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Safi al-Din ArdabiliPersonSafi al-Din Ardabili (1252–1334) was a Sufi master from Ardabil in north-western Iran and the founder of the Safaviyya order.
Safi of PersiaPersonSafi of Persia, known as Shah Safi, was the Safavid ruler of Iran from 1629 to 1642 and the grandson of Shah Abbas I.
Safi, MoroccoPlaceSafi is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, between El Jadida and Essaouira.
Saga PrefecturePlaceSaga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in north-western Kyushu, with its capital at Saga.- SagalaPlaceSagala was an ancient city of the Punjab, generally identified with modern Sialkot in Pakistan.
Sagar, Madhya PradeshPlaceSagar, historically Saugor, is a city in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, India, set beside a large lake.
SagipaPersonSagipa, also called Saquesazipa, was the last zipa of the Muisca realm of Bacatá in present-day Colombia.- SagresPlaceSagres is a town on the south-western tip of Portugal, overlooking the Atlantic.
SaguamanchicaPersonSaguamanchica (died c. 1490) was a zipa, ruler of the southern Muisca of Bacatá in the Colombian highlands.
Saguia el-HamraPlaceSaguia el-Hamra is the northern region of Western Sahara, named after a seasonal river that crosses it to the Atlantic near Laayoune.
SaguntoPlaceSagunto is a town in the province of Valencia, Spain, north of the city of Valencia.
SahagúnPlaceSahagún is a town in the province of León in north-western Spain, on the pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela.
SaharaPlaceThe Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
SahelPlaceThe Sahel is the semi-arid belt of savannah and steppe stretching across Africa along the southern edge of the Sahara, from Senegal to Sudan.
Sahel droughtEventThe Sahel drought refers to a prolonged period of reduced rainfall in the Sahel during the twelfth century.
Sahib Ata Fakhr al-Din AliPersonSahib Ata Fakhr al-Din Ali was vizier of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum for several decades under Mongol overlordship.
Sahib I GirayPersonSahib I Giray was khan of Kazan from 1521 to 1524 and khan of Crimea from 1532 to 1551.- al-Sahib ibn AbbadPersonAl-Sahib ibn Abbad was a Persian statesman and man of letters, vizier to the Buyid rulers Mu'ayyad al-Dawla and Fakhr al-Dawla at Ray and Isfahan from 976 until his…
SahibdinPersonSahibdin was a Muslim painter at the court of Mewar in the mid-seventeenth century and the leading artist of the Udaipur school under Maharana Jagat Singh I.- Sahil VarmanPersonSahil Varman was a 10th-century raja of Chamba in the western Himalayas who moved his capital from Brahmapura (Bharmour) down the Ravi valley and founded the town of…
- Şahin GirayPersonŞahin Giray was the last khan of Crimea, ruling from 1777 to 1783 with Russian support after the khanate became nominally independent in 1774.
- Sahl SmbateanPersonSahl Smbatean was an Armenian prince in Artsakh, in the former lands of Caucasian Albania, in the 9th century.
Sahle SelassiePersonSahle Selassie was ruler of Shewa in central Ethiopia from 1813 to 1847, the first of his line to take the title negus, king.- SahnunPersonSahnun ibn Said was a jurist of Kairouan and the most important early teacher of Maliki law in North Africa.
SahurePersonSahure was the second king of the 5th Dynasty of ancient Egypt.- SaibaiPersonSaibai was the first wife of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha state.
- Said Ali bin Said OmarPersonSaid Ali bin Said Omar was sultan of Bambao on Grande Comore (Ngazidja) in the late 19th century.
- Said bin Hamad Al QasimiPersonSaid bin Hamad Al Qasimi was sheikh of Kalba, a town on the Gulf of Oman coast held by a branch of the Al Qasimi family of Sharjah.
- Said bin SultanPersonSaid bin Sultan was sultan of Muscat and Oman from 1806 to 1856, the most powerful ruler of the Omani maritime empire.
Said bin TaimurPersonSaid bin Taimur was sultan of Muscat and Oman from 1932 to 1970.- Said ibn HarunPersonSaid ibn Harun was the founder of the taifa of Santa María del Algarve, a small Muslim kingdom around present-day Faro in southern Portugal.
- Said ibn IdrisPersonSaid ibn Idris was emir of Nekor, a small Salihid emirate on the Rif coast of northern Morocco, in the 9th century.
- Said Mohamed CheikhPersonSaid Mohamed Cheikh was a Comorian politician who led the islands' government under French rule.
Said MusaPersonSaid Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician of the People's United Party who served as prime minister of Belize from 1998 to 2008.
Said PashaPersonSaid Pasha was the Ottoman wali of Egypt from 1854 to 1863, a son of Muhammad Ali.
Saidu SharifPlaceSaidu Sharif is a town in the Swat valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, beside the larger town of Mingora.- Saif bin SultanPersonSaif bin Sultan was imam of Oman from 1692 to 1711, the most powerful ruler of the Ya'aruba dynasty.
Saifuddin AziziPersonSaifuddin Azizi was a Uyghur politician from Artush who served as a minister in the Second East Turkestan Republic and in the coalition government of Xinjiang from 1946.
Saigo TakamoriPersonSaigo Takamori was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain and one of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
Sailendra dynastyStateThe Sailendra dynasty was a ruling family in central Java in the eighth and ninth centuries, known for its patronage of Mahayana Buddhism.
Saint BarthélemyPlaceSaint Barthélemy is a small island in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean and an overseas collectivity of France.
Saint Basil's CathedralWork / monumentSaint Basil's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, stands on Red Square in Moscow.
Saint BeunoPersonSaint Beuno was a Welsh abbot and missionary of the seventh century, one of the most important saints of north Wales.
Saint BonifacePersonSaint Boniface was an English monk, born Winfrid, who led the papal mission to the Germans.
Saint CadocPersonSaint Cadoc was a sixth-century Welsh abbot, said to be the son of King Gwynllyw of Gwynllwg and a grandson of the royal house of Glywysing.
Saint CanicePersonSaint Canice, or Cainnech, was an Irish abbot and missionary of the 6th century, a companion of Columba.
Saint Catherine's MonasteryPlaceSaint Catherine's Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the mid-sixth…
Saint ComgallPersonSaint Comgall was an Irish abbot of the Dál nAraidi who founded the monastery of Bangor in County Down around 558.
Saint CorentinPersonSaint Corentin is a Breton saint venerated as the first bishop of Quimper, in Cornouaille in western Brittany, probably in the 5th or 6th century.- Saint CroixPlaceSaint Croix is the largest of the United States Virgin Islands.
Saint CuthbertPersonSaint Cuthbert was a Northumbrian monk and bishop of Lindisfarne, the most venerated saint of northern England.
Saint DavidPersonSaint David, Dewi Sant in Welsh, was a 6th-century bishop and monastic founder in south-west Wales and is the patron saint of Wales.
Saint DeiniolPersonSaint Deiniol was a sixth-century Welsh churchman, traditionally regarded as the founder of the monastery of Bangor in Gwynedd and its first bishop.
Saint DominicPersonSaint Dominic, born Domingo de Guzmán at Caleruega in Castile, was the founder of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans.
Saint Emeric of HungaryPersonSaint Emeric was the son and heir of Stephen I of Hungary, to whom his father addressed the Admonitions on Christian kingship.- Saint EmmeramPersonSaint Emmeram was a Frankish bishop who worked as a missionary in Bavaria and was martyred in the 7th century.
Saint GallPersonSaint Gall was a missionary monk, traditionally said to be an Irish companion of Saint Columbanus, who around 612 settled as a hermit in the Steinach valley south of…
Saint HelenaPlaceSaint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic, a British overseas territory.
Saint HelierPlaceSaint Helier is the capital and largest town of Jersey, on St Aubin's Bay on the island's south coast.- Saint John RiverPlaceThe Saint John River flows from Maine through New Brunswick to the Bay of Fundy.
Saint John, U.S. Virgin IslandsPlaceSaint John is one of the three main islands of the United States Virgin Islands.
Saint KentigernPersonSaint Kentigern, also called Mungo, was a 6th-century British bishop in the kingdom of Strathclyde and is the patron saint of Glasgow.
Saint KittsPlaceSaint Kitts, formally Saint Christopher, is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Islands.- Saint Lucia Labour PartyPeople / groupThe Saint Lucia Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Saint Lucia, founded in 1950 out of the trade union movement.
- Saint Lucian CreoleTermSaint Lucian Creole, or Kwéyòl, is a French-based creole language spoken by most people in Saint Lucia.
- Saint MarinusPersonSaint Marinus is the traditional founder of San Marino, said to have been a Christian stonemason from the island of Rab in Dalmatia.
Saint Martin (island)PlaceSaint Martin is an island in the north-eastern Caribbean, divided by the Treaty of Concordia of 1648 between a French northern part and a Dutch southern part, Sint…
Saint MeinhardPersonMeinhard was an Augustinian canon from Segeberg in Holstein who began the Christian mission among the Livonians on the lower Daugava.- Saint NazariusPersonNazarius was an early Christian martyr venerated in Milan, where Bishop Ambrose found his body and that of his companion Celsus in 395.
Saint NicholasPersonSaint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, in present-day Turkey, venerated across Eastern and Western Christianity as a wonder-worker and patron of…
Saint NinoPersonSaint Nino was a woman, traditionally from Cappadocia, who brought Christianity to the Kingdom of Iberia in eastern Georgia in the early 4th century.
Saint OdilePersonSaint Odile was the daughter of Adalrich, Duke of Alsace, and founder of the convent of Hohenburg on the mountain now called Mont Sainte-Odile.
Saint OthmarPersonOthmar was an Alemannic priest who in 719 founded the Abbey of Saint Gall at the site of the hermit Gallus's cell and became its first abbot.
Saint PadarnPersonSaint Padarn, in Latin Paternus, was a 6th-century Welsh saint, traditionally a bishop and the founder of the monastery of Llanbadarn Fawr near Aberystwyth.
Saint Patrick's DayEventSaint Patrick's Day, 17 March, is the feast of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, celebrated by Irish communities around the world.
Saint Peter PortPlaceSaint Peter Port is the capital and main harbour of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.- Saint PetersburgPlaceSaint Petersburg is a city in north-western Russia on the Neva River, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 on territory conquered from Sweden.
Saint PirminPersonSaint Pirmin was a wandering bishop and monastic founder in the Frankish realm.
Saint RemigiusPersonSaint Remigius (c. 437–533) was bishop of Reims for more than seventy years.
Saint SavaPersonSaint Sava, born Rastko Nemanjić, was the youngest son of the Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja.
Saint Sophia Cathedral, KyivWork / monumentSaint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv is an Orthodox cathedral founded by Yaroslav the Wise in the first half of the 11th century, built on Byzantine models and named after…- Saint Sophia Cathedral, PolotskWork / monumentSaint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk, Belarus, was built in the mid-11th century, probably under Prince Vseslav of Polotsk, as the principality's chief church, matching…
Saint Thomas ChristiansPeople / groupThe Saint Thomas Christians are the ancient Christian community of Kerala, who trace their origin to the apostle Thomas and long used the East Syriac liturgy, which is…
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsPlaceSaint Thomas is an island of the U.S.
Saint TysilioPersonSaint Tysilio was a Welsh saint of the seventh century, said in tradition to be a son of Brochwel Ysgithrog, king of Powys.
Saint Ulrich of AugsburgPersonSaint Ulrich of Augsburg was bishop of Augsburg from 923 to 973.
Saint VerenaPersonVerena is a saint venerated especially in Switzerland and south-western Germany.- Saint Vincent (island)PlaceSaint Vincent is a volcanic island of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean.
Saint VitusPersonSaint Vitus was an early Christian martyr from Sicily, said to have died in the persecution under Diocletian.
Saint WaltrudePersonSaint Waltrude was a Frankish noblewoman who founded a religious community at Mons in Hainaut in the seventh century, around which the town grew.
Saint-CloudPlaceSaint-Cloud is a town on the Seine west of Paris, named after the Merovingian prince Clodoald, Saint Cloud, who founded a monastery there in the 6th century.
Saint-DominguePlaceSaint-Domingue was the French colony on the western part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Saint-ÉliePlaceSaint-Élie is a remote commune in the interior of French Guiana, which grew up as a gold-mining settlement in the late 19th century.- Saint-FlorentinPlaceSaint-Florentin is a small town in the Yonne department of Burgundy, where the Armance meets the Armançon.
Saint-Germain-des-PrésInstitutionSaint-Germain-des-Prés is a former Benedictine abbey in Paris, founded by King Childebert I in the 550s to house relics of Saint Vincent brought from Spain, and later…- Saint-Gilles (Gard)PlaceSaint-Gilles is a town in the Gard department of southern France, on the edge of the Camargue near the Rhône delta.
Saint-Hilaire-le-GrandWork / monumentSaint-Hilaire-le-Grand is a Romanesque church in Poitiers built over the tomb of Saint Hilary, the fourth-century bishop of the city.
Saint-Jean-d'AngélyPlaceSaint-Jean-d'Angély is a town in the Charente-Maritime department of western France, in the old province of Saintonge.
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-PortPlaceSaint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is a small town in the French Basque Country, at the foot of the road over the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles.
Saint-LizierPlaceSaint-Lizier is a small town in Ariège in the French Pyrenees, the Roman Lugdunum Consoranorum, chief town of the Consoranni.