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Bahrey
Bahrey (ባሕርይ), also called Abba Bahrey, was a sixteenth-century Ethiopian monk and historian from Gamo, known for his 1593 History of the Galla on the Oromo migrations.
Bahri
Bahri (Khartoum North, الخرطوم بحري) is the industrial third of Sudan's Triangular Capital on the north bank of the Blue Nile, founded around 1898 railway sheds, Sudan's largest industrial center, recaptured by the army in early 2025.
Bahri (company)
Bahri, formally The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (الشركة الوطنية السعودية للنقل البحري), is a Saudi shipping company founded by royal decree in 1978 and headquartered in Riyadh.
Bahri Mamluk dynasty
The Bahri Mamluk dynasty (المماليك البحرية) was the first regime of the Mamluk sultanate, ruling Egypt and Syria from Cairo from 1250 to 1382, when the Burji took power.
Bahri Mamluks (المماليك البحرية)
Bahri Mamluks (المماليك البحرية), first Mamluk dynasty of Egypt, 1250–1382, Qipchaq Turkic slave soldiers named for their Nile barracks on Rhoda Island; founded by Baybars after Ain Jalut, ended by Barquq's Burji line.
Bahruz Kangarli
Bahruz Kangarli (Bəhruz Kəngərli, 1892–1922) was an Azerbaijani painter and graphic artist from Nakhchivan, the first Azerbaijani with specialized art education, who produced nearly 2,000 works, including the "Refugees" series.
Bahu Begam
Bahu Begam (بہو بیگم), personal name Ummat-uz-Zahra, was the chief consort of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh, mother of Asaf-ud-Daula, and a wealthy political figure who died in 1815.
Bahu Begum
Bahu Begum, born Ummat-uz-Zahra in 1727, was chief consort of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh and mother of his successor Asaf-ud-Daula, and one of late Mughal India's wealthiest women.
Bahu Begum (2019 TV series)
Bahu Begum (बहू बेगम) is an Indian Colors TV romantic drama (15 July 2019 to 21 January 2020) by LSD Films, starring Arjit Taneja, Samiksha Jaiswal, Diana Khan, and Simone Singh, set in Nawabi Bhopal around a polygamy-driven love triangle; 134 episodes, cancelled after six months.
Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant
Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant (बहू हमारी रजनी कांत) is a Hindi sci-fi comedy sitcom on Life OK (2016–2017, 274 episodes) in which scientist Shaan marries his robot R.A.J.N.I., played by Ridhima Pandit, satirizing the saas-bahu genre.
Bahubali (बाहुबलि)
Bahubali (बाहुबलि), also known as Gomateshwara, is a legendary Jain ascetic who renounced his kingdom after defeating his brother Bharata and attained omniscience through a year of standing meditation.
Bahujan Samaj Party (बहुजन समाज पार्टी)
Bahujan Samaj Party (बहुजन समाज पार्टी, BSP), also called the Elephant, is an Indian national party founded by Kanshi Ram in the 1980s, based in Uttar Pradesh, led by Mayawati, mobilizing Dalits and the bahujan.
Bāhuna
Bāhuna, also known as Vāhana, was a Buddhist monk of the Theravāda canon resident at Campā, known for the single Bāhuna Sutta (AN 10.81) in which he questioned the Buddha.
Bahurim
Bahurim, also known as Baharum, was a village in the territory of Benjamin on the road from Jerusalem toward the Jordan valley, known from the biblical narratives of David's reign.
Bai Anqi
Bai Anqi (白安琪), Chinese backstroke swimmer born 1993 in Anji, Zhejiang; won 4 golds and a silver at the 2010 Youth Olympics, Asian 200 m backstroke champion 2009 and 2012, and swam the 200 m backstroke at London 2012.
Bai Baokun
Bai Baokun (白宝鲲, born 1970) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Kinlong Hardware, a building-hardware maker in Dongguan, Guangdong, where he is chairman, president, and controlling shareholder.
Bai Bureh
Bai Bureh, personal name Kebalai, was a Temne chief of Kasseh in northern Sierra Leone who led the disciplined 1898 resistance to the British hut tax.
Bài ca ngất ngưởng
Bài ca ngất ngưởng ("Song of the Lofty and Unsteady") is a Vietnamese poem in the hát nói form, written by the poet and official Nguyễn Công Trứ after 1848.
Bai Chongxi
Bai Chongxi (白崇禧) was a general of the Republic of China and a leading figure of the New Guangxi clique, nicknamed "Little Zhuge" for his resourcefulness.
Bai Chunli
Bai Chunli (白春礼), born 1953, is a Chinese physical chemist who built China's first scanning probe microscopes and led the Chinese Academy of Sciences as president from 2011 to 2020.
Bai fen
Bai fen (百分), or Da Bai Fen (打百分), is a Chinese four-player partnership point-trick card game with 100 card points (kings and tens 10, fives 5), level-based scoring, and multi-card leads; root of the Sheng Ji and Tractor game family.
Bai Ganyo
Bai Ganyo, also transliterated Bay Ganyo, is the hero of Aleko Konstantinov's 1895 Bulgarian book, a rose-oil salesman whose misadventures in Europe made him a lasting figure in Bulgarian literature.
Bai Hassan Oil Field
Bai Hassan Oil Field (باي حسن) is an onshore oil field in northern Iraq near Kirkuk, discovered in 1953, producing since 1960, and operated by the North Oil Company.
Bai Jingting (白敬亭)
Bai Jingting (白敬亭, born 1993, Beijing) is a Chinese actor known for Reset, Destined, South to North, and the 2026 comedy Special and Independent; he works without an agency through his own studio.
Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi (白居易), courtesy name Letian, was a Tang dynasty poet and official who served as a Hanlin academician under Emperor Xianzong, governed Hangzhou and Suzhou, and wrote close to 3,000 poems.
Bai Juyi school
The Bai Juyi school, or Yuan-Bai school, was a mid-Tang school of Chinese poetry centered on Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen, known for plain, accessible style.
Bai Ling (白灵)
Bai Ling (白灵, 白靈), Chinese-American actress born 1966 in Chengdu, Sichuan; former PLA Tibet performer, NYU film student, Red Corner (1997) NBR award, Golden Horse Best Supporting Actress for Dumplings (2004).
Bai Lu (白鹿) (actress)
Bai Lu (白鹿), birth name Bai Mengyan (白梦妍), born 1994 in Changzhou, Jiangsu, is a Chinese actress and model signed to Yu Zheng's Huanyu in 2016, known for The Legends, One and Only, Till the End of the Moon, and 2025 Busan and AACA awards.
Bai Minzhong
Bai Minzhong (白敏中, 792–861) was a Tang dynasty chancellor under Emperor Xuanzong who directed the 851 campaign pacifying the Dangxiang and reversed Li Deyu's policies.
Bai Niangzi Yongzhen Leifeng Ta
Bai Niangzi Yongzhen Leifeng Ta (The White Lady Is Forever Imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda) is a late-Ming huaben by Feng Menglong, the earliest relatively complete version of the White Snake legend.