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Yaqub al-MansurPersonYaqub al-Mansur was the third Almohad caliph, reigning from 1184 to 1199.
Yaqub BegPersonYaqub Beg was a commander from the Khanate of Kokand who took advantage of the Muslim revolts against the Qing to seize Kashgar in 1865.- Yaqub Shah ChakPersonYaqub Shah Chak was the last independent sultan of Kashmir, son of Yusuf Shah Chak.
- Yaqub ShpataPersonYaqub Shpata was an Albanian ruler of the Despotate of Arta in Epirus, the last of the Shpata family.
YaquiPeople / groupThe Yaqui are an Indigenous people of the Yaqui river valley in Sonora, north-western Mexico, with communities also in Arizona.- Yaqut al-HamawiPersonYaqut al-Hamawi was an Arabic geographer and biographer of Byzantine Greek birth who was enslaved as a boy, educated in Baghdad and later freed.
Yar Muhammad Khan AlakozaiPersonYar Muhammad Khan Alakozai was the vizier of Kamran Shah Durrani, ruler of the Principality of Herat.- Yara ChōbyōPersonYara Chōbyō was an Okinawan teacher and leader of the movement for the return of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan.
- YarangPlaceYarang is a district of Pattani province in southern Thailand, known for an extensive archaeological site of an early town.
- YarimPlaceYarim is a town in the highlands of Yemen, in Ibb Governorate, about 2,600 metres above sea level on the road between Sanaa and Ibb.
- Yarim-Lim IPersonYarim-Lim I was king of Yamhad, centred on Aleppo, in the early 18th century BCE, succeeding his father Sumu-Epuh.
Yarim-Lim of AlalakhPersonYarim-Lim was a prince of Yamhad and brother of King Abba-El I, who in the 18th century BCE received Alalakh and founded a dependent dynasty ruling the kingdom of…- YaririPersonYariri was a regent of Carchemish in the early 8th century BCE, ruling for the young prince Kamani.
YarkandPlaceYarkand, also called Shache, is an oasis city in the south-western Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, on the Yarkand River.
Yarkent KhanateStateThe Yarkent Khanate was a successor state of the eastern Chagatai realm, centred on the oasis city of Yarkand in the western Tarim Basin.
Yarlung TsangpoPlaceThe Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper course of the Brahmaputra, flowing eastwards across southern Tibet for more than 1,000 km before cutting through the eastern Himalaya…
Yarlung ValleyPlaceThe Yarlung Valley is a valley south of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Lhoka, south-central Tibet, around the town of Tsetang.
Yaroslav II of VladimirPersonYaroslav II of Vladimir, a son of Vsevolod the Big Nest, held Pereslavl-Zalessky from 1212 and was grand prince of Vladimir from 1238 to 1246, after the Mongol invasion.- Yaroslav KachmarchykPersonYaroslav Kachmarchyk was a Lemko leader in the western Carpathians at the end of the First World War.
- Yaroslav of TverPersonYaroslav Yaroslavich was the first Prince of Tver, from about 1247, and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1264 to 1271.
Yaroslav OsmomyslPersonYaroslav Osmomysl, meaning 'of eight minds', was Prince of Galicia from 1153 to 1187, son of Volodymyrko.
Yaroslav SviatoslavichPersonYaroslav Sviatoslavich was a Rurikid prince, son of Sviatoslav II of Kiev, who ruled Murom and Ryazan and briefly Chernigov.
Yaroslav the WisePersonYaroslav the Wise was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054, after a long war of succession among the sons of Vladimir the Great.
Yaroslav's CourtPlaceYaroslav's Court is a historic area on the Trade Side of Veliky Novgorod, named after the palace of Yaroslav the Wise that once stood there.
YaroslavlPlaceYaroslavl is a city on the Volga in Russia, north-east of Moscow, at the mouth of the Kotorosl.
Yaruba dynastyStateThe Yaruba dynasty ruled Oman from 1624 to 1742.- YasaInstitutionThe Yasa was the body of law and decrees attributed to Genghis Khan, governing military discipline, administration and social conduct among the Mongols.
- YashahpalaPersonYashahpala was the last known ruler of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, succeeding Trilochanapala in the early eleventh century, when the once great empire had dwindled…
- YashaskaraPersonYashaskara was a king of Kashmir, chosen by an assembly of Brahmins in 939 after years of strife among the palace guards and court factions that had followed the Utpala…
- YashastilakaWork / monumentThe Yashastilaka is a Sanskrit romance in mixed prose and verse by the Jain scholar Somadeva Suri, completed in 959 at the court of the Vemulavada Chalukyas.
Yashovarman (Chandela dynasty)PersonYashovarman was the Chandela king who made his dynasty a regional power in Bundelkhand in the mid-10th century, capturing the fortress of Kalinjar from the…- Yashovarman of KannaujPersonYashovarman was a king of Kannauj in northern India in the early 8th century, who restored the city's power after the collapse of Harsha's empire.
Yashwant Rao HolkarPersonYashwant Rao Holkar was the Maratha ruler of Indore from 1799 to 1811.
Yashwant Rao Holkar IIPersonYashwant Rao Holkar II was the last ruling Maharaja of Indore, from 1926.
YasiniaPlaceYasinia is a mountain settlement in Zakarpattia oblast, western Ukraine, near the source of the Tisza in the Carpathians.- YaskaPersonYaska was an ancient Indian grammarian and author of the Nirukta, the oldest surviving treatise on Sanskrit etymology and the interpretation of Vedic words.
- Yasmah-AdduPersonYasmah-Addu was the younger son of Shamshi-Adad I, ruler of Upper Mesopotamia, who installed him as king of Mari on the middle Euphrates.
YasodharmanPersonYasodharman was a ruler of Malwa in central India in the early 6th century, generally assigned to the Aulikara dynasty.
Yasovarman IPersonYasovarman I was king of the Khmer Empire from 889 to about 910.- Yasser ArafatPersonYasser Arafat was the Palestinian nationalist leader who chaired the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 until his death and became the face of the Palestinian…
- Yau-bidiPersonYau-bidi, also called Ilu-bidi, was the last king of Hamath, who seized power and in 720 BCE led a revolt against Assyria with Arpad, Damascus, Samaria and other cities.
- YautaPersonYauta (Uaite') was a king of the Qedarite Arabs in the 7th century BCE, son of Hazael.
YavanaTermYavana is a term used in ancient Indian languages for Greeks and, later, for other westerners.
YavnePlaceYavne is a town on the coastal plain of Israel, south of Jaffa, known in antiquity as Jamnia.
Yax Ehb XookPersonYax Ehb Xook was the founder of the royal dynasty of Tikal, the Maya city in northern Guatemala, as recorded by its later kings, who counted their place in the…
Yax Nuun Ayiin IPersonYax Nuun Ayiin I was a king of the Maya city of Tikal, installed as a boy in 379 after the arrival of Siyaj K'ak' and the death of King Chak Tok Ich'aak I.- Yax Pasaj Chan YopaatPersonYax Pasaj Chan Yopaat was the sixteenth ruler of the Maya city of Copán, in present-day Honduras, who took the throne in 763.
- Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National ParkPlaceYaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park is a protected area in the Petén department of northern Guatemala.
YaxunáPlaceYaxuná is an ancient Maya site in the centre of the Yucatán peninsula, about 20 kilometres south of Chichén Itzá.
Yaxuun B'ahlam IVPersonYaxuun B'ahlam IV, known as Bird Jaguar IV, was king of the Maya city of Yaxchilan from 752 to about 768 and a son of Itzamnaaj B'ahlam III.- Yazaman al-KhadimPersonYazaman al-Khadim was a eunuch commander who governed the frontier city of Tarsus in Cilicia from 882 until his death in 891.
- YazathingyanPersonYazathingyan was the second of the three brothers who founded the Myinsaing regime in central Burma in the late 13th century.
YazdPlaceYazd is a desert city in central Iran, famed for its mud-brick old town, windcatchers and underground qanat water channels, and as a centre of Zoroastrianism.
Yazdegerd IIPersonYazdegerd II was king of the Sasanian Empire of Persia from 438 to 457.
Yazdegerd IIIPersonYazdegerd III was the last king of the Sasanian Empire, who came to the throne as a youth in the 630s.
Yazid IPersonYazid I was the second Umayyad caliph, reigning from 680 to 683, the son of Muawiya.- Yazid ibn al-MuhallabPersonYazid ibn al-Muhallab was an Arab general and governor of the Umayyad Caliphate from the Azd tribe.
- Yazid ibn Mazyad al-ShaybaniPersonYazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani was an Arab general and governor of the Abbasid Caliphate under Harun al-Rashid.
YazidisPeople / groupThe Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious community of northern Iraq, north-east Syria, south-east Turkey and the Caucasus, whose monotheistic faith centres on God…
Yazoo RiverPlaceThe Yazoo River flows about 300 km through western Mississippi, United States, to join the Mississippi River just north of Vicksburg.- Year-nameTermA year-name was a dating formula used in early Mesopotamia, in which each year was named after a notable event of the previous year, such as a military victory or the…
Years of Lead (Italy)EventThe Years of Lead (anni di piombo) were a period of political violence in Italy from the late 1960s to the 1980s.- Years of Lead (Morocco)EventThe Years of Lead in Morocco were the decades of state repression under King Hassan II, from the 1960s to the late 1980s.
YeaveringPlaceYeavering, in Northumberland, England, is the site of Ad Gefrin, a royal residence of the 7th-century kings of Bernicia and Northumbria below the hillfort of Yeavering…- YehaPlaceYeha is a town in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia and the site of the oldest standing building in the country, the Great Temple, built around the seventh century…
- YehawmilkPersonYehawmilk was a king of Byblos under the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
- YehimilkPersonYehimilk was a king of Byblos in the tenth century BCE.
- Yejju dynastyStateThe Yejju dynasty was an Oromo family of regional lords from Yejju in north-central Ethiopia who dominated the Ethiopian court during the Zemene Mesafint.
- Yeke peoplePeople / groupThe Yeke are a people of the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, descended from the Nyamwezi traders and followers who came from western Tanzania…
Yekuno AmlakPersonYekuno Amlak was an emperor of Ethiopia who seized power from the Zagwe dynasty in 1270.
Yellow RiverPlaceThe Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, flowing from the Tibetan plateau across the north China plain to the Bohai Sea.- Yellow River floods of 1344EventThe Yellow River floods of 1344 were catastrophic floods in which the river burst its dykes and shifted its course, devastating agriculture across the north China plain.
Yellow SeaPlaceThe Yellow Sea is the northern part of the East China Sea, between mainland China and the Korean peninsula.
Yellow Turban RebellionRevolt · 184 CEThe Yellow Turban Rebellion was a large peasant uprising in China that began in 184 CE, led by the Taoist faith healer Zhang Jue and his brothers.- Yelü BeiPersonYelü Bei was the eldest son of Abaoji, founder of the Khitan Liao dynasty.
Yelü ChucaiPersonYelü Chucai was a Khitan statesman of the Liao royal line who served Genghis Khan and Ögedei as adviser and administrator.- Yelü ChunPersonYelü Chun was a Khitan prince of the Liao imperial clan, enthroned at Yanjing (Beijing) in 1122 by officials after Emperor Tianzuo fled from the Jurchen into the…
- Yelü DashiPersonYelü Dashi was a Khitan prince of the Liao dynasty who fought the Song and the Jurchen in its final years.
- Yelü DeguangPersonYelü Deguang, Emperor Taizong of Liao, was the second emperor of the Khitan Liao dynasty from 927.
- Yelü LiugePersonYelü Liuge was a Khitan commander in Manchuria who rebelled against the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1212, as Mongol attacks weakened it.
- Yelü XueduPersonYelü Xuedu was the son of Yelü Liuge, the Khitan leader who founded the Eastern Liao in Manchuria in 1213 as an ally of the Mongols.
- YelwaPlaceYelwa is a town in Kebbi State, north-western Nigeria, on the Niger river near the northern end of Kainji Lake.
YemaekPeople / groupThe Yemaek were an ancient people of southern Manchuria and northern Korea known from Chinese sources of the late first millennium BCE and the early centuries CE.
Yemelyan PugachevPersonYemelyan Pugachev was a Don Cossack who in 1773 claimed to be the murdered Emperor Peter III and led the largest Cossack and peasant rising in Russian history against…
YemenPlaceYemen is a region in the south-west of the Arabian Peninsula, historically a centre of trade in incense and a link between Arabia, the Horn of Africa and the Indian…
Yemeni civil war (2014–present)War · 2014–The Yemeni civil war began in 2014 when the Houthi movement seized Sanaa and then forced President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi from power.
Yemeni Socialist PartyPeople / groupThe Yemeni Socialist Party was founded in October 1978 when South Yemen's ruling National Liberation Front merged with smaller leftist groups.- Yemsa languageTermYemsa, formerly called Janjero, is an Omotic language of south-western Ethiopia, spoken by the Yem people in the hills east of the Omo river.
Yên Bái mutinyRevolt · 1930The Yên Bái mutiny was an uprising on the night of 9–10 February 1930 in which Vietnamese colonial soldiers at the garrison of Yên Bái in northern Vietnam, organised by…- Yen Chia-kanPersonYen Chia-kan was a Chinese economist and politician who served the Republic of China on Taiwan as finance minister, premier from 1963 to 1972 and vice-president from…
Yên Thế InsurrectionRevolt · 1884–1913The Yên Thế Insurrection was a long rural resistance to French rule in the hill district of Yên Thế, north of Hanoi, which lasted from 1884 to 1913.
YenangyaungPlaceYenangyaung is a town on the Irrawaddy in central Myanmar, whose name means stream of foul-smelling water.
YendiPlaceYendi is a town in the Northern Region of Ghana, the capital of the Dagomba kingdom of Dagbon and seat of the Ya Na since about 1700, when pressure from Gonja pushed…- Yenisei KyrgyzPeople / groupThe Yenisei Kyrgyz were a Turkic people of the upper Yenisei River region in southern Siberia.
Yenisei RiverPlaceThe Yenisei is one of the great rivers of Siberia, flowing north from the mountains of Tuva and Mongolia through central Russia to the Kara Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
YennengaPersonYennenga is a legendary princess of Mamprugu, honoured as the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso.
Yeon GaesomunPersonYeon Gaesomun was a Goguryeo general and statesman who seized power in a coup in 642, killing King Yeongnyu and placing King Bojang on the throne while ruling as…- Yeon NamsaengPersonYeon Namsaeng was the eldest son of the Goguryeo military dictator Yeon Gaesomun and succeeded him as the kingdom's chief minister.
YeondeunghoeEventThe Yeondeunghoe is a Korean Buddhist lantern festival.
Yeongjo of JoseonPersonYeongjo was the 21st king of Joseon Korea, ruling from 1724 to 1776, the longest reign of the dynasty.