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Maharana PratapPersonMaharana Pratap was the Rajput ruler of Mewar from 1572 to 1597.
MaharashtraPlaceMaharashtra is a state of western India, created in 1960 from the Marathi-speaking parts of Bombay State, with Mumbai as its capital.
MahareroPersonMaharero, also called Kamaherero, was a Herero leader in central Namibia who freed the Herero from the domination of the Oorlam Afrikaners in a war that began in 1863.
MahasenaguptaPersonMahasenagupta was a king of the Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha and Malwa in the late 6th century.- Mahashivagupta BalarjunaPersonMahashivagupta Balarjuna was the most famous king of the Panduvamshi dynasty of Dakshina Kosala, ruling from Sirpur in present-day Chhattisgarh for about sixty years in…
Mahasi SayadawPersonMahasi Sayadaw was a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master.
Mahathir MohamadPersonMahathir Mohamad is a Malaysian politician who was prime minister from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020.
Mahatma GandhiPersonMahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement, known for his strategy of non-violent mass resistance.- MahatthaiInstitutionThe Mahatthai was one of the two great ministries of the Siamese state from the Ayutthaya period, headed by the Samuha Nayok and responsible for civil affairs and later…
Mahaut, Countess of ArtoisPersonMahaut was countess of Artois from 1302, after her father Robert II was killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.- MahavamsaWork / monumentThe Mahavamsa, the "Great Chronicle", is a Pali chronicle of Sri Lanka composed at the Mahavihara monastery in Anuradhapura, traditionally by the monk Mahanama, around…
- MahaviharaInstitutionThe Mahavihara was the great monastery of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, founded by King Devanampiya Tissa in the 3rd century BCE after the arrival of the monk Mahinda.
MahaviraPersonMahavira, born Vardhamana, was the 24th and last tirthankara of Jainism, a contemporary of the Buddha in the 6th or 5th century BCE.- MahaviracharyaPersonMahaviracharya was a Jain mathematician of the ninth century who worked at the court of the Rashtrakuta emperor Amoghavarsha I.
- MahavyutpattiWork / monumentThe Mahavyutpatti is a Sanskrit–Tibetan dictionary compiled in imperial Tibet in the early ninth century, under royal patronage, to standardise the translation of…
- Mahayana BuddhismReligion / ideaMahayana Buddhism is a major branch of Buddhism emphasising the bodhisattva ideal and a broad body of scriptures.
Mahbub Ali KhanPersonMir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, succeeding as an infant in 1869 and ruling until his death in 1911.- MahdiReligion / ideaThe Mahdi, meaning 'the rightly guided one', is a figure in Islamic belief expected to appear to restore justice and true religion.
MahdiaPlaceMahdia is a port city on the east coast of Tunisia, built on a narrow peninsula.
Mahdist StateEventThe Mahdist State was the state founded in Sudan by Muhammad Ahmad, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi in 1881, and continued under his successor the Khalifa Abdallahi.
Mahdist WarWar · 1881–1899The Mahdist War was fought from 1881 to 1899 in Sudan between the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi, and the Egyptian government backed by…
Mahé de La BourdonnaisPersonBertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais was a French naval officer who governed Isle de France and Île Bourbon for the French East India Company from 1735 to 1746.- Mahé, IndiaPlaceMahé, also called Mayyazhi, is a small town at the mouth of the Mahé River on the Malabar coast of Kerala, India.
- Mahecor DioufPersonMahecor Diouf was the last Maad a Sinig, king of the Serer kingdom of Sine in present-day Senegal.
Mahendra of NepalPersonMahendra was King of Nepal from 1955 until his death in 1972.- MahendradattaPersonMahendradatta was a Javanese princess of the Isyana dynasty of East Java who married King Udayana of Bali in the late 10th century and ruled jointly with him.
- Mahendrapala IPersonMahendrapala I was a king of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty who ruled from Kannauj from about 885 to 910, succeeding his father Mihira Bhoja.
- Mahendravarman (Chenla)PersonMahendravarman, born Chitrasena, was a king of Chenla in present-day Cambodia around the end of the 6th and start of the 7th century.
Mahendravarman IPersonMahendravarman I was king of the Pallava dynasty of Kanchipuram in the early 7th century.- Mahendravarman IIPersonMahendravarman II was a king of the Pallava dynasty who reigned briefly, around 668 to 670, after his father Narasimhavarman I, the conqueror of Vatapi.
MaheshwarPlaceMaheshwar is a town on the north bank of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Mahi Bajaj Sagar DamWork / monumentThe Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam is a large dam on the Mahi river near Banswara in southern Rajasthan, India, built in the 1970s and 1980s for irrigation and hydroelectric power.
Mahi Kantha AgencyInstitutionThe Mahi Kantha Agency was a British political agency in northern Gujarat that supervised the many small Rajput and Koli chiefships of the Mahi Kantha, the country…
MahikengPlaceMahikeng, formerly Mafikeng or Mafeking, is the capital of North West province, South Africa.
Mahinda (Buddhist monk)PersonMahinda was a Buddhist monk, said to be a son of the Maurya emperor Ashoka, who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BCE.- Mahinda VPersonMahinda V was the last king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom in Sri Lanka, reigning from 982.
- Mahipala I (Gurjara-Pratihara)PersonMahipala I was king of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty of Kannauj in the early 10th century.
- Mahipala I (Pala)PersonMahipala I was king of the Pala dynasty of Bengal and Bihar from about 988 to 1038.
- Mahipala I (Pratihara)PersonMahipala I was a Gurjara-Pratihara emperor who ruled from Kannauj from about 913 to about 944.
- Mahipala IIPersonMahipala II was a king of the Pala dynasty of Bengal in the second half of the eleventh century.
Mahisagar districtPlaceMahisagar district is a district of eastern Gujarat, India, created in 2013 from parts of the Panchmahal and Kheda districts, with its headquarters at Lunavada.- MahishmatiPlaceMahishmati was an ancient city on the Narmada river in central India, the southern capital of the kingdom of Avanti and later the seat of the Kalachuris of Mahishmati.
- Mahmud Badaruddin IPersonMahmud Badaruddin I was Sultan of Palembang in southern Sumatra from 1724 to 1757.
Mahmud Badaruddin IIPersonMahmud Badaruddin II was Sultan of Palembang in southern Sumatra, who resisted both the British during their occupation of Java and the returning Dutch.
Mahmud BarzanjiPersonSheikh Mahmud Barzanji was a Kurdish leader from Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq and a sheikh of the Qadiri Sufi order.- Mahmud BegadaPersonMahmud Begada was Sultan of Gujarat from 1458 to 1511, the greatest ruler of the Muzaffarid dynasty.
- Mahmud GawanPersonMahmud Gawan was a Persian merchant from Gilan who became chief minister of the Bahmani Sultanate of the Deccan, serving from the 1460s until 1481.
Mahmud HotakPersonMahmud Hotak was an Afghan ruler of the Ghilzai Hotak dynasty, son of Mirwais Hotak.
Mahmud IIPersonMahmud II was Ottoman sultan from 1808 to 1839.
Mahmud II (Seljuk sultan)PersonMahmud II was Seljuk sultan of the western lands, centred on Iraq and western Iran, from 1118 to 1131.- Mahmud IVPersonMahmud IV was the last mansa of the Mali Empire.
Mahmud KhaljiPersonMahmud Khalji was Sultan of Malwa from 1436 to 1469 and founder of its Khalji dynasty.
Mahmud of GhazniPersonMahmud of Ghazni was ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire from 998 to 1030, from his capital at Ghazni in Afghanistan.- Mahmud Shah BahmaniPersonMahmud Shah was sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482 to 1518, coming to the throne as a boy after the death of Muhammad Shah III.
Mahmud Shah DurraniPersonMahmud Shah Durrani was a Sadozai ruler of the Durrani Empire, reigning in Kabul from 1801 to 1803 and again from 1809 to 1818.- Mahmud Shah II of JohorPersonMahmud Shah II was sultan of Johor from 1685 to 1699 and the last ruler descended from the sultans of Malacca.
- Mahmud Shah II of MalwaPersonMahmud Shah II was the last sultan of the Khalji dynasty of Malwa, reigning from 1511 to 1531.
- Mahmud Shah III of JohorPersonMahmud Shah III was sultan of Johor and Riau from 1761 to 1812, succeeding as a child.
Mahmud Shah of MalaccaPersonMahmud Shah of Malacca was the last sultan of Malacca, ruling from 1488 until the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1511.- Mahmud YalavachPersonMahmud Yalavach was a Khwarazmian Muslim administrator in the service of the Mongol Empire.
MahobaPlaceMahoba is a town in Bundelkhand, in southern Uttar Pradesh, India, and the headquarters of the district of the same name.
MahodayapuramPlaceMahodayapuram, also called Makotai, was the capital of the Chera Perumals of Kerala from about the 9th to the early 12th century.
MahónPlaceMahón, or Maó, is the capital of Menorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain, set at the head of one of the largest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.- Mai (title)InstitutionMai was the title of the kings of Kanem-Bornu, held by rulers of the Sayfawa dynasty.
Mai Thúc LoanPersonMai Thúc Loan was the leader of a large uprising in 722 against Tang Chinese rule in Annan, in what is now northern Vietnam.
MaiaoPlaceMaiao is a small, low island in the Windward group of the Society Islands, about 80 kilometres west of Moorea, enclosing two lagoons.- MaibangPlaceMaibang is a town in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, India, on the Mahur river.
Maiden Castle, DorsetPlaceMaiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort south-west of Dorchester in Dorset and one of the largest in Europe.- Maiden TowerWork / monumentThe Maiden Tower is a cylindrical stone tower about 29 metres high in the Old City of Baku, Azerbaijan, standing near the old shoreline of the Caspian Sea.
MaiduguriPlaceMaiduguri is the capital of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria.
Maikal RangePlaceThe Maikal Range is a forested range of hills in central India, on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, forming the eastern arm of the Satpura system.
MaimonidesPersonMaimonides was a Jewish philosopher, legal scholar and physician born in Cordoba in the twelfth century.
Maimun PalaceWork / monumentThe Maimun Palace is the palace of the sultans of Deli in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, built between 1888 and 1891 by Sultan Ma'mun Al Rasyid Perkasa Alam.- Main RecessWork / monumentThe Main Recess (Hauptrezess) of 1712 was a constitutional settlement of Hamburg, reached after years of conflict between the council and citizens and with mediation by…
Main-Neckar RailwayWork / monumentThe Main-Neckar Railway is a railway line in Germany linking Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Heidelberg, with a branch to Mannheim.
MainamatiPlaceMainamati is a range of low hills near Comilla in eastern Bangladesh with the remains of more than fifty Buddhist sites of the 7th to 12th centuries.
MainzPlaceMainz is a city on the Rhine in western Germany and one of the oldest episcopal seats north of the Alps.- Mainz Diocesan FeudWar · 1461–1462The Mainz Diocesan Feud was a war of 1461–1462 over the archbishopric of Mainz between Diether von Isenburg and Adolf II of Nassau, whom the pope had appointed after…
Maio of BariPersonMaio of Bari was the chief minister of William I of Sicily, holding the title emir of emirs from 1154.
Maison CarréeWork / monumentThe Maison Carrée is a Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France, built under Augustus and dedicated around the turn of the era to his grandsons and adopted heirs Gaius…
Maitraka dynastyStateThe Maitraka dynasty ruled western India from about 475 to 776 from their capital at Valabhi in Saurashtra, now Vala in Gujarat.
MaitreyaReligion / ideaMaitreya is the future Buddha of Buddhist tradition, a bodhisattva who will appear on earth to teach the dharma anew when the teaching of Gautama Buddha has been…- MaizeTermMaize is a cereal crop domesticated in Mesoamerica, the staple of the Aztec and other American civilisations.
Majapahit EmpireStateThe Majapahit Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist maritime state based in eastern Java, founded in 1293 after the repulse of a Mongol expedition.
Majd al-DawlaPersonMajd al-Dawla was the Buyid ruler of Ray from 997 to 1029, succeeding his father Fakhr al-Dawla as a child.
Majdanek concentration campPlaceMajdanek was a Nazi concentration and extermination camp on the outskirts of Lublin in German-occupied Poland, opened in 1941.
MajeerteenPeople / groupThe Majeerteen are a Somali clan of the Darod family, living mainly in the north-east of Somalia, in Puntland.- Majhgawan diamond minePlaceThe Majhgawan diamond mine near Panna in Madhya Pradesh, India, is a kimberlite pipe that has been the country's only large mechanised diamond mine in modern times.
Majid bin SaidPersonMajid bin Said was the first Sultan of Zanzibar, ruling from 1856 to 1870.- Majolus of ClunyPersonMajolus was abbot of Cluny from 954 to 994, under whom the abbey's influence spread across Burgundy, Provence and Italy, and was close to the emperors Otto I and Otto II.
- Maka (satrapy)PlaceMaka was a province of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, listed in inscriptions of Darius I from the late 6th century BCE and usually located on both shores of the Strait…
- Makaba IIPersonMakaba II was chief of the Bangwaketse, a Tswana people of present-day Botswana, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- Makan ibn KakiPersonMakan ibn Kaki was a Daylamite military commander who dominated Tabaristan and Gurgan in the 920s and 930s, first in the service of the Alavid rulers and then on his…
- MakariPlaceMakari is a town in the Far North Region of Cameroon, on the plains south of Lake Chad near the Nigerian border.
Makarios IIIPersonMakarios III was archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 and the first president of the Republic of Cyprus from 1960 until his death in 1977.
Makassar WarWar · 1666–1669The Makassar War (1666–1669) was fought between the Dutch East India Company (VOC), allied with the Bugis prince Arung Palakka of Bone, and the Sultanate of Gowa in…
MakateaPlaceMakatea is a raised coral island in the Tuamotu archipelago of French Polynesia.
Makea Takau ArikiPersonMakea Takau Ariki was a high chief of the Te Au o Tonga district of Rarotonga, holding the Makea title from 1871.
Makerere UniversityInstitutionMakerere University in Kampala is Uganda's oldest and largest university.- MakhachkalaPlaceMakhachkala is the capital of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.