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Akhsitan IPersonAkhsitan I was Shirvanshah, ruler of Shirvan in present-day Azerbaijan, in the second half of the twelfth century, succeeding his father Manuchihr III.
Akhund of SwatPersonThe Akhund of Swat, Abdul Ghafur, was a Sufi saint and religious leader of the Swat valley in the north-west of present-day Pakistan.- Akim OdaPlaceAkim Oda is a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana, in the valley of the Birim river.
- AkitaPlaceAkita is the capital of Akita Prefecture in northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan coast.
Akita PrefecturePlaceAkita Prefecture is a prefecture in the Tohoku region of northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan, with its capital at Akita.- AkitoyePersonAkitoye was Oba of Lagos from 1841 to 1845 and again from 1851 to 1853.
AkituEventAkitu was the Mesopotamian New Year festival, celebrated most famously at Babylon in honour of the god Marduk.- AkkadPlaceAkkad was the capital city of the Akkadian Empire, founded or developed by Sargon in the twenty-fourth century BCE.
Akkadian EmpireStateThe Akkadian Empire was the first known empire in Mesopotamia, founded by Sargon of Akkad around the twenty-fourth century BCE.- Akkadian languageTermAkkadian is an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, written in cuneiform.
AkkarPlaceAkkar is the northernmost region of Lebanon, a fertile coastal plain and hill country on the border with Syria, now a governorate.
Akmal IkramovPersonAkmal Ikramov was an Uzbek communist leader, first secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR from 1929 to 1937.- AkovaPlaceAkova was a castle in the mountains of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese, which the French called Matagrifon.
ĐakovoPlaceĐakovo is a town in the Slavonia region of eastern Croatia, seat of a Catholic bishopric since the 13th century.
AkropongPlaceAkropong is a town on the Akuapem ridge in south-eastern Ghana and the seat of the Okuapehene, paramount chief of the Akuapem state, since the 18th century.
Akrotiri (prehistoric city)PlaceAkrotiri is a Bronze Age settlement on the island of Santorini (Thera) in the Aegean, buried by a volcanic eruption in the 17th or 16th century BCE.
AksarayPlaceAksaray is a city in central Anatolia, Turkey, at the foot of the volcano Hasan Dağı, and capital of the province of the same name.
AkşehirPlaceAkşehir is a town in Konya Province in central Turkey, at the foot of the Sultan Mountains, ancient Philomelium.- AksuPlaceAksu is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, on the northern rim of the Tarim Basin at the foot of the Tian Shan.
- Aksumite conquest of KushCampaign · c. 350 CEThe Aksumite conquest of Kush was the campaign led by the Aksumite king Ezana around 350 CE against the Kingdom of Kush and its centre at Meroë.
Aksumite EmpireStateThe Aksumite Empire was a trading state centred on Aksum in the northern Ethiopian highlands and present-day Eritrea, flourishing from roughly the first to the seventh…- Aksumite invasion of KushCampaign · c. 4th century CEThe Aksumite invasion of Kush refers to military expeditions by the Aksumite Empire into the Kingdom of Kush in the c. 4th century CE, most notably under King Ezana.
- Aktekke MosqueWork / monumentThe Aktekke Mosque is a 14th-century mosque in Karaman, central Anatolia, built under the Karamanid ruler Alaeddin Bey on the site of an earlier dervish lodge.
- Aku UkaTermAku Uka is the title of the sacred king of the Jukun people of the Benue valley in Nigeria.
- Akuapem TwiTermAkuapem Twi is a dialect of the Akan language spoken on the Akuapem ridge in south-eastern Ghana.
- Akufuna TatilaPersonAkufuna Tatila was briefly Litunga, king of the Lozi of Barotseland, in 1884–1885.
AkushaPlaceAkusha is a village in the mountains of central Dagestan, Russia, and the historic centre of the Dargin people.- AkwamuStateAkwamu was an Akan state in the forest and coastal region of present-day Ghana that was powerful in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
AkwesasnePlaceAkwesasne is a Mohawk community on the St Lawrence river that straddles the border between Canada and the United States, divided among Quebec, Ontario and New York State.
Al AliPeople / groupThe Al Ali are an Arab tribe of the Trucial Coast, centred on Umm al-Quwain in the United Arab Emirates.
Al Bu FalasahPeople / groupThe Al Bu Falasah are a section of the Bani Yas tribal confederation of the southern Gulf coast.
Al Bu Said dynastyPeople / groupThe Al Bu Said dynasty has ruled Oman since the 1740s, when Ahmad ibn Said expelled the Persians and was elected imam in place of the Ya'aruba.- Al FadlPeople / groupAl Fadl was an Arab Bedouin tribe of the Syrian desert, descended from the Tayy and the Jarrahid family.
Al HoceimaPlaceAl Hoceima is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of northern Morocco, in the Rif.- Al JazeeraInstitutionAl Jazeera is a television network based in Doha, launched in November 1996 with funding from the emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
- Al MadhkurPeople / groupThe Al Madhkur were an Arab family settled on the Persian coast who ruled the port of Bushehr as sheikhs from the mid-18th century under Persian overlordship.
Al Mahatta FortWork / monumentAl Mahatta Fort is a fortified rest house built in Sharjah in 1932 by Imperial Airways for passengers on its air route between Britain and India.
Al MaktoumPeople / groupThe Al Maktoum are the ruling family of Dubai, descended from Maktoum bin Butti, who led the Al Bu Falasah to Dubai Creek in 1833.
Al MuallaPeople / groupThe Al Mualla are the ruling family of Umm al-Quwain, leaders of the Al Ali tribe.- Al Na'imPeople / groupThe Al Na'im are an Arab tribe of the eastern Arabian peninsula, found in the emirate of Ajman, the Buraimi oasis and northern Oman.
Al NahyanPeople / groupThe Al Nahyan are the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, a branch of the Al Bu Falah section of the Bani Yas tribal confederation.
Al QasimiPeople / groupThe Al Qasimi, or Qawasim, are an Arab dynasty and tribal confederation of the southern Gulf, centred on Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah.
Al SabahPeople / groupAl Sabah is the ruling family of Kuwait, descended from the Bani Utbah clan that settled there in the early 18th century.
Ala ad-Din Muhammad IIPersonAla ad-Din Muhammad II was the shah of the Khwarazmian Empire from 1200 to 1220.
Ala ad-Din TekishPersonAla ad-Din Tekish was the ruler of Khwarazm from 1172 to 1200.
Ala al-Dawla BozkurtPersonAla al-Dawla Bozkurt was bey of the Dulkadirids, the Turkmen principality around Elbistan and Maraş, from 1480 to 1515.
Ala al-Dawla MuhammadPersonAla al-Dawla Muhammad, known as Ibn Kakuya, was the founder of the Kakuyid dynasty.- Ala al-Din AliPersonAla al-Din Ali was the last effective ruler of the Eretnid sultanate of central Anatolia, grandson of its founder Eretna.
- Ala al-Din HusaynPersonAla al-Din Husayn was ruler of Ghor from about 1149 to 1161.
- Al-Ala ibn MughithPersonAl-Ala ibn Mughith was an Arab leader in al-Andalus who in 763 raised the black banner of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur against the Umayyad emir Abd al-Rahman I…
Ala SinghPersonAla Singh was a Sikh chief of the Phulkian family and the founder of Patiala State.
Ala-ud-Din Ahmad ShahPersonAla-ud-Din Ahmad Shah was a sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan, reigning from 1436 to 1458 at Bidar.- Ala-ud-Din Bahman ShahPersonAla-ud-Din Bahman Shah, born Hasan, was the founder of the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan.
- AlaafinInstitutionThe Alaafin was the king of the Oyo Empire, a sacred ruler regarded as the embodiment of divine Yoruba kingship.
AlabamaPlaceAlabama is a state in the south-eastern United States, stretching from the Tennessee River valley to the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile.- Alaeddin BeyPersonAlaeddin Bey was ruler of the Karamanids in central Anatolia from about 1361.
Alaeddin MosqueWork / monumentThe Alaeddin Mosque is the main mosque of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Konya, Turkey, standing on Alaeddin Hill at the heart of the city.- Alagakkonara familyPeople / groupThe Alagakkonara, or Alakeshvara, were a powerful family of ministers in 14th- and early 15th-century Sri Lanka, of south Indian origin.
- AlahisPersonAlahis was a Lombard Duke of Trent, and later of Brescia, who rebelled against King Cunipert.
Alai DarwazaWork / monumentThe Alai Darwaza is a domed gateway in the Qutb Minar complex in Delhi, built in 1311 by Alauddin Khalji as the southern entrance to the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque.- Alain BouchartPersonAlain Bouchart was a Breton lawyer and chronicler who served Duke Francis II and Duchess Anne of Brittany.
- Alake of EgbalandTermThe Alake of Egbaland is the paramount traditional ruler of the Egba, a Yoruba people whose capital is Abeokuta in south-western Nigeria.
AlaknandaPlaceThe Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in Uttarakhand, India, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges.
AlaksanduPersonAlaksandu was a king of Wilusa in north-western Anatolia in the early 13th century BCE, known from a treaty he made with the Hittite king Muwatalli II around 1280 BCE.
AlalakhPlaceAlalakh is a Bronze Age city mound at Tell Atchana near Antakya in southern Turkey, in the Amuq plain.- AlaliaPlaceAlalia was a Greek colony on the east coast of Corsica, founded by Phocaeans around 565 BCE, on the site of modern Aléria.
- Alam Khan LodiPersonAlam Khan Lodi was a son of Bahlul Lodi and uncle of Ibrahim Lodi, the last sultan of Delhi.
Alamgir IIPersonAlamgir II was Mughal emperor from 1754 to 1759, a son of Jahandar Shah placed on the throne by the vizier Ghazi-ud-din Khan Imad-ul-Mulk.
Alamo MissionPlaceThe Alamo Mission, founded in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero, was a Franciscan mission at San Antonio in Spanish Texas that gathered Coahuiltecan peoples.
AlamutPlaceAlamut is a mountain fortress in the Alborz range of northern Iran.
Alan GarcíaPersonAlan García was a Peruvian politician of APRA who was president of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011.- Alan I, King of BrittanyPersonAlan I, called the Great, was count of Vannes and from about 890 king of Brittany.
Alan II, Duke of BrittanyPersonAlan II, called Barbetorte or Twisted Beard, was a grandson of Alan the Great who grew up in exile in England.
Alan RufusPersonAlan Rufus (Alan the Red) was a Breton nobleman, a kinsman of the dukes of Brittany, who served William the Conqueror and was rewarded with vast estates in England.
Alan TuringPersonAlan Turing was an English mathematician and computer scientist.- Alanic languageTermAlanic was the Eastern Iranian language of the Alans, a nomadic people of the steppes north of the Caucasus in late antiquity and the Middle Ages.
AlanyaPlaceAlanya is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey.- AlaolPersonAlaol was a Bengali poet of the 17th century who lived at the court of Mrauk U in Arakan.
Alaouite dynastyPeople / groupThe Alaouite dynasty is the ruling house of Morocco, a sharifian family claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
Alaric IPersonAlaric I was a king of the Visigoths who led his people in conflicts with the Roman Empire in the late fourth and early fifth centuries.
Alaric IIPersonAlaric II was king of the Visigoths from 484 to 507, ruling much of Gaul and Hispania from Toulouse.
AlaşehirPlaceAlaşehir is a town in Manisa Province in western Turkey.
Alash (party)People / groupAlash was a Kazakh national party founded in 1917 by intellectuals including Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Akhmet Baitursynov and Mirzhakip Dulatov, and named after the…
AlaskaPlaceAlaska is a large region in north-western North America.- AlatheusPersonAlatheus was a chieftain of the Greuthungi Goths who, with Saphrax, acted as guardian of the boy-king Vithericus after the Huns overran their people around 375.
AlatriPlaceAlatri, ancient Aletrium, is a hill town of the Hernici in southern Lazio, Italy, famous for its acropolis enclosed by massive polygonal walls of the pre-Roman period.
Alauddin al-KaharPersonAlauddin al-Kahar was sultan of Aceh from about 1537 to 1571 and made it a regional power.
Alauddin Husain ShahPersonAlauddin Husain Shah was sultan of Bengal from 1494 to 1519 and founder of the Husain Shahi dynasty.
Alauddin KhaljiPersonAlauddin Khalji was a sultan of the Delhi Sultanate who reigned from 1296 until his death in 1316.- Alauddin Riayat Shah IIPersonAlauddin Riayat Shah II was the first sultan of Johor, a son of the last sultan of Malacca, Mahmud Shah.
AlaungpayaPersonAlaungpaya was the founder of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma, reigning from 1752 to 1760.
AlaungsithuPersonAlaungsithu, also known as Sithu I, was king of Pagan from about 1112 to 1167 and the grandson and successor of Kyansittha.
AlawitesPeople / groupThe Alawites are a religious community that emerged from Shia Islam in the 9th and 10th centuries, named after the caliph Ali and associated with the teacher Ibn…
Alba FucensPlaceAlba Fucens was a Roman colony in the central Apennines of Italy, founded in 303 BCE on land taken from the Aequi near the Fucine Lake.- Alba HelviorumPlaceAlba Helviorum was the Roman town of the Helvii in southern Gaul, at the modern village of Alba-la-Romaine in the Ardèche.
Alba IuliaPlaceAlba Iulia, in Hungarian Gyulafehérvár, is a city in Transylvania, Romania, on the Mureș River, built on the site of the Roman legionary fortress of Apulum.
AlbaicínPlaceThe Albaicín is the old Moorish quarter of Granada, Spain, on a hill facing the Alhambra across the valley of the Darro.
Alban BergPersonAlban Berg was an Austrian composer and a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern.
Alban HillsPlaceThe Alban Hills are the remains of an extinct volcano about 20 kilometres south-east of Rome, with crater lakes such as Lake Albano and Lake Nemi.
Albanian Fascist PartyPeople / groupThe Albanian Fascist Party was the ruling party of Albania under Italian occupation, founded in April 1939 after Italy's invasion and modelled on Mussolini's National…