| | - Khoo Teck Puat
- Singaporean financier and hotelier (b. Jan. 13, 1917, Singapore-d. Feb. 21, 2004, Singapore), was the richest person in Singapore, with an estimated fortune of $2.6 billion; Forbes magazine ranked Khoo ...
- Khorana, Har Gobind
- Indian-born American biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that helped to show how the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khorasan
- historical region and realm comprising a vast territory now lying in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and northern Afghanistan. The historical region extended, along the north, from the Amu Darya (Oxus ... [5 Related Articles]
- Khorasan carpet
- handwoven floor covering made in the region of Khorasan, in northeastern Iran. Herat carpets are the classic carpets of the district. From the late 18th and early 19th centuries there ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khorat Plateau
- saucer-shaped tableland of northeastern Thailand. It occupies 60,000 square miles (155,000 square km), is situated 300-650 feet (90-200 m) above sea level, and tilts southeastward. The plateau is drained by ... [3 Related Articles]
- Khorgo
- (from the article "Mongolia") Farther north, on the northern flanks of the Hangayn Mountains, lies the remarkable Khorgo region, in which as many as a dozen extinct volcanoes and numerous volcanic lakes are found ...
- Khoriv
- (from the article "Kiev") ...12th-century chronicle Povest vremennykh let ("Tale of Bygone Years," also known as the The Russian Primary Chronicle), Kiev was founded by three brothers, Kiy, Shchek, and Khoriv, leaders of the ...
- Khorram-dinan
- esoteric Islamic religious sect whose leader Babak led a rebellion in Azerbaijan (now divided between Iran and Azerbaijan) that lasted from 816 until 837. [1 Related Articles]
- Khorramabad
- city, western Iran. It commands a river gap in the Lorestan mountains used by the main road from Khuzestan to the highland plateau. A summer market for the nomadic Lur ...
- Khorramshahr
- city and port, southwestern Iran. It lies on the right (west) bank of the Karun River where it enters the Shatt al-Arab, 45 miles (72 km) from the Persian Gulf. ... [3 Related Articles]
- Khortiatis, Mount
- (from the article "Thessaloniki") ...Kolpos (Gulf of Thermai). An important industrial and commercial centre, second to Athens in population and to Piraeus as a port, it is built on the foothills and slopes of ...
- Khorugh
- capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan ("Mountain Badakhshan") autonomous region, south-central Tajikistan. It is situated near the border with Afghanistan in the southwestern Pamirs range at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 ... [2 Related Articles]
- Khoshut
- (from the article "Tibet") ...of rivalry ended inconclusively with the early death of the fourth Dalai Lama and the decline of Tumed Mongol authority in Mongolia. The next came when Guushi Khan, leader of ...
- Khosrow I
- Persian king who ruled the Sasanian empire from 531 to 579 and was remembered as a great reformer and patron of the arts and scholarship. [11 Related Articles]
- Khosrow II
- late Sasanian king of Persia (reigned 590-628), under whom the empire achieved its greatest expansion. Defeated at last in a war with the Byzantines, he was deposed in a palace ... [14 Related Articles]
- Khotan rug
- floor covering handwoven in or about the ancient city of Khotan (Hotan) in the southern Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (Chinese Turkistan). Khotan rugs were once called Samarkand rugs after ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khotanese script
- (from the article "Indic writing systems") A northern form of Brahmi developed into the Gupta scripts, from which derived the Tibetan and Khotanese systems. (Khotanese was also influenced by the Kharosthi script.) From the Tibetan script ...
- Khouri, Callie
- (from the article "1991: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Callie Khouri for Thelma & LouiseAdapted Screenplay: Ted Tally for The Silence of the LambsCinematography: Robert Richardson for JFKArt Direction: Dennis Gassner for...
- Khouribga
- city, northwestern Morocco. The city is situated on an infertile upland plateau (unofficially called the Plateau des Phosphates) west of the Middle Atlas (Moyen Atlas) mountains. It owes its growth ...
- Khoury, Demetri
- (from the article "Religion") ...in Texas who had been sentenced to 397 years in prison in 2003. Nine plaintiffs in a separate lawsuit involving Thomas won a jury award of nearly $37 million in ...
- Khowa
- (from the article "Himalayas") Arunachal Pradesh is the homeland of several groups-the Abor or Adi, Aka, Apa Tani, Dafla, Khampti, Khowa, Mishmi, Momba, Miri, and Singpho. Ethnically, these groups are all Indo-Asiatic; linguistically, they ...
- Khowai Valley
- (from the article "Tripura") Central and northern Tripura is a hilly region crossed by four major valleys-from east to west, the Dharmanagar, Kailashahar, Kamalpur, and Khowai-carved out by northward-flowing rivers (the Juri, Manu and ...
- Khowari language
- (from the article "Dardic languages") group of closely related Indo-Iranian languages spoken in Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan. They are often divided into three subgroups: Kafiri, or Western; Khowari, or Central (spoken in the Chitral district ...
- khozhdenie v narod
- (from the article "Narodnik") The activities of the Narodniki developed in the late 1860s and early 1870s in a diffuse movement known as khozhdenie v narod ("going to the people") in the course of ...
- khra
- (from the article "Tibet") ...kinds to be seen are the jungle fowl, ptarmigan, spotted tinamou, mynah, hawk, and hoopoe. Other kinds include the gull, crane, sheldrake, cinnamon teal, sing-bya (a tiny, owllike bird), khra ...
- Khrapovitsky, Antony
- Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev, antipapal polemicist, and controversialist in theological and political affairs who attempted an exclusively ethical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
- Khrennikov, Tikhon Nikolayevich
- Soviet composer and bureaucrat as head (1948-91) of the Union of Soviet Composers, enforced Stalinist ideas of socialist music, denouncing and denying forums to composers who failed to conform-among them ...
- khres-pa
- (from the article "Tibet") ...sugarcane, babul trees, thorn trees, tea bushes, gro-ba (a small white tree that grows mainly in hilly regions), 'om-bu (a bushlike tree with red flowers that grows near water), khres-pa ...
- Khreshchatyk
- (from the article "Kiev") ...of the city's museums, theatres, and public buildings as well as the principal shops, including the central department store and the covered market. The axis of the centre is the ...
- Khri-srong-lde-brtsan
- (from the article "Buddhism") ...of Japan (died 622 CE)-whose enthusiasm for Buddhism is genuinely historical-Srong-brtsan-sgam-po of Tibet (died 650 CE), and Tibet's two other great "kings of religion": Khri-srong-lde-btsan (reigned 755-797 CE) and Ral-pa-can, ...
- Khristenko, Viktor
- (from the article "Russia") Area: 17,075,400 sq km (6,592,800 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 144,315,000 | Capital: Moscow | Chief of state: President Vladimir Putin | Head of government: Prime Ministers ...
- Khrushchev thaw
- (from the article "Khrushchev's secret speech") ...reputation and the perception of the political system and party that had enabled him to gain and misuse such great power. It also helped give rise to a period of ...
- Khrushchev's secret speech
- (February 25, 1956), in Russian history, denunciation of the deceased Soviet leader Joseph Stalin made by Nikita S. Khrushchev to a closed session of the 20th Congress of the Communist ... [4 Related Articles]
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich
- first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-64) and premier of the Soviet Union (1958-64) whose policy of de-Stalinization had widespread repercussions throughout the communist world. In ... [60 Related Articles]
- Khshathra Vairya
- (from the article "amesha spenta") ...in paradise. Believers are enjoined to "bring down Vohu Manah in your lives on Earth" through profound love in marriage and toward one's fellowman. He presides over domestic animals. Khshathra ...
- Khuang Aphaiwong
- Thai politician who founded and led Thailand's strongest opposition party and was three times premier of Thailand (1944-45, 1946, 1947-48). Khuang was a member of the Khmer family that under ...
- Khubar, Al-
- oasis and port city, Al-Sharqiyah mintaqah (province) and region, eastern Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf south of Al-Dammam. The city is a commercial and industrial centre ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khuc Thua Du
- Vietnamese ruler in 906-907 whose rise to power, as a result of a successful rebellion in 906, constituted one of the first attempts of the Vietnamese to achieve independence.
- Khuddaka Nikaya
- (Pali: "Short Collection"), diverse group of separate Buddhist texts constituting the fifth and last section of the Pali Sutta Pitaka ("Basket of Discourse"). Although it contains some ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khufu
- second king of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575-c. 2465 BCE) of Egypt and builder of the Great Pyramid at Al-Jizah (see Pyramids of Giza), the largest single building to that ... [6 Related Articles]
- Khujand
- city, northwestern Tajikistan. The city lies along both banks of the Syr Darya (river) at the entrance to the fertile and heavily populated Fergana Valley. One of the most ancient ... [2 Related Articles]
- Khujand Gates
- (from the article "Fergana Valley") ...Mountains, and on the south by the Alay and Turkistan ranges, which rise to more than 16,500 feet (5,000 m). In the west it is linked to the Mirzachul (Myrzashol) ...
- khul'
- (from the article "Shari'ah") But it is in the traditional law of divorce that the scales are most heavily weighted against the wife. A divorce may be effected simply by the mutual agreement of ...
- Khuldalchi, Dalan
- (from the article "Mongolia") ...are infused with what Mongols regard as a national characteristic-a good-humoured love of life, with particular fondness for witty sayings and jokes, particularly evident in the image of Dalan Khuldalchi, ...
- Khulna
- city, southwestern Bangladesh. It lies along the Bhairab River in the south-central Padma River (Ganges [Ganga] River) delta. An important river port and produce-collection and trade centre, it is connected ...
- Khumarawayh
- (from the article "Tulunid Dynasty") The subsequent Tulunids, Khumarawayh (884-896), Jaysh (896), Harun (896-905), and Shayban (905), were ineffectual rulers, totally reliant on a Turkish-black military caste. Under the administration of Khumarawayh, Ahmad's son, the ...
- Khumbannumena
- (from the article "Iran, ancient") ...the Middle Elamite period opened with the rise to power of the Anzanite dynasty, whose homeland probably lay in the mountains northeast of modern Khuzestan. Political expansion under Khumbannumena (c. ...
- Khumbu Glacier
- (from the article "Everest, Mount") ...glaciers flanking the mountain are the Kangshung Glacier to the east; the East, Central, and West Rongbuk (Rongpu) glaciers to the north and northwest; the Pumori Glacier to the northwest; ...
- Khumbutse
- (from the article "Everest, Mount") ...can be seen directly from its northeastern side, where it rises about 12,000 feet (3,600 metres) above the Plateau of Tibet. The peak of Changtse (24,803 feet [7,560 metres]) rises ...
- khums
- (from the article "zakat") ...or voluntary almsgiving, which, like zakat, is intended for the needy. Twelver Shi'ites, moreover, require payment of an additional one-fifth tax, the khums, to the Hidden Imam ...
- Khums, Al-
- town, northwestern Libya. It is located on the Mediterranean coast about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Tripoli. The town was founded by the Turks and gained importance after 1870 ...
- Khun Sa
- Myanmar drug trafficker and militant separatist was the "king of the Golden Triangle," dominating the trade in heroin coming out of the area that straddles the borders of Myanmar, Laos, ...
- Khunrath, Heinrich
- (from the article "alchemy") ...writings were, in the words of a modern authority, "distinguished for the extraordinary obscurity of his style" and made no claim to gold making. Neither did the German alchemist Heinrich ...
- Khurda
- (from the article "Puri") ...encompasses most of Chilka Lake, one of India's largest, a shallow, saline water body that produces large numbers of fish. Industries include rice milling, metalworking, and weaving. The town of ...
- Khurha
- (from the article "art and architecture, Iranian") ...it had little to distinguish it from Greco-Mesopotamian or, for that matter, Greco-Indian art. Architecture of about 200 BC is represented by two "Greek" temples, at Kangavar and Khurha, in ...
- Khuri, Bishara al-
- Lebanese statesman, president of Lebanon from 1943 to 1952. [2 Related Articles]
- Khuriya Muriya
- island group of Oman, in the Arabian Sea, situated 25 miles (40 km) off the country's southeastern coast. The five islands, which have a total land area of 28 square ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khurr, Wadi Al-
- (from the article "Arabia") ...down the northern slope of which run the 'Anizah Wadis (the wadis of the tribe of 'Anizah), to empty into the Euphrates valley; among the largest of these are Wadi ...
- Khurshid Bibi v. Muhammad Amin
- (from the article "Shari'ah") Judicial decisions in Pakistan have also unequivocally endorsed the right of independent interpretation of the Qur'an. For example, in Khurshid Bibi v. Muhammad Amin (1967) the Supreme ...
- Khushbagh Cemetery
- (from the article "Murshidabad") Of historic interest are Nizamat Kila (the palace of the nawabs), built in the Italianate style in 1837; Pearl Lake (Moti Jhil) just to the south, with Muradbagh Palace; and ...
- Khushhal Khan Khatak
- (from the article "Pashto language") Pashto literature exists certainly from the 17th century, less certainly from the 11th. The national poet of Afghanistan, Khushhal Khan (1613-94), chief to the Khatak tribe, wrote spontaneous and forceful ...
- Khusraw
- (from the article "India") Within a few months of his accession, Jahangir had to deal with a rebellion led by his eldest son, Khusraw, who was reportedly supported by, among others, the Sikh Guru ...
- Khusraw Khan
- (from the article "India") ...(reigned 1316-20). Qutb al-Din suppressed revolts in Gujarat and Devagiri and conducted another raid on Telingana. He was murdered by his favourite general, a Hindu convert named Khusraw Khan, who ...
- Khust
- city, western Ukraine, near the confluence of the Rika and Tisza rivers. It arose in the 10th century as a fortified Rus town. Subsequently it was under the rule of ...
- khususiyyah
- (from the article "Arabic literature") ...process of reevaluation. Yet what he actually sees occurring within the critical domain is mostly static and unmoving. The second concern, that of particularity (khususiyyah), is a ...
- khutbah
- in Islam, the sermon, delivered especially at a Friday service, at the two major Islamic festivals ('ids), at celebrations of saintly birthdays (mawlids), and on extraordinary occasions. [3 Related Articles]
- Khutsuri alphabet
- (from the article "Georgian language") Historically, the Georgian language was written in three scripts. Asomtavruli evolved into Khutsuri, an ecclesiastical script of 38 letters, including 6 vowels. Neither script is currently in use. Mkhedruli, a ...
- Khuzdar
- town, Balochistan province, southwestern Pakistan. The town lies along the Kolachi River at the apex of a narrow valley in the Pab (Pubb) Range and lies at an elevation of ...
- Khuzestan
- geographic region in southwestern Iran, lying at the head of the Persian Gulf and bordering Iraq on the west. It is notable for its oil resources. [1 Related Articles]
- Khvajeh Abu Nasr Parsa, shrine of
- (from the article "Balkh") ...walls of ancient Bactra, which are more than 7 miles (11 km) in circumference. Other remains of Balkh's splendour include ancient Buddhist reliquary mounds and later Islamic shrines and mosques. ...
- Khvajeh Gugerdak
- (from the article "Afghanistan") ...The most significant discovery has been natural gas deposits, with large reserves near Sheberghan near the Turkmenistan border, about 75 miles (120 km) west of Mazar-e Sharif. The Khvajeh Gugerdak ...
- Khvalyn Stage
- (from the article "Caspian Sea") Since Late Pliocene times glaciers have advanced and retreated across the Russian Plain, and the Caspian Sea itself-in successive phases known as Baku, Khazar, and Khvalyn-alternately shrank and expanded. This ...
- Khvoy
- city, northwestern Iran. The city is well laid out, with cool streams and lines of willows along broad, regular streets. There are several mosques, an extensive brick bazaar, a fine ...
- Khvylovy, Mykola
- (from the article "Ukraine") ...1920s. Enrollments in Ukrainian-language schools and the publication of Ukrainian books increased dramatically. Lively debates developed about the course of Ukrainian literature, in which the writer Mykola Khvylovy employed the ...
- Khwae Noi River
- tributary of the Mae Klong River, flowing wholly in western Thailand. It rises near Three Pagodas Pass (Phra Chedi Sam Ong) on the mountainous Myanmar-Thailand border and runs southeast, parallel ...
- Khwaju Kermani
- (from the article "Islamic arts") A more organized and stylistically coherent period in Persian painting began around 1396 with the Khwaju Kermani manuscript (British Museum) and culminated between 1420 and 1440 in the paintings produced ...
- Khwandamir, Ghiyas ad-Din Muhammad
- Persian historian, one of the greatest historians of his time. [1 Related Articles]
- Khwarezm
- historic region along the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) of Turkistan, in the territories of present-day Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Khwarezm formed part of the empire of Achaemenian Persia (6th-4th century ... [10 Related Articles]
- Khwarezm-Shah Dynasty
- (c. 1077-1231), dynasty that ruled in Central Asia and Iran, first as vassals of the Seljuqs and later as independent rulers. [6 Related Articles]
- Khwarezmian language
- (from the article "Iranian languages") ...these must have appeared to be almost foreign languages. The languages of the eastern group, moreover, cannot have been themselves mutually intelligible. The main known languages of this group are ...
- Khwarezmian Turkic language
- (from the article "Turkic languages") The "Middle Turkic" period, which began in the 13th century, embraces several regional written languages: Khwarezmian Turkic, Volga Bolgarian, Old Kipchak, Old Ottoman, and Early Chagatai. Khwarezmian, used in the ...
- Khwarizmi, al-
- Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics. Latinized versions of his name and of his most famous book title ... [5 Related Articles]
- khyal
- any of several Hindustani folk-dance dramas of Rajasthan, northwestern India. Khyal dances date from the 16th century and use themes taken from folklore and legend. They are performed exclusively by ... [1 Related Articles]
- Khyber Pass
- most northerly and important of the passes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The pass connects Kabul with Peshawar. The pass has historically been the gateway for invasions of the Indian subcontinent ... [5 Related Articles]
- Khyber Rifles
- (from the article "Pakistan") ...provincial police departments, as well as by paramilitary forces such as the Pakistan Rangers, whose task is largely to provide border security. A number of paramilitary groups, such as the ...
- Ki Seto ware
- yellow-toned ceramic ware made from fine, white clay covered with iron-ash glazes in the Mino area in central Honshu, Japan, from the late Muromachi period (1338-1573) onward. Ki Seto ("Yellow ...
- Ki Taesung
- (from the article "Confucianism") ...Confucianism was. Indeed, his Discourse on the Ten Sagely Diagrams, an aid for educating the king, offered a depiction of all the major concepts in Song learning. His exchange of ...
- Ki Tsurayuki
- court noble, government official, and noted man of letters in Japan during the Heian period (794-1185). [2 Related Articles]
- Kia Motors Corporation
- (from the article "automotive industry") ...dominant automaker, produced cars, light trucks, and commercial trucks and buses; it was part of the larger Hyundai Corporation, which had interests ranging from construction to shipbuilding. Kia, South Korea's ...
- Kiam, Victor Kermit, II
- American businessman (b. Dec. 7, 1926, New Orleans, La.-d. May 27, 2001, Stamford, Conn.), was the innovative owner of Remington Products, a company that specialized in selling electric shavers; he ...
- Kiama
- town, Illawara district, eastern New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated near the Minamurra River. Its harbour was visited in 1797 by the British explorer George Bass. Its name ...
- Kiamari Island
- (from the article "Karachi") Karachi Harbour, on the shores of which the city is situated, is a safe and beautiful natural harbour. It is protected from storms by Kiamari Island, Manora Island, and Oyster ...
- Kiamichi River
- river in Oklahoma, U.S., rising in Le Flore county, near the Arkansas state line in the Ouachita Mountains. It flows southwest, past Pine Valley and Clayton to Antlers, where after ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kiamu
- (from the article "Swahili language") ...in use. The three most important dialects are kiUnguja (or Kiunguja), spoken on Zanzibar and in the mainland areas of Tanzania; kiMvita (or Kimvita), spoken in Mombasa and other areas ...
- kiang
- (from the article "kiang") in Tibet, the Asiatic wild ass. See ass.for content related to this topichalf-ass
- Kiangarow, Mount
- (from the article "Kingaroy") ...is made in Kingaroy, which is linked to Brisbane (100 miles [160 km] southeast) by rail and air and by the Bunya Highway. The nearby Bunya Mountains, which rise to ...
- Kiangsi
- sheng (province) of south-central China. It is bounded by the provinces of Hupeh and Anhwei on the north, Chekiang and Fukien on the east, Kwangtung on the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kiangsi Labour University
- (from the article "Kiangsi") During the 1950s Kiangsi served as a laboratory for a number of revolutionary educational experiments. Perhaps the most significant innovation in higher education was the Kiangsi Labour University, founded in ...
- Kiangsu
- sheng (province) on the east coast of China. It is bounded by the Yellow Sea and by the provinces of Chekiang to the south, Anhwei to the ...
- Kiangsu lowlands
- (from the article "Kiangsu") The Kiangsu lowlands are floodplains formed by the alluvial deposits of the Yangtze, Huai, and Huang rivers and their tributaries. Using the Yangtze and the old channel of the Huai ...
- Kiangsu Provincial Museum
- in Nanking, China, one of the outstanding provincial museums of China. It contains objects reflecting 5,000 years of Chinese culture. The prehistoric section contains objects found during excavations in 1954 ...
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