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Iddin-SinPersonIddin-Sin was a king of Simurrum, a hill kingdom of the Zagros foothills, around the end of the Ur III period, about 2000 BCE.
Ide Anak Agung Gde AgungPersonIde Anak Agung Gde Agung was a prince of the Gianyar royal house in Bali who became an Indonesian statesman and historian.
Idi AminPersonIdi Amin was a Ugandan army officer who seized power from Milton Obote in 1971.
IdomeneusReligion / ideaIdomeneus is a Cretan king in Greek mythology, grandson of Minos and ruler of Knossos, who led eighty ships of Cretans to the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad.
IdrieusPersonIdrieus was satrap of Caria from 351 to 344 BCE, a son of Hecatomnus who succeeded his sister Artemisia II and ruled jointly with his sister and wife Ada.
IdrijaPlaceIdrija is a town in western Slovenia, the site of one of the world's largest mercury mines, discovered around 1490 and worked for some five centuries.
IdrimiPersonIdrimi was king of Alalakh in the Amuq plain in the 15th century BCE, a refugee prince from Aleppo who took power with the help of Habiru warriors and ruled as a vassal…- Idris al-WathiqPersonIdris al-Wathiq was the last Almohad caliph, who by then controlled only Marrakesh.
- Idris AloomaPersonIdris Alooma was a mai, or king, of Bornu who reigned c. 1571–1603.
- Idris I al-MamunPersonIdris I al-Mamun was an Almohad caliph of the early thirteenth century.
- Idris I al-Muta'ayyadPersonIdris I al-Muta'ayyad was a member of the Hammudid dynasty, Arab descendants of the Idrisids who claimed the caliphate in al-Andalus after the collapse of Umayyad…
- Idris I of MoroccoPersonIdris I was a descendant of the Prophet through Hasan who fled to the Maghreb after a failed Alid revolt against the Abbasids in 786.
Idris IIPersonIdris II was the posthumous son of Idris I, founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco.- Idris KatakarmabiPersonIdris Katakarmabi was a mai, or king, of the Kanem-Bornu Empire of the Sayfawa dynasty, who reigned in the early 16th century.
Idris of LibyaPersonIdris of Libya, Muhammad Idris al-Senussi, was head of the Senussi order and leader of Cyrenaica.- Idrisid dynastyStateThe Idrisid dynasty was the first Islamic dynasty to rule Morocco, founded in the late eighth century.
- IdumaeaPlaceIdumaea was the Greek and Roman name for the region of southern Judah, between Hebron and the northern Negev, settled by Edomites after the fall of the Kingdom of Judah.
- IdumaeansPeople / groupThe Idumaeans were the people of Idumaea, the region of southern Judaea and the Negev settled by Edomites from the 6th century BCE.
Idwal FoelPersonIdwal Foel, meaning 'the bald', was king of Gwynedd from 916 to 942, a grandson of Rhodri the Great.
Iestyn ap GwrgantPersonIestyn ap Gwrgant was the last native king of Morgannwg, or Glamorgan, in south-east Wales in the late 11th century.
Ifat SultanateStateThe Ifat Sultanate was a Muslim state in the eastern Ethiopian region, ruled by the Walashma dynasty from the late thirteenth century.
IfePlaceIfe is an ancient city in south-western Nigeria, regarded as the spiritual birthplace of the Yoruba people and renowned for its bronze and terracotta sculpture.
IferouanePlaceIferouane is an oasis town in the northern Aïr Mountains of Niger.
Ifni WarWar · 1957–1958The Ifni War was a conflict of 1957-1958 in which Moroccan irregulars of the Army of Liberation attacked Spanish West Africa, including Ifni and Spanish Sahara.
IfriqiyaPlaceIfriqiya was the medieval Arabic name for the region roughly corresponding to present-day Tunisia, eastern Algeria and western Libya.
Iftikhar Ali Khan PataudiPersonIftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi was Nawab of Pataudi from 1917 and a cricketer who played Test cricket for both England and India.
Iftikhar Hussain Khan MamdotPersonIftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot was a Pakistani politician from the family of the nawabs of Mamdot, among the largest landowners of the Punjab.
Iga ProvincePlaceIga was an old province of Japan, in the hills south-east of Kyoto, now the western part of Mie Prefecture.
Iga Ueno CastleWork / monumentIga Ueno Castle is a castle in the city of Iga in Mie Prefecture, Japan.- IgalaPeople / groupThe Igala are a people of central Nigeria, east of the Niger–Benue confluence, whose kingdom was a regional power.
- IgbajoPlaceIgbajo is a town in Osun State in south-western Nigeria.
- IgbesanmwanPeople / groupThe Igbesanmwan were the royal guild of ivory carvers in the Benin kingdom.
Igbo peoplePeople / groupThe Igbo are one of the largest ethnic groups of Africa, living mainly in south-eastern Nigeria and speaking the Igbo language.
Igbo-UkwuPlaceIgbo-Ukwu is a town in Anambra State, Nigeria, where excavations by Thurstan Shaw in 1959–64 uncovered elaborate bronze castings, glass beads and a burial of a…- IgbohoPlaceIgboho is a town in Oyo State, Nigeria, in the north of Yorubaland.
IgbolandPlaceIgboland is the homeland of the Igbo people in south-eastern Nigeria, lying mostly east of the lower Niger and extending into the Niger Delta hinterland.- IgbominaPeople / groupThe Igbomina are a Yoruba subgroup living in north-eastern Yorubaland, mostly in Kwara State and parts of Osun State, Nigeria, with towns such as Ila-Orangun and…
- Igihalkid dynastyStateThe Igihalkid dynasty ruled Elam from about 1400 to 1210 BCE, opening the Middle Elamite period.
IglesiasPlaceIglesias is a town in south-western Sardinia, Italy, at the centre of the island's main silver and lead mining district.- Ignacio BravoPersonIgnacio Bravo was a Mexican general of the Porfirio Díaz era.
Ignacy KrasickiPersonIgnacy Krasicki was a Polish poet and churchman, the leading writer of the Polish Enlightenment, known for his fables, satires and the first Polish novel.
Ignalina Nuclear Power PlantWork / monumentThe Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was a Soviet-built nuclear power station at Visaginas in north-eastern Lithuania, with two RBMK reactors of the type used at Chernobyl.
Ignatius of LoyolaPersonIgnatius of Loyola (1491–1556) was a Basque nobleman and soldier who founded the Society of Jesus.
Ignaz SeipelPersonIgnaz Seipel was an Austrian Catholic priest and leader of the Christian Social Party who served as chancellor of Austria from 1922 to 1924 and from 1926 to 1929.
Ignaz SemmelweisPersonIgnaz Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician who, working at the Vienna General Hospital in 1847, showed that childbed fever was greatly reduced when doctors washed their…- Ignazio BonafousPersonIgnazio Bonafous was a Piedmontese Jacobin from Alba.
Igor of KievPersonIgor was the ruler of Kievan Rus' from about 912 to 945, called in the Primary Chronicle the son of Rurik.- Igor SvyatoslavichPersonIgor Svyatoslavich was prince of Novgorod-Seversk and, from 1198, of Chernigov.
Igrish-HalamPersonIgrish-Halam was a king of Ebla in the twenty-fourth century BCE and one of the earliest rulers documented in the archives of its palace.
Igue festivalEventThe Igue festival is an annual royal festival in Benin City, held at the end of the year to renew the spiritual power of the Oba and bless the kingdom.- Igun EronmwonPeople / groupThe Igun Eronmwon were the royal guild of bronze casters in the Benin kingdom, working under the patronage of the Oba.
- Igun StreetPlaceIgun Street, or Igun Eronmwon, is the quarter of Benin City in southern Nigeria occupied by the royal guild of bronze casters.
Iguvine TabletsWork / monumentThe Iguvine Tablets are seven bronze tablets found at Gubbio, ancient Iguvium, in Umbria in 1444.
IhosyPlaceIhosy is a town in south-central Madagascar, the capital of the Ihorombe region, on the main road between Fianarantsoa and Toliara.
Ihsan Nuri PashaPersonIhsan Nuri Pasha was a Kurdish former Ottoman and Turkish army officer who became military commander of the Ararat rebellion.
IhuatzioPlaceIhuatzio is an archaeological site on the shore of Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, Mexico, one of the three capitals of the Purépecha state.- Ihya al-MulukWork / monumentThe Ihya al-Muluk is a Persian chronicle of Sistan written in the early 17th century by Malik Shah Husayn Sistani, a member of the region's local ruling family.
Ii NaomasaPersonIi Naomasa was one of the four great generals of Tokugawa Ieyasu, commander of the red-armoured troops of the Ii.
Ii NaosukePersonIi Naosuke was lord of the Hikone domain and, from 1858, great elder (tairō) of the Tokugawa shogunate.
IittalaPeople / groupIittala is a Finnish glass and design company, founded in 1881 as a glassworks in the village of Iittala in southern Finland.
Ijaw peoplePeople / groupThe Ijaw are a people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria, living mostly in Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta states and numbering several million.- IjayePlaceIjaye was a Yoruba town in south-western Nigeria that grew as a military and refugee centre after the collapse of the Oyo Empire.
IJsselPlaceThe IJssel is a river of the Netherlands, a branch of the Rhine that leaves it near Arnhem and flows about 125 kilometres north past Zutphen, Deventer and Kampen into…- IjtihadReligion / ideaIjtihad is the Islamic legal concept of independent reasoning by a qualified scholar to reach a ruling where scripture does not give a clear answer.
Ijwi IslandPlaceIjwi Island is a large island in Lake Kivu, part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.- Ika peoplePeople / groupThe Ika are an Igboid-speaking people of Delta State in southern Nigeria, living between Benin City and the Niger around Agbor and Owa.
IkariaPlaceIkaria is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean, west of Samos, named in legend after Icarus, who fell into the sea nearby.
IkausuPersonIkausu was a king of the Philistine city of Ekron in the early 7th century BCE and son of King Padi; his name corresponds to the biblical Achish.
Ikeda MitsumasaPersonIkeda Mitsumasa was a daimyo of the early Edo period who received Tottori domain in 1617 and exchanged it for Okayama in Bizen in 1632.- Ikeda MitsunakaPersonIkeda Mitsunaka was a Japanese daimyo who became lord of the Tottori domain in 1632, when as a small child he exchanged his domain of Okayama with his cousin Ikeda…
- Ikeda NagayoshiPersonIkeda Nagayoshi was a Japanese daimyo, a younger son of Ikeda Tsuneoki and brother of Ikeda Terumasa.
Ikeda TerumasaPersonIkeda Terumasa was a daimyo and son-in-law of Tokugawa Ieyasu who fought for him at Sekigahara.
Ikeda TsunamasaPersonIkeda Tsunamasa was daimyo of Okayama from 1672, son of the Confucian reformer Ikeda Mitsumasa.- Ikeda YoshinoriPersonIkeda Yoshinori was the last daimyo of the Tottori domain, a son of Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito and brother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
- Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi ShahPersonIkhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah was the second and last independent sultan of Sonargaon in eastern Bengal, succeeding his father Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah around 1349.
Ikhwan revoltRevolt · 1927–1930The Ikhwan revolt was an uprising of the Ikhwan, the Wahhabi tribal militia that had helped Ibn Saud conquer Arabia, against his authority.
IkizaEventThe Ikiza ('the Catastrophe') was a campaign of mass killings in Burundi in 1972, in which the Tutsi-dominated army and the ruling party's youth wing killed perhaps…
IkkeriPlaceIkkeri is a village in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, India, near Sagar.
Ikkō-ikkiPeople / groupThe Ikkō-ikki were leagues of farmers, local warriors, townspeople and priests belonging to the True Pure Land school of Buddhism in 15th- and 16th-century Japan.- Al-IklilWork / monumentAl-Iklil, "the Crown", is a ten-volume work on the history, genealogies, antiquities and castles of south Arabia by the Yemeni scholar al-Hasan al-Hamdani, who died…
Ikoma ChikamasaPersonIkoma Chikamasa was a samurai who served Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, from whom he received Sanuki province in 1587.
IksanPlaceIksan is a city in North Jeolla Province in south-western South Korea.
IkshvakuPersonIkshvaku is a legendary king of ancient India, son of Manu, regarded as the founder of the Solar dynasty that ruled Kosala from Ayodhya.
IkšķilePlaceIkšķile, German Üxküll, is a town on the Daugava river in Latvia, south-east of Riga.
Il CaffèWork / monumentIl Caffè was a periodical produced in Milan from June 1764 to May 1766 by Pietro Verri, his brother Alessandro and their circle, including Cesare Beccaria.
IlanzPlaceIlanz is a small town on the Vorderrhein in the Surselva region of Graubünden, Switzerland, often called the first town on the Rhine.- Ilanz ArticlesEventThe Ilanz Articles were two sets of decrees adopted at Ilanz by the Three Leagues of Graubünden in 1524 and 1526.
Île de la CitéPlaceThe Île de la Cité is an island in the Seine in the centre of Paris and the oldest core of the city.
Île-de-FrancePlaceÎle-de-France is the region around Paris in northern France and the historic heart of the French monarchy.
Îles du SalutPlaceThe Îles du Salut (Salvation Islands) are a group of three small islands, Île Royale, Île Saint-Joseph and Devil's Island, off the coast of French Guiana near Kourou.- IlghaziPersonIlghazi was a Turkmen emir of the Artuqid dynasty who ruled Mardin and took over Aleppo in 1117–1118.
Ilham AliyevPersonIlham Aliyev is the president of Azerbaijan, succeeding his father Heydar Aliyev in 2003.
IlhéusPlaceIlhéus is a port city in southern Bahia, Brazil, founded around 1536 as São Jorge dos Ilhéus, the seat of the hereditary Captaincy of Ilhéus.
Ili RiverPlaceThe Ili River flows from the Tian Shan mountains into Lake Balkhash in Central Asia.
IliadWork / monumentThe Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, composed probably in the eighth or seventh century BCE.- IlimilkuPersonIlimilku was a scribe and priest of Ugarit who copied the major mythological and epic texts in Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform, including the Baal cycle and the epics of…
Ilinden–Preobrazhenie UprisingRevolt · 1903The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising was a revolt against Ottoman rule organised by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation in August 1903.- IlisuPlaceIlisu is a village in the Qakh district of north-western Azerbaijan, in a valley on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus.
- Ilisu DamWork / monumentThe Ilisu Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Tigris in south-eastern Turkey, part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project.
- IlkhanInstitutionIlkhan was the title adopted by Hulagu and his successors, meaning a subordinate khan.