Yusuf ibn Tashfin.- Ali Iqbal al-DawlaPersonAli Iqbal al-Dawla was the ruler of the Taifa of Dénia from 1044 to 1076, son and successor of its founder Mujahid al-Amiri.
Ali KhameneiPersonAli Khamenei is an Iranian cleric who served as president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and then succeeded Ruhollah Khomeini as Supreme Leader in 1989.- Ali Mardan Khan BakhtiariPersonAli Mardan Khan Bakhtiari was a chief of the Bakhtiari tribe who, after the fall of the Afsharids, seized Isfahan in 1750 and with Karim Khan Zand installed the young…
- Ali Mirza KarkiyaPersonAli Mirza Karkiya was a ruler of the Karkiya dynasty of Zaydi sayyids in eastern Gilan, on Iran's Caspian coast, with his seat at Lahijan.
- Ali Mohammed KhanPersonAli Mohammed Khan was the founder of Rohilla power in Rohilkhand, the region east of the upper Ganges.
Ali Mohsen al-AhmarPersonAli Mohsen al-Ahmar is a Yemeni general, for decades one of the most powerful military commanders under President Ali Abdullah Saleh, from the same Sanhan tribe.
Ali Mughayat SyahPersonAli Mughayat Syah was the first sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra, ruling from about 1514 until his death in 1530.- Ali Murad Khan ZandPersonAli Murad Khan Zand was a ruler of the Zand dynasty of Iran in the years after the death of Karim Khan Zand in 1779.
Ali Nasir MuhammadPersonAli Nasir Muhammad is a Yemeni politician who was prime minister of South Yemen from 1971 to 1985 and head of state and general secretary of the Yemeni Socialist Party…
Ali Pasha of YaninaPersonAli Pasha of Yanina was an Albanian Ottoman governor who from 1788 ruled Epirus, southern Albania and much of mainland Greece from Ioannina.
Ali QapuWork / monumentThe Ali Qapu is a palace on the western side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, built under the Safavid Empire around the reign of Abbas I.- Ali Rıza Pasha al-LazPersonAli Rıza Pasha, known as al-Laz, was an Ottoman governor who ended Mamluk rule in Iraq.
Ali Salim al-BeidhPersonAli Salim al-Beidh is a Yemeni politician who led the Yemeni Socialist Party, the ruling party of South Yemen, from 1986.- Ali ShandoraPersonAli Shandora was emir of Trarza, a Moorish emirate north of the Senegal River in present-day Mauritania, in the early 18th century.
- Ali Sher Khan AnchanPersonAli Sher Khan Anchan was the most famous ruler of the Maqpon dynasty of Baltistan, reigning in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- Ali TeginPersonAli Tegin was a prince of the Kara-Khanid dynasty who ruled Bukhara and much of Transoxiana from about 1020 until his death in 1034.
- Ali YajiPersonAli Yaji was ruler of the Hausa kingdom of Kano in the 14th century.
Ali Yusuf KenadidPersonAli Yusuf Kenadid was the last sultan of Hobyo in central Somalia, succeeding his father Yusuf Ali Kenadid.
Ali-Qoli Khan BakhtiariPersonAli-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari, known as Sardar As'ad II, was a chief of the Bakhtiari tribes of south-western Iran and a supporter of the Constitutional Revolution.
Ali-Shir Nava'iPersonAli-Shir Nava'i was a poet, statesman and patron of the arts at the Timurid court of Herat in the late fifteenth century.- Ali-yi Mu'ayyadPersonAli-yi Mu'ayyad was the last leader of the Sarbadars, the Shia regime centred on Sabzevar in western Khorasan.
AliağaPlaceAliağa is a town and district on the Aegean coast of İzmir Province, western Turkey.
AlicantePlaceAlicante is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of south-eastern Spain, capital of the province of the same name in the Valencian Community.
Alice MunroPersonAlice Munro was a Canadian writer of short stories, most of them set in small-town Ontario.
Alice Seeley HarrisPersonAlice Seeley Harris was an English Baptist missionary in the Congo Free State whose photographs of mutilated Congolese, taken from 1904 at the Baringa mission, became…
Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh StachouwerPersonAlidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer was governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1936, the last before the Japanese conquest.
AlidsPeople / groupThe Alids are the descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, especially through his sons Hasan and Husayn.
Alien Act 1705Work / monumentThe Alien Act 1705 was a law of the English Parliament designed to force Scotland into negotiations for union.
Alikhan BukeikhanovPersonAlikhan Bukeikhanov was a Kazakh scholar and politician, a descendant of Genghis Khan through the Kazakh khans, and a member of the Russian Kadet party.- Alim Khan of KokandPersonAlim Khan was a ruler of the Ming dynasty of Kokand who took the title khan around 1800, turning the Kokand state into a khanate.
- Alimirah HanfarePersonAlimirah Hanfare was Sultan of Aussa, the traditional leader of the Afar people of Ethiopia, from 1944 until his death in 2011.
- AlimulyPeople / groupThe Alimuly are one of the three main tribal groupings of the Junior Zhuz, the western branch of the Kazakh people, made up of six clans.
Alise-Sainte-ReinePlaceAlise-Sainte-Reine is a village in the Côte-d'Or department of Burgundy, France, below Mont Auxois, the site of the Gallic oppidum of Alesia.
Alivardi KhanPersonAlivardi Khan was Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from 1740 to 1756, having seized power by defeating Sarfaraz Khan at Giria.- Aliya Rama RayaPersonAliya Rama Raya was a nobleman of the Aravidu family and son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya who dominated the Vijayanagara Empire as regent for Sadashiva Raya from the 1540s.
Aliyu BabbaPersonAliyu Babba was Emir of Kano in northern Nigeria from 1894 to 1903.
AljaferíaWork / monumentThe Aljafería is a fortified palace in Zaragoza, Spain, built in the second half of the 11th century for the Hudid king Ahmad al-Muqtadir.
AljustrelPlaceAljustrel is a town in the Beja district of the Alentejo in southern Portugal, in the Iberian Pyrite Belt.- AlkalawaPlaceAlkalawa was the capital of the Hausa kingdom of Gobir, in what is now north-western Nigeria, from the 18th century.
- AlkaliInstitutionAlkali, from the Arabic al-qadi, was the title of an Islamic judge in the Hausa and Fulani lands of West Africa.
- All BlacksPeople / groupThe All Blacks are New Zealand's national rugby union team, named for their black kit and known for performing the haka before matches.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenPeople / groupThe Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen is a political party founded in Hyderabad State in 1927 to promote the interests of Muslims and the Nizam's rule.
All Saints' Church, BrixworthWork / monumentAll Saints' Church in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, is one of the largest and best-preserved Anglo-Saxon churches in England.
All-India Muslim LeaguePeople / groupThe All-India Muslim League was a political party founded at Dhaka in 1906 to represent the interests of Muslims in British India.
All-Russian Central Executive CommitteeInstitutionThe All-Russian Central Executive Committee was the standing body of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, exercising legislative power between its sessions from 1917 to…
All-Russian Congress of SovietsInstitutionThe All-Russian Congress of Soviets was the supreme body of power in Soviet Russia from 1917 until the late 1930s.
AlladaStateAllada was a kingdom of the Aja peoples on the coast of present-day Benin, an early centre of the Atlantic slave trade.
AllahReligion / ideaAllah is the Arabic word for God, used by Muslims and also by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews.- Allahabad Pillar InscriptionWork / monumentThe Allahabad Pillar Inscription is a text inscribed on an earlier Ashokan pillar now at Allahabad (Prayagraj) in northern India.