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- RabPlaceRab is an island of Croatia in the Kvarner Gulf of the northern Adriatic, with a medieval town of the same name known for its four bell towers.
RábaPlaceThe Rába, in German Raab, is a river of Central Europe that rises in Styria in Austria and flows north-east through western Hungary to join a branch of the Danube at…
RabatPlaceRabat is a city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, now the country's capital.
Rabatak inscriptionWork / monumentThe Rabatak inscription is a text in the Bactrian language and Greek script, found in 1993 at Rabatak in Baghlan Province, northern Afghanistan.
RabaulPlaceRabaul is a town on Blanche Bay at the north-eastern tip of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Rabban SaumaPersonRabban Sauma was a Turkic monk of the Church of the East, born near Khanbaliq (Beijing), who travelled west on pilgrimage and became an envoy of the Ilkhan Arghun.
Rabbel IIPersonRabbel II was the last king of the Nabataeans, reigning from about 70 to 106 CE.
Rabbi AkivaPersonRabbi Akiva (Akiva ben Joseph) was one of the leading Jewish sages of the early 2nd century CE, whose systematic teaching of oral law laid foundations for the Mishnah.
RabdentsePlaceRabdentse was the second capital of the kingdom of Sikkim, in western Sikkim near Pelling, India.
Rabi IslandPlaceRabi Island is a volcanic island in northern Fiji, east of Vanua Levu.- Rabi'aPeople / groupRabi'a was a large confederation of Arab tribes, traditionally descended from Rabi'a ibn Nizar, which included the Bakr ibn Wa'il, Taghlib and Abd al-Qays.
- Rabi'a KhatunPersonRabi'a Khatun was a sister of Saladin and a member of the Ayyubid family.
Rabih az-ZubayrPersonRabih az-Zubayr was a Sudanese warlord and slave trader who built a powerful state in the Lake Chad region in the late nineteenth century.- Rabih's conquest of BornuCampaign · 1893Rabih's conquest of Bornu was the seizure of the kingdom of Bornu, the successor of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, by the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr in 1893.
Rabindranath TagorePersonRabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist, composer and educator, the leading figure of the Bengal Renaissance.
RachakondaPlaceRachakonda is a hill fort in Telangana, India, south-east of Hyderabad.- Rachamalla IVPersonRachamalla IV was a king of the Western Ganga dynasty of southern Karnataka in the late 10th century.
- Racial segregationReligion / ideaRacial segregation is the enforced separation of people of different races in housing, public life and rights.
RacibórzPlaceRacibórz (German: Ratibor) is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, on the upper Oder.
Rada of the Belarusian Democratic RepublicInstitutionThe Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic is the council that proclaimed Belarusian independence in Minsk on 25 March 1918, under German occupation.- Rada'aPlaceRada'a is a town in the central highlands of Yemen, in al-Bayda governorate, south-east of Sanaa.
Radama IPersonRadama I was king of the Merina kingdom of Madagascar from 1810 to 1828, son of Andrianampoinimerina.
Radama IIPersonRadama II was king of Madagascar from 1861 to 1863, the son of Ranavalona I.- Radbod of TrierPersonRadbod was archbishop of Trier from 883 to 915, taking office soon after Vikings had sacked the city in 882.
Radbot of KlettgauPersonRadbot (c. 985–1045) was a count in the Klettgau and the earliest securely known ancestor of the Habsburg dynasty.
Radcliffe LinePlaceThe Radcliffe Line is the boundary drawn in 1947 between India and Pakistan in Punjab and Bengal, named after the British lawyer Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who chaired the…- RadegastReligion / ideaRadegast is a name linked with Rethra, the chief sanctuary of the West Slavic Lutici.
- RadegundPersonRadegund was a Thuringian princess captured by the Franks in 531 and married to the Merovingian king Chlothar I.
- Radelchis I of BeneventoPersonRadelchis I was Lombard Prince of Benevento from 839 to 851.
Raden PatahPersonRaden Patah was the founder and first sultan of Demak, the first Muslim sultanate of Java, in the late 15th century.
Raden WijayaPersonRaden Wijaya was the founder and first ruler of the Majapahit Empire in eastern Java, reigning from 1293 to 1309 CE.- RadimichiansPeople / groupThe Radimichians were an East Slavic tribe of the early Middle Ages, living along the Sozh river in what is now eastern Belarus.
- Radio LuxembourgInstitutionRadio Luxembourg was a commercial radio station broadcasting from the Grand Duchy from 1933, run by the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion.
RadnorshirePlaceRadnorshire is a historic county of mid Wales, created in 1536 under the Laws in Wales Acts from marcher lordships between the upper Wye and the Severn valleys.- Radulf of ThuringiaPersonRadulf was a Frankish nobleman whom King Dagobert I appointed Duke of Thuringia around 633 to defend the eastern frontier against the Slavs of Samo.
Radziwiłł familyPeople / groupThe Radziwiłł family was a magnate dynasty of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, prominent from the fifteenth century.
RaetiaPlaceRaetia was a Roman province in the central Alps and the Alpine foreland, covering parts of modern eastern Switzerland, southern Germany, western Austria and northern…- Raetian LimesWork / monumentThe Raetian Limes was the fortified frontier of the Roman province of Raetia, running about 166 kilometres from the Danube near Eining in Bavaria west to its junction…
Rafael Antonio GutiérrezPersonRafael Antonio Gutiérrez was a Salvadoran general and Liberal president of El Salvador from 1894 to 1898.
Rafael CarreraPersonRafael Carrera was a Guatemalan caudillo of humble origins who in 1837 led a peasant revolt against the liberal government of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Rafael CorreaPersonRafael Correa is an Ecuadorian economist who was president from 2007 to 2017.
Rafael NúñezPersonRafael Núñez was a Colombian politician from Cartagena who served four times as president.
Rafael TrujilloPersonRafael Trujillo was dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961.
Rafael UrdanetaPersonRafael Urdaneta was a Venezuelan general of the wars of independence and a close ally of Simón Bolívar.
Rafael ZaldívarPersonRafael Zaldívar was a Salvadoran physician and liberal president from 1876 to 1885.- Raffia clothTermRaffia cloth is a textile woven from the fibres of the raffia palm, produced in Central Africa.
- Rafi ibn MakkanPersonRafi ibn Makkan was an emir of the Banu Jami, an Arab family that ruled Gabès in southern Tunisia in the 12th century.
Rafic HaririPersonRafic Hariri was a Lebanese businessman who made his fortune in Saudi Arabia and served as prime minister of Lebanon in 1992–1998 and 2000–2004, leading the…- Raga MulyaPersonRaga Mulya, also called Prabu Suryakancana, was by Sundanese tradition the last king of Sunda.
Ragamuffin WarWar · Revolt · 1835–1845The Ragamuffin War, or Farroupilha, was a republican and separatist revolt in the southern Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul, lasting from 1835 to 1845.- RagenfridPersonRagenfrid was mayor of the palace of Neustria from 715, chosen by the Neustrian nobles to lead them against the Austrasian family of Pippin of Herstal.
Ragged GuardPeople / groupThe Ragged Guard was a Hungarian irregular paramilitary force active after the First World War, made up largely of former officers, students and nationalist volunteers.- RaghavankaPersonRaghavanka was a Kannada poet of the Hoysala period, a nephew and pupil of the poet Harihara.
- Raghubir SinhPersonRaghubir Sinh (1908–1991) was an Indian historian and heir apparent (Maharaj Kumar) of the princely state of Sitamau in Malwa.
- Raghudev NarayanPersonRaghudev Narayan was the son of the Koch general Chilarai and the first ruler of Koch Hajo, the eastern part of the Koch kingdom in present-day Assam.
- Raghuji I BhonslePersonRaghuji Bhonsle was a Maratha general who around 1739 established himself at Nagpur and founded the Bhonsle kingdom of Nagpur, absorbing the Gond kingdom of Deogarh.
- Raghuji II BhonslePersonRaghuji II was the Bhonsle raja of Nagpur from 1788 to 1816.
- Raghuji III BhonslePersonRaghuji III Bhonsle was the last Maratha raja of Nagpur, placed on the throne as a boy in 1818 after the deposition of Appa Sahib and kept under close British…
- Raghunatha NayakPersonRaghunatha Nayak was the most celebrated ruler of the Nayak kingdom of Thanjavur in the Kaveri delta.
- Raghunatha Raya ThondaimanPersonRaghunatha Raya Thondaiman was the founder of the princely state of Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu.
RagnacharPersonRagnachar was a Frankish king who ruled from Cambrai in the late 5th century, a relative of Clovis I.- Ragnall ua ÍmairPersonRagnall ua Ímair was a Viking leader, a grandson of Ímar, the founder of the Uí Ímair dynasty of Dublin.
- RagnitPlaceRagnit, now the town of Neman in the Kaliningrad region of Russia, lies on the south bank of the Neman river.
- RahmananReligion / ideaRahmanan, "the Merciful", was the name of the single god worshipped by the kings of Himyar after they abandoned the old south Arabian gods around 380 CE.
Rahmon NabiyevPersonRahmon Nabiyev was first secretary of the Communist Party of the Tajik SSR from 1982 to 1985.
Rai peoplePeople / groupThe Rai are a group of Tibeto-Burman-speaking Kiranti peoples of the hills of eastern Nepal, with communities in Sikkim and Darjeeling.- Rai Sahasi IIPersonRai Sahasi II was the last king of the Rai dynasty of Sindh, according to the Chach Nama.
Rai Singh of BikanerPersonRai Singh was raja of Bikaner from 1571 to 1612 and one of the leading Rajput generals of the Mughal emperor Akbar, serving in Gujarat and the Deccan.
RaichurPlaceRaichur is a city in north-eastern Karnataka, India, with a fort begun in the late 13th century.
Raichur DoabPlaceThe Raichur Doab is the triangle of fertile land between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers in the Deccan of southern India, named after the fortified town of Raichur.- RaigadPlaceRaigad is a hill fort in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India.
- Raigam BandaraPersonRaigam Bandara, also called Pararajasinghe, was a son of King Vijayabahu VI of Kotte in Sri Lanka.
- Raika dynastyPeople / groupThe Raika dynasty ruled the kingdom of Doti in far-western Nepal in the late medieval and early modern periods.
Raimbaut d'OrangePersonRaimbaut d'Orange was a Provençal troubadour and lord of part of the county of Orange.
Rainier III, Prince of MonacoPersonRainier III was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005, the longest reign in its history.
RainilaiarivonyPersonRainilaiarivony was prime minister of the Merina kingdom of Madagascar from 1864 to 1895 and its real ruler.- Rainulf DrengotPersonRainulf Drengot was a Norman mercenary leader in southern Italy.
RaipurPlaceRaipur is a city in central India and the capital of the state of Chhattisgarh.- RaiyoliPlaceRaiyoli is a village near Balasinor in Gujarat, India, known for one of the world's richest dinosaur fossil sites.
Raj DarbhangaStateRaj Darbhanga was a great landholding estate in the Mithila region of northern Bihar, India, held by the Khandavala family of Maithil Brahmins.
Raj GondPeople / groupThe Raj Gonds are the ruling and landowning section of the Gond people of central India.
Raj Singh IPersonRaj Singh I was Maharana of Mewar from 1652 to 1680.- Raja Ali HajiPersonRaja Ali Haji was a Malay scholar, historian and poet of Bugis descent at the court of Riau-Lingga on the island of Penyengat.
Raja Ampat IslandsPlaceThe Raja Ampat Islands are an archipelago off the western tip of New Guinea, in Indonesia's province of Southwest Papua, centred on the islands of Waigeo, Batanta…- Raja BiruPersonRaja Biru, 'the Blue Queen', ruled the Malay sultanate of Pattani from 1616 to 1624, succeeding her sister Raja Hijau.
Raja DahirPersonRaja Dahir was the last Hindu king of Sindh, of the Brahman dynasty founded by his father Chach.- Raja GaneshaPersonRaja Ganesha was a Hindu landholder of northern Bengal who seized power in the Bengal Sultanate from the Ilyas Shahi dynasty around 1414.
Raja HijauPersonRaja Hijau, the 'Green Queen', was ruler of Pattani on the Malay Peninsula from 1584 to 1616, the first of four queens who reigned in succession for about a century.
Raja KecilPersonRaja Kecil was a Minangkabau-backed adventurer who claimed to be the posthumous son of Sultan Mahmud Shah II of Johor.- Raja KuningPersonRaja Kuning, 'the Yellow Queen', was the last of the four queens who ruled the Malay sultanate of Pattani in succession, reigning from 1635.
Raja MelewarPersonRaja Melewar was a prince of the Pagaruyung royal house of Minangkabau in Sumatra who was invited in 1773 by the chiefs of the Minangkabau settlements inland from…- Raja Rajeshwara Temple, VemulawadaWork / monumentThe Raja Rajeshwara Temple at Vemulawada in Telangana, India, is a Shiva temple and one of the most visited pilgrimage centres of the state.
Raja UnguPersonRaja Ungu, 'the Purple Queen', ruled the Malay sultanate of Pattani from 1624 to 1635, the third of four queens who governed it in succession.- RajabTermRajab is the seventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
Rajadhiraja CholaPersonRajadhiraja Chola was a Chola king, the eldest son of Rajendra I, who was co-ruler from 1018 and sole ruler from 1044 to 1054.
RajadityaPersonRajaditya was a Chola crown prince, the eldest son of King Parantaka I, who commanded the Chola forces on the northern frontier of the kingdom.- Rajah BaguindaPersonRajah Baguinda is a figure of Sulu tradition, a prince said in the Sulu genealogies to have come from Minangkabau in Sumatra around the end of the fourteenth century…
- Rajah HumabonPersonRajah Humabon was the ruler of Cebu, then known as Sugbu, in the central Philippines when Ferdinand Magellan's expedition arrived in April 1521.
Rajah MatandaPersonRajah Matanda, born Ache, was a ruler of Maynila, the Muslim port kingdom on the site of Manila, with close ties to the Brunei court.
Rajah of SarawakTermRajah of Sarawak was the title of the Brooke family, the 'White Rajahs', who ruled Sarawak in northern Borneo from 1841 to 1946.