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Keira dynastyStateThe Keira dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Darfur Sultanate, founded in the seventeenth century by Sulayman Solong.
Keiskamma RiverPlaceThe Keiskamma River flows south-east through the Eastern Cape province of South Africa into the Indian Ocean.- Keita dynastyPeople / groupThe Keita dynasty was the ruling Mandinka lineage of the Mali Empire, founded by Sundiata Keita in the thirteenth century.
Keith HolyoakePersonKeith Holyoake was a New Zealand farmer and politician of the National Party who was Prime Minister briefly in 1957 and again from 1960 to 1972, one of the longest…
Keith MitchellPersonKeith Mitchell is a Grenadian politician and former mathematics lecturer who led the New National Party and was Prime Minister of Grenada from 1995 to 2008 and again…- KekaulikePersonKekaulike was ruler (aliʻi nui) of Maui in the early 18th century, who died around 1736.
KeladiPlaceKeladi is a village in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, India, in the Malnad hills near Sagar.
Keladi ChennammaPersonKeladi Chennamma was queen of the Keladi Nayaka kingdom in coastal Karnataka, ruling from 1671 until her death in 1696 after the death of her husband Somashekhara Nayaka.
Keladi NayakasPeople / groupThe Keladi Nayakas, also called the Nayakas of Ikkeri, were a dynasty that ruled the coast and western hills of present-day Karnataka from about 1499 to 1763, first as…- KelafoPlaceKelafo, also spelled Qalaafo, is a town on the Shebelle river in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
- Keleshbey ChachbaPersonKeleshbey Chachba, also called Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze, was prince of Abkhazia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- KelhanaPersonKelhana was a Chahamana king of Naddula (Nadol) in Rajasthan in the second half of the 12th century, son of Alhana.
Kelishin steleWork / monumentThe Kelishin stele is a Urartian inscribed stone pillar standing on the Kelishin pass, high in the Zagros mountains on the border between Iraq and Iran.- KellsPlaceKells is a town in County Meath in Ireland.
KelmisPlaceKelmis, in French La Calamine, is a municipality in the German-speaking Community of Belgium near Aachen.
Kelso AbbeyWork / monumentKelso Abbey is a ruined abbey in the Scottish Borders, founded by Tironensian monks who moved there from Selkirk under David I in 1128.- KemahPlaceKemah is a small town on the upper Euphrates in Erzincan province, eastern Turkey, below a strong fortress on a rock above the river gorge.
- Kemal al-Din Husayn BeyPersonKemal al-Din Husayn Bey was the last important ruler of the Hamidid beylik of south-western Anatolia, centred on Eğirdir.
KemptenPlaceKempten is a city on the Iller in the Allgäu, Bavaria, and one of the oldest towns in Germany, on the site of Roman Cambodunum.
Ken ArokPersonKen Arok was the founder of the Singhasari kingdom in eastern Java.
Ken RiverPlaceThe Ken is a river of central India, a tributary of the Yamuna, flowing about 430 kilometres from the Kaimur hills in Madhya Pradesh through the Bundelkhand region into…
KendujharPlaceKendujhar, also known as Keonjhar or Keonjhargarh, is a town in northern Odisha, India, the headquarters of Kendujhar district.
Kenesary KasymovPersonKenesary Kasymov was a Kazakh sultan, grandson of Ablai Khan, who led the largest Kazakh uprising against Russian rule, from 1837 to 1847.
KengtungPlaceKengtung is a town in eastern Shan State, Myanmar, near the borders of Thailand, Laos and China.- KenjutsuTermKenjutsu is the Japanese art of swordsmanship.
Kennebec RiverPlaceThe Kennebec River flows about 270 km from Moosehead Lake to the Atlantic in Maine, United States.- Kennedy SimmondsPersonKennedy Simmonds is a Kittitian politician who was the first prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Kenneth KaundaPersonKenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia, from independence in 1964 until 1991.- Kenneth MacAlpinPersonKenneth MacAlpin was a king of Gaelic origin who became ruler of the Picts around 843.
Kenny AnthonyPersonKenny Anthony is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician who led the Saint Lucia Labour Party and served as Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and again from…
KennyoPersonKennyo was the eleventh head priest of the Hongan-ji, the main temple of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist school, from 1554.
Kenroku-enPlaceKenroku-en is a landscape garden in Kanazawa, Japan, counted among the Three Great Gardens of Japan.- Kente clothTermKente cloth is a brightly coloured woven textile of the Akan peoples of present-day Ghana, made from interwoven strips of cloth.
- Kenya African National UnionInstitutionThe Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party founded in 1960 and led by Jomo Kenyatta, which took the country to independence in 1963.
- Keoladeo National ParkPlaceKeoladeo National Park is a wetland reserve next to Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India.
KeraitesPeople / groupThe Keraites were a powerful Turco-Mongol tribal confederation of central Mongolia in the 12th century, many of whom followed the Church of the East.
KeralaPlaceKerala is a state on the Malabar Coast of south-western India, where Malayalam is spoken.
KerameikosPlaceThe Kerameikos was the potters' quarter of ancient Athens, lying on both sides of the city wall north-west of the Acropolis, and the site of the city's main cemetery.
Keraton KanomanWork / monumentKeraton Kanoman is a royal palace in Cirebon on the north coast of West Java, Indonesia, built in the late 17th century as the seat of the sultans of Kanoman after the…
Keraton KasepuhanWork / monumentKeraton Kasepuhan is the palace of the Sultan Sepuh in Cirebon on the north coast of West Java, Indonesia.
KerboghaPersonKerbogha was a Turkish commander who served the Seljuks as atabeg of Mosul.
KerchPlaceKerch is a port city at the eastern tip of Crimea on the Kerch Strait.
Kerch StraitPlaceThe Kerch Strait, the Cimmerian Bosporus of the ancient Greeks, links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov between Crimea and the Taman peninsula.
Kerei KhanPersonKerei Khan was a descendant of Urus Khan of the White Horde and, with Janibek Khan, the founder of the Kazakh Khanate.- KerenPlaceKeren is a city in the highlands of western Eritrea and one of the country's largest towns.
Kerkennah IslandsPlaceThe Kerkennah Islands are a low-lying group of islands in the Gulf of Gabès off the coast of Sfax in Tunisia.
KermaPlaceKerma is an archaeological site and ancient city in northern Sudan, the centre of a major Nubian kingdom from around 2500 BCE.
KermanPlaceKerman is a city in south-eastern Iran.
KermanshahPlaceKermanshah is a city in the Zagros mountains of western Iran and the capital of Kermanshah province.- KertajayaPersonKertajaya was the last king of the Kediri Kingdom in East Java.
KertanegaraPersonKertanegara was the last king of Singhasari in eastern Java.- Kertha GosaWork / monumentThe Kertha Gosa is an 18th-century pavilion in Semarapura, Bali, part of the palace of the Dewa Agung of Klungkung, where the court sat in judgement.
- KeryneiaPlaceKeryneia, or Ceryneia, was an ancient town of Achaea in the northern Peloponnese, in the hills south of Helike.
- Kesavananda Bharati v. State of KeralaEventKesavananda Bharati v.
- KeserwanPlaceKeserwan is a mountainous district of Mount Lebanon, north of Beirut, inhabited mainly by Maronite Christians.
Keshab Chandra SenPersonKeshab Chandra Sen was a Bengali religious and social reformer who led the Brahmo Samaj, campaigning against caste, child marriage and for women's education and widow…- Keshav Das of SitamauPersonKeshav Das was a Rathore Rajput of the ruling family of Ratlam who founded the princely state of Sitamau in Malwa in 1701.
- Keshin DalbhyaPersonKeshin Dalbhya was a king of the Panchalas named in late Vedic texts, especially the Brahmanas, where he appears as a patron of sacrifice and ritual learning.
- Kesho Das of JhabuaPersonKesho Das was a Rathore Rajput who founded the state of Jhabua in western Malwa around 1584.
- KessiniansPeople / groupThe Kessinians (Kessiner) were a West Slavic tribe of the Lutician federation on the lower Warnow river in modern Mecklenburg, Germany, around the later city of Rostock.
- KestrosPlaceThe Kestros, now the Aksu Çayı, is a river of southern Turkey that flows from the Taurus Mountains through the plain of ancient Pamphylia into the Mediterranean east of…
KęstutisPersonKęstutis was a Grand Duke of Lithuania and son of Gediminas who ruled the western lands of Lithuania from Trakai from the 1340s.- Ket KlaoPersonKet Klao was a king of Lan Na who ruled from 1525 to 1538 and again from 1543.
KetaPlaceKeta is a coastal town in the Volta Region of south-eastern Ghana, on the sandbar between the Atlantic and the Keta lagoon.
KetapangPlaceKetapang is a town and regency on the south-west coast of West Kalimantan, on the Indonesian part of Borneo.- Ketef HinnomPlaceKetef Hinnom is an archaeological site south-west of the Old City of Jerusalem, where burial caves of the late Iron Age were excavated in 1979.
Ketevan the MartyrPersonKetevan, known as Saint Ketevan the Martyr, was a queen of Kakheti in eastern Georgia and the mother of King Teimuraz I.
Keti KotiEventKeti Koti, Sranan Tongo for "the chain is cut", is the annual commemoration on 1 July of the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean on 1 July 1863.
Kevin RuddPersonKevin Rudd was the Labor prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again briefly in 2013.
Kewu PlainPlaceThe Kewu Plain, also called the Prambanan Plain, is a fertile area in Central Java, Indonesia, on the southern slopes of Mount Merapi near Yogyakarta.
KexholmPlaceKexholm, in Finnish Käkisalmi and today Priozersk in Russia, is a town and fortress on the Vuoksi river near Lake Ladoga, which gave its name to the surrounding…
Key MarcoPlaceKey Marco is an archaeological site on Marco Island in south-western Florida, excavated by Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896.
Kgalema MotlanthePersonKgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician who was president of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2009, after the ANC recalled Thabo Mbeki.
KGBInstitutionThe KGB (Committee for State Security) was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, responsible for foreign intelligence…
KhababashPersonKhababash was an Egyptian ruler who led a revolt against Persian rule in the Nile Delta in the late 330s BCE, probably during the turmoil that followed the murders of…
Khabul KhanPersonKhabul Khan was a Mongol chief of the Borjigin clan who united Mongol clans of the Onon and Kherlen valleys in the early 12th century and is regarded as the first khan…
Khabur RiverPlaceThe Khabur River is a tributary of the Euphrates in north-eastern Syria.- Khadija of the MaldivesPersonKhadija was sultana of the Maldives, reigning three times between 1347 and 1380 and twice deposing husbands who had seized power.
- KhafrePersonKhafre was a king of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty in the 26th century BCE and a son of Khufu.
- KhaganInstitutionKhagan, also qaghan, was the title of the supreme ruler among the Turkic and Mongol peoples, meaning khan of khans.
Khải ĐịnhPersonKhải Định was emperor of Vietnam of the Nguyen dynasty from 1916 to 1925, under the French protectorate.
KhajurahoPlaceKhajuraho is a village in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India, famous for a group of Hindu and Jain temples built by the Chandela dynasty between about 950 and…
Khakas peoplePeople / groupThe Khakas are a Turkic people of southern Siberia living mainly in the Republic of Khakassia, in the Minusinsk Basin on the upper Yenisei River in Russia.
Khakhuli MonasteryWork / monumentKhakhuli Monastery is a medieval Georgian monastery in the historic region of Tao, today in Erzurum Province, north-eastern Turkey.
Khalaf ibn AhmadPersonKhalaf ibn Ahmad was the last important Saffarid ruler of Sistan, governing from 963 as an autonomous amir under Samanid and later Ghaznavid pressure.
KhalajPeople / groupThe Khalaj are a Turkic people who lived from the early Middle Ages in the region of Ghazni and southern Afghanistan, serving as soldiers for the Ghaznavids and Ghurids.
KhalchayanPlaceKhalchayan is an archaeological site in the Surkhandarya region of southern Uzbekistan, excavated by Galina Pugachenkova from 1959.
Khaleda ZiaPersonKhaleda Zia, the widow of President Ziaur Rahman, became leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1984 and joined the movement that ended Hussain Muhammad Ershad's…
Khalid bin BarghashPersonKhalid bin Barghash was a son of Sultan Barghash who seized the palace in Zanzibar on the death of Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini in August 1896 without British approval.
Khalid bin Mohammed Al QasimiPersonKhalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was ruler of Sharjah from 1965, when Britain deposed his cousin Saqr bin Sultan, until 1972.
Khalid bin Muhammad Al QasimiPersonKhalid bin Muhammad Al Qasimi was ruler of Sharjah from 1965 to 1972, appointed after the British deposed his cousin Saqr bin Sultan.
Khalid ibn al-WalidPersonKhalid ibn al-Walid was an Arab military commander of the early Islamic period, celebrated as one of the most successful generals of his age.- KhalifaTermKhalifa, rendered in English as caliph, is the Arabic title for the successor to the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Muslim community.
- Khalifa bin Hamad Al ThaniPersonKhalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was Emir of Qatar from 1972 to 1995.
Khalifa bin HarubPersonKhalifa bin Harub was Sultan of Zanzibar from 1911 to 1960, under the British protectorate.
Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanPersonKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates from November 2004 until his death in May 2022, succeeding his father Zayed…- Khalilullah IPersonKhalilullah I was Shirvanshah from 1417 to 1465, son of Ibrahim I of the Derbendi line.
- Khalimpur copper plateWork / monumentThe Khalimpur copper plate is a land grant of the Pala king Dharmapala, found at Khalimpur in the Malda district of West Bengal.
Khalkha MongolsPeople / groupThe Khalkha Mongols are the largest subgroup of the Mongols and form the majority of the population of present-day Mongolia.
KhalqPeople / groupKhalq ('the masses') was the more radical of the two factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, formed when the party split in 1967.