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- MakhadoPersonMakhado was a king of the Venda in the Soutpansberg region of what is now Limpopo province, South Africa, from 1864 until his death in 1895.
Makhambet OtemisulyPersonMakhambet Otemisuly was a Kazakh poet and warrior of the Bukey Horde.- MakhandaPlaceMakhanda, known until 2018 as Grahamstown, is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Makhanda (prophet)PersonMakhanda, also called Nxele, was a Xhosa prophet and war leader.
Makhzan al-AsrarWork / monumentMakhzan al-Asrar, The Treasury of Mysteries, is the first of the five long poems of the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, written in the 1160s or 1170s.- Maki IzumiPersonMaki Izumi was a Shinto priest of the Suitengu shrine at Kurume and a leading imperial loyalist of the late Edo period.
- MakimukuPlaceMakimuku is an archaeological site in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan, at the foot of Mount Miwa.
- Makino TadanariPersonMakino Tadanari was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period and the first Makino lord of Nagaoka.
Makkhali GosalaPersonMakkhali Gosala was an Indian ascetic of the 5th century BCE, the best-known leader of the Ajivika movement.
Makoko Iloo IPersonIloo I was the Makoko, or king, of the Tio (Teke) kingdom north of Malebo Pool in the late 19th century.- Maktoum bin ButtiPersonMaktoum bin Butti was the founder of the Al Maktoum dynasty of Dubai, ruling from 1833 to 1852.
- MakuPlaceMaku is a town in West Azerbaijan province in the far north-west of Iran, built in a narrow gorge beneath an overhanging cliff near the borders with Turkey and…
- MakuaPeople / groupThe Makua are a Bantu people of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania, the largest ethnic group of Mozambique.
- Mal of the DrevliansPersonMal was a prince of the Drevlians, an East Slavic tribe, named in the Primary Chronicle under the year 945.
- Mala KhortytsiaPlaceMala Khortytsia is a small island in the Dnieper river at Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, west of the larger island of Khortytsia.
Malá StranaPlaceMalá Strana, the Lesser Town, is a historic quarter of Prague on the left bank of the Vltava, below Prague Castle.
Malabar CoastPlaceThe Malabar Coast is the south-western coast of India, in present-day Kerala and neighbouring areas, long famous for its pepper and spice trade.
MalaccaPlaceMalacca is a port city on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, overlooking the Strait of Malacca.- Maladhar BasuPersonMaladhar Basu was a Bengali poet from Kulingram in Burdwan who composed the Sri Krishna Vijaya, a Bengali version of parts of the Bhagavata Purana telling the life of…
MalaitaPlaceMalaita is the most populous island of the Solomon Islands, a long mountainous island north-east of Guadalcanal.
MalangPlaceMalang is a city in the highlands of East Java, Indonesia, and the second-largest city in the province.- Malaprabha RiverPlaceThe Malaprabha is a river of northern Karnataka, India, a tributary of the Krishna.
MalaspinaPeople / groupThe Malaspina were a feudal family of Lunigiana in north-western Tuscany, descended from the Obertenghi.- Malatesta da VerucchioPersonMalatesta da Verucchio was the founder of the Malatesta lordship of Rimini.
Malatesta familyPeople / groupThe Malatesta were an Italian noble family who ruled Rimini from 1295 and at times Pesaro, Fano, Cesena and other towns of Romagna and the Marche as lords and papal…
MalatyaPlaceMalatya is a city in eastern Anatolia, on the upper Euphrates.- MalavikagnimitramWork / monumentMalavikagnimitram is a Sanskrit play by Kalidasa, probably the earliest of his three surviving dramas.
MalawiPlaceMalawi is a landlocked country in south-eastern Africa, lying along the western shore of Lake Malawi.- Malawi Congress PartyPeople / groupThe Malawi Congress Party is a political party founded in 1959 as the successor to the banned Nyasaland African Congress.
Malay AnnalsWork / monumentThe Malay Annals are a Malay literary chronicle of the rulers of Malacca, tracing them from Sang Nila Utama's founding of Singapura to the Portuguese conquest of…- Malay languageTermThe Malay language is an Austronesian language spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and much of maritime South-East Asia.
Malay PeninsulaPlaceThe Malay Peninsula is the long peninsula of South-East Asia extending south from mainland Asia between the Andaman Sea and the South China Sea.- MalayaPlaceMalaya was the name for British territories on the Malay Peninsula, comprising the Straits Settlements and the Malay states under British protection.
Malayalam languageTermThe Malayalam language is a Dravidian language spoken mainly in Kerala and Lakshadweep in south-western India, by about 35 million people.
Malayan Communist PartyPeople / groupThe Malayan Communist Party was a communist party founded in 1930, drawing its support mainly from the Chinese of Malaya.
Malayan EmergencyWar · 1948–1960The Malayan Emergency was a guerrilla war fought from 1948 to 1960 between the forces of the Federation of Malaya and the British Commonwealth and the armed wing of the…
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese ArmyPeople / groupThe Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army was a guerrilla force formed in December 1941 by the Malayan Communist Party to resist the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
MalaysPeople / groupThe Malays are an Austronesian people of the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, the coasts of Borneo and southern Thailand.
Malaysia AgreementWork / monumentThe Malaysia Agreement was the treaty signed in London on 9 July 1963 by Britain, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore, providing for the…
Malaysian Chinese AssociationPeople / groupThe Malaysian Chinese Association, founded in 1949 as the Malayan Chinese Association under Tan Cheng Lock, is a political party representing ethnic Chinese in Malaysia.
Malaysian Indian CongressPeople / groupThe Malaysian Indian Congress, founded in 1946 as the Malayan Indian Congress, is a political party representing the Indian community of Malaysia, many of them…
Malaysian New Economic PolicyReligion / ideaThe New Economic Policy (NEP) was an affirmative-action and development programme adopted by Malaysia in 1971, after the racial riots of 13 May 1969.- MalazgirtPlaceMalazgirt is a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, north of Lake Van, known in Byzantine and medieval sources as Manzikert.
MalborkPlaceMalbork (German Marienburg) is a town on the Nogat River in northern Poland, built around the castle of the Teutonic Order, its headquarters from 1309 to 1457.
Malbork CastleWork / monumentMalbork Castle, German Marienburg, is a vast brick fortress on the Nogat river in northern Poland, built by the Teutonic Order from the late 13th century.
MalchowPlaceMalchow is a small town in Mecklenburg, north-eastern Germany, built partly on an island in the Malchower See in the Mecklenburg Lake District.- Malcolm II of ScotlandPersonMalcolm II was King of Scots from 1005 to 1034.
Malcolm III of ScotlandPersonMalcolm III, called Canmore, was king of Scots from 1058 to 1093.
Malebo PoolPlaceMalebo Pool, formerly Stanley Pool, is a wide, lake-like stretch of the Congo River about 35 kilometres long, just above the rapids that block navigation to the sea.- MalemboPlaceMalembo was a port on the Atlantic coast of Cabinda, in present-day Angola, in the old kingdom of Kakongo.
MalerkotlaPlaceMalerkotla is a town in Punjab, India, the seat of the former princely state of the same name ruled by Afghan nawabs.- MalgumPlaceMalgum was a minor Mesopotamian kingdom on the Tigris in the early second millennium BCE.
Malhar Rao GaekwadPersonMalhar Rao Gaekwad was Maharaja of Baroda from 1870 to 1875.
Malhar Rao HolkarPersonMalhar Rao Holkar was the founder of the Holkar dynasty of Indore.
MaliPlaceMali refers both to the medieval Mali Empire and to the region of the upper and middle Niger in West Africa, now the Republic of Mali.- Mali conquest of Koumbi SalehSiege · 1240The Mali conquest of Koumbi Saleh in 1240 was the capture of the former capital of the Ghana Empire by the forces of Sundiata Keita.
Mali EmpireStateThe Mali Empire was a West African empire founded by Sundiata Keita around 1235, which flourished until the fifteenth century.
Mali FederationStateThe Mali Federation was a union of Senegal and the Sudanese Republic, the former French Sudan, formed in 1959 within the French Community.
Malietoa LaupepaPersonMalietoa Laupepa was a Samoan paramount chief recognised as King of Samoa for much of the late 19th century.
Malietoa Tanumafili IPersonMalietoa Tanumafili I was a Samoan paramount chief, son of Malietoa Laupepa.
al-Malik al-RahimPersonAl-Malik al-Rahim was the last Buyid ruler of Iraq, succeeding his father Abu Kalijar in 1048.
Malik AmbarPersonMalik Ambar was an Ethiopian-born soldier, brought to India as a slave, who became regent of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.- Malik AshrafPersonMalik Ashraf was a Chupanid ruler who controlled Tabriz and much of north-western Iran after the murder of his brother Hasan Kuchak in 1343.
- Malik KafurPersonMalik Kafur was a general of Alauddin Khalji, sultan of Delhi, in the early fourteenth century.
Malik Muhammad JayasiPersonMalik Muhammad Jayasi was a Sufi poet from Jais in Awadh who wrote in the Awadhi language.- Malik Raja FaruqiPersonMalik Raja Faruqi was the founder of the Faruqi dynasty of Khandesh in the Tapti valley.
Malik SarwarPersonMalik Sarwar was a eunuch noble of the Delhi Sultanate who founded the Jaunpur Sultanate.- Malik ShawishPersonMalik Shawish was a king of the Shaigiya, a warlike Arab people of the Nile bend in northern Sudan.
Malik SyPersonMalik Sy was a Torodbe Muslim cleric from Futa Toro who founded the state of Bundu in the upper Senegal valley around 1690.
Malik-i-MaidanWork / monumentThe Malik-i-Maidan, 'monarch of the plains', is a huge bronze cannon on a bastion of the walls of Bijapur.
Malik-Shah IPersonMalik Shah I was sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1072 until his death in 1092, when the empire reached its greatest extent.- Maliki schoolReligion / ideaThe Maliki school is one of the four Sunni schools of Islamic law, named after the jurist Malik ibn Anas of Medina.
- MaliseetPeople / groupThe Wolastoqiyik, also known as the Maliseet, are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Saint John River valley in New Brunswick and neighbouring Quebec and Maine.
Malka (river)PlaceThe Malka is a river of the North Caucasus in Russia, about 216 km long, rising on the northern slopes of Mount Elbrus and flowing east and north-east through…- Malkikarib Yuha'minPersonMalkikarib Yuha'min was a king of Himyar in south Arabia in the late 4th century.
- Mallam DendoPersonMallam Dendo was a Fulani scholar and one of the flag-bearers of Usman dan Fodio's jihad in the early nineteenth century.
- Mallam IshakuPersonMallam Ishaku was the Fulani commander who took Daura during the jihad of Usman dan Fodio around 1806 and became its first Fulani emir.
- Mallam MusaPersonMallam Musa was a Fulani scholar and follower of Usman dan Fodio who led the jihad forces that captured Zaria, capital of the Hausa kingdom of Zazzau, in 1808.
- MallobaudesPersonMallobaudes was a Frankish king and a senior officer in the Roman army in the fourth century.
MallorcaPlaceMallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean, with its capital at Palma.- Mallu Adil ShahPersonMallu Adil Shah was the third sultan of Bijapur, succeeding his father Ismail Adil Shah in 1534.
MalmedyPlaceMalmedy is a town in the province of Liège in eastern Belgium.
Malmesbury AbbeyInstitutionMalmesbury Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, south-west England, founded in the seventh century.
MalnadPlaceMalnad is the hilly, forested and rain-soaked region of Karnataka, India, along the Western Ghats, covering parts of districts such as Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru…- MaloangoTermMaloango, or Ma Loango, was the title of the king of Loango on the Atlantic coast north of the Congo River.
- Malojirao NimbalkarPersonMalojirao Nimbalkar was the last ruling Raja of Phaltan, a Maratha princely state in the Deccan, from 1917 until it merged with India in 1948.
- MalolosPlaceMalolos is a city in Bulacan province, north of Manila in the Philippines.
Malolos ConstitutionWork / monumentThe Malolos Constitution was the constitution of the First Philippine Republic, drafted by a revolutionary congress at Barasoain church in Malolos, Bulacan, from…- MalorixPersonMalorix was a leader of the Frisii in the mid-1st century CE, named by Tacitus with Verritus as ruling the people 'as far as Germans are ruled'.
MaltaPlaceMalta is an island country in the central Mediterranean, south of Sicily, made up of Malta, Gozo and smaller islands.
Maltese languageTermMaltese is the national language of Malta and an official language of the European Union.
Maluku IslandsPlaceThe Maluku Islands, or Moluccas, are an archipelago in eastern Indonesia, historically known as the Spice Islands.
MalwaPlaceMalwa is a region of west-central India, on a plateau north of the Narmada river.- Malwa AgencyInstitutionThe Malwa Agency was a political agency of the Central India Agency in British India, through which a British political agent supervised the princely states of western…
Maly TrostenetsPlaceMaly Trostenets was a Nazi extermination site near Minsk in occupied Belarus, in use from 1942 to 1944.
Mam peoplePeople / groupThe Mam are a Maya people of the western highlands of Guatemala, mainly in Huehuetenango and San Marcos, and of neighbouring Chiapas in Mexico.- Mamadi KandiaPersonMamadi Kandia was the last king of Kaarta, the Bambara state of the Massassi dynasty in the western Sahel.
MamaiPersonMamai was an emir and military commander of the Golden Horde who, during the Great Troubles after 1359, ruled its western half through a series of puppet khans.
MamallapuramPlaceMamallapuram, or Mahabalipuram, is a coastal town in Tamil Nadu, India, that was a port of the Pallava dynasty and is named after King Narasimhavarman I, called Mamalla.
Mamankam festivalEventThe Mamankam was a great festival held every twelve years on the banks of the Bharathappuzha at Thirunavaya in Kerala.