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Burgus Szentendre-Dera
Burgus Szentendre-Dera is a late Roman fortified Danube landing place (burgus, bridgehead) at Szentendre, Hungary, with an approximately 20 × 20 m tower, dated Constantius II/Valentinian I, securing the Pannonian limes near Ulcisia Castra.
Burhagohain
The Burhagohain (বুঢ়াগোহাঁই) was the senior of the three great Gohain counselors of the Ahom kingdom of Assam, usually acting as prime minister until British rule in 1826.
Burhan Ali
Burhan Ali (برهان علی), of the Shirvanshah dynasty, was the last effective Shirvanshah ruler, striking coins from 1539 to 1550 while trying to restore Shirvanshah rule over Shirvan.
Burhan Imad Shah
Burhan Imad Shah (برہان عماد شاہ) was the last sultan of the Imad Shahi dynasty of Berar, reigning from 1562 to 1574 before Ahmadnagar annexed Berar.
Burhan Nizam Shah I
Burhan Nizam Shah I (برہان نظام شاہ اول) was the second sultan of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan, reigning from 1510 until his death in 1553.
Burhan Sönmez
Burhan Sönmez (born 1965) is a Kurdish novelist from Turkey, president of PEN International since 2021, and author of seven novels including Istanbul Istanbul, which won the 2018 EBRD Literature Prize.
Burhan Wani
Burhan Muzaffar Wani (1994–2016), Hizbul Mujahideen commander in Kashmir, pioneered social-media militancy; his killing on 8 July 2016 in Kokernag, Anantnag, sparked mass protests, curfew, and the 'Burhan Wani era'.
Burhan-e Qate'
Burhan-e Qate' (برهان قاطع, "Conclusive proof") is a Persian-to-Persian dictionary compiled in India by Mohammad-Hosayn b. Khalaf Tabrizi, completed in 1651 and dedicated to Sultan Abd-Allah Qotbshah of Golconda.
Burhan-i Ma'asir
Burhan-i Ma'asir (برہان مآثر) is a Persian chronicle of the Deccan sultans, written by the historian Ali Tabataba at Ahmadnagar from 1592 and completed by his son in 1628.
Burhan-i Ma'athir
Burhan-i Ma'athir (برہان معاثر) is a Persian-language history of the Deccan sultans by Sayyid Ali Tabataba, completed in 1594–95 for Burhan Nizam Shah II of Ahmadnagar.
Burhanpur (बुरहानपुर)
Burhanpur (बुरहानपुर), city on the Tapti River in Madhya Pradesh, India; founded 1400 AD, Farooqi capital, Mughal Deccan base where Mumtaz Mahal died in 1631; known for Shahi Qila, Jama Masjid, Asirgarh Fort, and the Kundi Bhandara qanat water system.
Burhanuddin Gharib
Burhanuddin Gharib (برہان الدین غریب) was a fourteenth-century Chishti Sufi master, disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, who carried the order from Delhi to Khuldabad in the Deccan in 1327.
Burhanuddin Rabbani (برهانالدین ربانی)
Burhanuddin Rabbani, an Afghan Islamist politician, led the Jamiat-e Islami party and served as the formal president of Afghanistan from 1992 until 2001, before his death in 2011.
Burhi Aair Sadhu
Burhi Aair Sadhu, meaning Grandmother's Tales, is a collection of Assamese folktales compiled by Lakshminath Bezbaruah, first published in 1911 and ranked among the most popular works in Assamese literature.
Burhinus
Burhinus (thick-knees, stone-curlews) is a genus of large nocturnal ground-nesting shorebirds in Burhinidae, Illiger 1811, type species B. grallarius; six Old World species remain after the 2023 Hesperoburhinus split.
Buri (crater on Callisto)
Buri is an IAU-approved impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto, named for a Norse dwarf in 1979; about 86 km across at 37.5 degrees south, it shows water-ice-rich rays in Galileo infrared images.
Burial
Burial: the deliberate interment of a body or cremated remains, studied through mortuary archaeology. Covers inhumation and cremation rites, grave goods, monuments, and aDNA and isotope methods from Mesolithic to medieval Europe.
Burial (musician)
Burial is the pseudonym of London electronic musician William Emmanuel Bevan, known for Burial (2006) and Untrue (2007) on Hyperdub, made in Sound Forge, and central to future garage.
Burial at sea
Burial at sea, also called sea burial, is the disposal of a body or cremated remains in the ocean, practiced since the earliest days of seafaring.
Burial dating
Burial dating is a geochronological method that estimates how long quartz-bearing sediment or artifacts have been buried by measuring decay of cosmogenic nuclides, covering roughly 0.1 to 5 million years.
Burial of Alara at el-Kurru
The burial of Alara at el-Kurru is the tomb of Alara, first known ruler of the Napatan dynasty of Kush, at the royal cemetery of el-Kurru in Sudan.
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos: interment of the Philippine dictator's remains at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on November 18, 2016, authorized by Duterte, upheld 9-5-1 by the Supreme Court, and met with protests over his disputed war record and martial law abuses.
Burial of Jesus
The burial of Jesus, also called the Entombment of Christ, is the Gospel account of Joseph of Arimathea laying Jesus' body in a rock-cut tomb outside Jerusalem before the Sabbath began.
Burial vault (enclosure)
Burial vault (enclosure), also called outer burial container: a sealed, casket-enclosing grave structure, distinct from the simpler grave liner; not legally required in the U.S. but often mandated by cemeteries; concrete vaults date to Leo Haase's 1880 company.
Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey
Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey include about 3,300 burials, royal tombs from Henry III to George II, Poets' Corner, and the Unknown Warrior, buried in 1920.
Buridan's ass
Buridan's ass, also called Buridan's donkey, is a philosophy thought experiment in which a donkey starves between two equidistant, equally tempting hay piles. Named for John Buridan but absent from his writings, it challenges rational choice theory and free will.
Buridan's Ass (Fargo)
Buridan's Ass is the sixth episode of Fargo season 1 (FX, aired May 20, 2014, 53 min), titled after Jean Buridan's indecision paradox; Malvo executes his plan, Lester crafts his own, and the episode won an Emmy for directing.
Buridava Roman Fort and Vicus
Buridava Roman Fort and Vicus is an archaeological site at Stolniceni, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, on the Olt River, occupied by the Roman army from AD 101–102.
Buried (Breaking Bad)
Buried is season 5, episode 10 of Breaking Bad (AMC, August 18, 2013), directed by Michelle MacLaren: Walt buries his cash in the desert, Skyler resists Hank, Marie slaps Skyler, and a silent Jesse lands in DEA custody.
Buried (film)
Buried (Enterrado), 2010 thriller by Rodrigo Cortés, written by Chris Sparling, starring Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy, a truck driver buried alive in a coffin in Iraq; won three Goya Awards.