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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.
Allasani PeddanaPersonAllasani Peddana was a sixteenth-century Telugu poet at the court of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara, the foremost of the eight poets known as the Ashtadiggajas.
AllatReligion / ideaAllat was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess worshipped widely across Arabia and the Syrian desert, from Ta'if to Palmyra and Hatra.
Allauddin KhanPersonAllauddin Khan was an Indian sarod player and composer, one of the most influential teachers of Hindustani classical music in the 20th century.
AllectusPersonAllectus was a Roman usurper who ruled Britain from 293 to 296.
Allegany ReservationPlaceThe Allegany Reservation is a territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians along the Allegheny River in western New York.
The Allegory of Good and Bad GovernmentWork / monumentThe Allegory of Good and Bad Government is a cycle of frescoes painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in 1338–1339 in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena, in the room where the…
Allen StanfordPersonAllen Stanford is an American financier who built a banking and investment empire based in Antigua, where he became the largest private employer and was knighted in 2006.- Allen YancyPersonAllen Yancy was vice-president of Liberia from 1928 to 1930 under President Charles D. B. King.
- AllerPlaceThe Aller is a river in northern Germany, about 260 kilometres long, a right tributary of the Weser.
AllgäuPlaceThe Allgäu is a region of southern Germany at the foot of the Alps, mostly in Bavarian Swabia, with smaller parts in Baden-Württemberg and Austria.
Allied invasion of SicilyCampaign · 1943The Allied invasion of Sicily was the Second World War campaign in 1943 in which British, American and Canadian forces landed on and captured Sicily.
AlliesPeople / groupThe Allies, or Allied Powers, were the coalition that fought the Central Powers in the First World War, including France, the British Empire, Russia, Italy and later…
AlmagestWork / monumentThe Almagest is the astronomical treatise of Claudius Ptolemy, written in Greek in Alexandria around 150 CE.
AlmanzorPersonAlmanzor (al-Mansur, 'the Victorious'), born Muhammad ibn Abi Amir, was the hajib (chief minister) and real ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba from 978, governing for…- AlmaqahReligion / ideaAlmaqah was the chief god of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba, worshipped as the national deity of the Sabaeans.
AlmatyPlaceAlmaty is the largest city of Kazakhstan, at the foot of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in the south-east of the country.
AlmeríaPlaceAlmería is a port city in south-eastern Andalusia, Spain, and capital of the province of the same name.
Almodóvar del RíoPlaceAlmodóvar del Río is a town on the Guadalquivir in the province of Córdoba, Spain, dominated by a castle of Muslim origin on a hill above the river; its name comes from…
Almohad CaliphateStateThe Almohad Caliphate was a Berber Muslim empire founded on the religious reform movement of Ibn Tumart and established as a state by Abd al-Mu'min in the twelfth…- Almohad conquest of MarrakeshSiege · 1147The Almohad conquest of Marrakesh was the capture of the Almoravid capital by the forces of Abd al-Mu'min in 1147.
AlmoraPlaceAlmora is a hill town in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India, on a ridge at about 1,600 metres.- Almoravid capture of AwdaghastSiege · 1054The Almoravid capture of Awdaghast was the seizure of the Saharan trading town of Awdaghast by the Almoravids in 1054.
Almoravid EmpireStateThe Almoravid Empire was a Berber Muslim empire that arose from a religious reform movement among the Sanhaja of the western Sahara in the eleventh century.
Almoravid QubbaWork / monumentThe Almoravid Qubba, also known as the Qubba Ba'adiyyin, is a small domed pavilion in Marrakesh, Morocco, built in the early twelfth century under the Almoravid ruler…
ÁlmosPersonÁlmos was a leader of the Hungarian tribal federation in the 9th century and the father of Árpád, founder of the Árpád dynasty.
Álmos, Duke of CroatiaPersonÁlmos was a Hungarian prince, the son of King Géza I, who held the ducal third of the kingdom, the tercia pars regni, and was briefly king of Croatia.
AlmuñécarPlaceAlmuñécar is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Granada province in southern Spain.- AlmışPersonAlmış was ruler of Volga Bulgaria in the early tenth century and the first of its kings known to have adopted Islam.
AlnwickPlaceAlnwick is a market town in Northumberland in north-east England, dominated by Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Percy family since 1309.
AlodiaStateAlodia, or Alwa, was the southernmost of the medieval Christian kingdoms of Nubia, centred on the central Sudan with its capital at Soba, near the confluence of the…
Alois von RedingPersonAlois von Reding was a Swiss soldier and politician from Schwyz.- Alois, Hereditary Prince of LiechtensteinPersonAlois is the eldest son and heir of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein.
Alonso DávilaPersonAlonso Dávila, or Alonso de Ávila, was a Spanish conquistador who served under Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico and then under Francisco de Montejo in the…- Alonso de LeónPersonAlonso de León (c. 1639–1691) was a Spanish soldier and governor of Coahuila who led several expeditions into Texas in search of La Salle's French colony.
Alonso de OjedaPersonAlonso de Ojeda was a Spanish explorer who sailed on Columbus's second voyage in 1493.- Alonso de PeraltaPersonAlonso de Peralta was the last Spanish governor of Bougie, present-day Bejaia, in Algeria.
Alor SetarPlaceAlor Setar is the capital of the state of Kedah in north-western Peninsular Malaysia, on the Kedah River amid the rice plains of the north.
Aloysius GonzagaPersonAloysius Gonzaga was an Italian noble and Jesuit saint.
Alp ArslanPersonAlp Arslan was sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1063 to 1072.- Alp Arslan al-AkhrasPersonAlp Arslan al-Akhras, 'the Mute', was the Seljuk ruler of Aleppo for about a year after his father Ridwan's death in 1113.
Alp TeginPersonAlp Tegin was a Turkic slave commander of the Samanid dynasty who rose to command the army of Khurasan.
Alpes GraiaePlaceAlpes Graiae was a small province of the Roman Empire in the western Alps, covering the Tarentaise valley in modern Savoie and the approaches to the Little St Bernard…
Alpes MaritimaeStateAlpes Maritimae was a small Roman province in the Maritime Alps between Italy and Gaul, organised under Augustus after the Alpine peoples were subdued, first under a…
AlpheiosPlaceThe Alpheios is the longest river of the Peloponnese in Greece, flowing about 110 km from the mountains of Arcadia westwards through Elis, past ancient Olympia, to the…
Alphonse de LamartinePersonAlphonse de Lamartine was a French Romantic poet and politician.
Alphonse, Count of PoitiersPersonAlphonse, Count of Poitiers, was a brother of King Louis IX of France.
AlpsPlaceThe Alps are the major mountain range of south-central Europe, separating Italy from France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria.- AlptakinPersonAlptakin was a Turkish military commander who had served the Buyids in Iraq before seizing Damascus in 975 and resisting the Fatimid advance into Syria.
AlpuentePlaceAlpuente is a small town in the mountains of the north-west of the province of Valencia, Spain, dominated by the ruins of its castle.
AlpujarrasPlaceThe Alpujarras is a mountainous region on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada in the provinces of Granada and Almería, Spain.
Alqas MirzaPersonAlqas Mirza was a Safavid prince, son of Shah Ismail I and brother of Shah Tahmasp I.
AlsacePlaceAlsace is a historic region of north-eastern France between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine, with Strasbourg as its main city.
Alsace-LorrainePlaceAlsace-Lorraine was the territory annexed by the German Empire from France after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.
AlsiumPlaceAlsium was an ancient port town on the Tyrrhenian coast of Etruria, at modern Palo Laziale near Ladispoli, west of Rome.
AlsterPlaceThe Alster is a river in northern Germany that rises in Schleswig-Holstein and flows into the Elbe at Hamburg.
Alta VerapazPlaceAlta Verapaz is a department of northern Guatemala with its capital at Cobán, a region of humid highlands and forests inhabited largely by Q'eqchi' Maya.
Altai MountainsPlaceThe Altai Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan meet.
Altamaha RiverPlaceThe Altamaha River in Georgia, United States, is formed by the meeting of the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers and flows into the Atlantic near Darien.
Altan KhanPersonAltan Khan was leader of the Tümed Mongols, a grandson of Dayan Khan who raided Ming China for decades.- Altars of the PhilaeniPlaceThe Altars of the Philaeni were an ancient landmark on the coast of the Gulf of Sidra in Libya that marked the boundary between the territory of Carthage and Greek…
AltavaPlaceAltava was a Roman town in Mauretania Caesariensis, today Ouled Mimoun near Tlemcen in north-western Algeria.
Altdorf, UriPlaceAltdorf is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri, near the southern end of Lake Lucerne on the road to the Gotthard Pass.
Alte PinakothekInstitutionThe Alte Pinakothek is an art museum in Munich, commissioned by Ludwig I of Bavaria and built by Leo von Klenze, which opened in 1836.
AltenburgPlaceAltenburg is a city in eastern Thuringia, Germany, south of Leipzig.
Altenburg CastleWork / monumentAltenburg Castle is a palace complex on a rock above the town of Altenburg in Thuringia, Germany.
Alter HofPlaceThe Alter Hof is the former residence of the Wittelsbach dukes in the old town of Munich, built from the mid-13th century.- AltfridPersonAltfrid was bishop of Hildesheim from 851 until his death in 874 and is venerated as a saint.
AlthingInstitutionThe Althing is the parliament of Iceland, founded around 930 as an open-air general assembly at Þingvellir.
AltinumPlaceAltinum was an ancient city of the Veneti on the edge of the Venetian lagoon, near modern Quarto d'Altino in north-eastern Italy.- AltishahrPlaceAltishahr ('six cities') is a historical name for the oasis region of the western and southern Tarim Basin, in present-day Xinjiang, which included Kashgar, Yarkand…
AltmarkPlaceThe Altmark, 'old march', is a historical region in the north of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, west of the Elbe, with towns such as Stendal, Salzwedel and Tangermünde.
AltmühlPlaceThe Altmühl is a river in Bavaria, Germany, a left tributary of the Danube about 220 kilometres long.
AltonaPlaceAltona is a district of Hamburg on the north bank of the Elbe, which grew in the 16th century as a fishing and trading settlement beside the city under the counts of…
AlūksnePlaceAlūksne is a town in north-eastern Latvia, near the borders with Estonia and Russia, on the shore of Lake Alūksne.
AlUlaPlaceAlUla is an oasis town in Medina Province, north-western Saudi Arabia, on the ancient incense route.
Alula, SomaliaPlaceAlula is a coastal town in the far north-east of Somalia, near Cape Guardafui on the Gulf of Aden, in the region of Puntland.
AlulimPersonAlulim is the first king named in the Sumerian King List, which states that after kingship descended from heaven it was at Eridu, where Alulim reigned for 28,800 years.- AlushtaPlaceAlushta is a resort town on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula, on the Black Sea between Yalta and Sudak.
AlutiiqPeople / groupThe Alutiiq, or Sugpiaq, are an Indigenous people of south-central Alaska, living on Kodiak Island, the Alaska Peninsula and the coasts of Prince William Sound.
Alvand BegPersonAlvand Beg was an Aq Qoyunlu ruler, a grandson of Uzun Hasan, who held Azerbaijan and Diyarbakır at the end of the fifteenth century while his cousin Murad ruled…
Alvar AaltoPersonAlvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer, one of the leading figures of modern architecture.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de VacaPersonÁlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer, one of four survivors of the Narváez expedition to Florida of 1527, who wandered for eight years across what is now…
Álvaro ArzúPersonÁlvaro Arzú (1946–2018) was a Guatemalan politician who served as president from 1996 to 2000 and for several terms as mayor of Guatemala City.
Álvaro I of KongoPersonÁlvaro I was king of Kongo from 1568 to 1587.
Álvaro ObregónPersonÁlvaro Obregón was a Mexican general and president from 1920 to 1924.
AlvarsPeople / groupThe Alvars were twelve Tamil poet-saints devoted to Vishnu who lived in south India between about the 6th and 9th centuries, among them the woman poet Andal.- Alvise CadamostoPersonAlvise Cadamosto was a Venetian merchant and navigator who sailed for Prince Henry of Portugal along the coast of West Africa in 1455 and 1456.