All articles starting with D

Dar al-Darb of Baghdad

Dar al-Darb of Baghdad (دار الضرب ببغداد) was the principal mint of the Abbasid caliphate, operating from Baghdad's founding by al-Mansur around 762 and producing an estimated 40 percent of the caliphate's coinage.

Dar al-Fonun

Dar al-Fonun (دارالفنون) was a college founded in Tehran in 1851 by the Qajar grand vizier Amir Kabir, marking the beginning of modern education in Persia.

Dar al-Hikma

Dar al-Hikma (دار الحكمة), also called Dar al-Ilm, was a Fatimid academy and library in Cairo founded by al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in 1005 and closed in 1171.

Sep 24, 2026

Dar al-Ilm of Cairo

The Dar al-Ilm (دار العلم), also called Dar al-Hikma, was a library and teaching institution in Fatimid Cairo founded by Caliph al-Hakim in 1004 and closed in 1171.

Oct 22, 2026

Dar al-Kuti

Dar al-Kuti was a Muslim-ruled sultanate in present-day Central African Republic, lasting from about 1830 until 1911 or 1912 and serving as a major hub of slave raiding and trade.

Sep 19, 2026

Dar al-Manasir

Dar al-Manasir, Arabic for "Land of the Manasir," is the Nile valley at the Fourth Cataract in Northern Sudan, flooded by the Merowe Dam reservoir in 2008.

Dar al-Nadwa

Dar al-Nadwa (دار الندوة), the "House of Assembly", was the council hall of Mecca, built near the Ka'ba by Qusayy ibn Kilab, an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad, in the mid-fifth century AD.

Dar bel Amri

Dar bel Amri (دار بلعامري, Dar Bel Hamri) is a town, rural commune, and archaeological site in Sidi Slimane Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco, near the Beht river and the Roman-era Rirha site; 2004 census population about 31,000.

Dar Buk-Ammarah

Dar Buk-Ammarah (Dar Buc Ammera, Villa Zliten), a Roman coastal villa at Zliten, Libya, near ancient Sugolin and Lepcis Magna; discovered 1913, famous for gladiatorial and Four Seasons mosaics now in Tripoli's museum.

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's largest city, main seaport, and economic hub, former capital until 1975, with over 7 million people, a BRT system since 2016, and a port handling 90 percent of national trade.

Dar es Salaam Region

Dar es Salaam Region (Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam), Tanzania's only fully urban region, established 1972 from Pwani Region; 5,383,728 residents in 2022, five districts, over 17 percent of national GDP.

Oct 22, 2026

Dar Masalit

Dar Masalit is the homeland of the Masalit people in far western Darfur, Sudan, along the Chad border, and the sultanate they established there, autonomous from 1874.

Dara

Dra, also called Dili, Wali, Kyoti, or Dara, is a West African Sahel alignment board game for two players with twelve pieces each, who form rows of three on a grid to capture opponent pieces.

Sep 19, 2026

Dara Bubamara

Dara Bubamara (Дара Бубамара) is the stage name of Radojka Adžić, a Serbian pop-folk singer born in 1976 in Novi Sad, active since the late 1980s.

Sep 27, 2026

Dara Calleary

Dara Calleary is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, a TD for Mayo since 2007, serving since 2025 as Minister for Social Protection and for Rural and Community Development.

Dara Dam

The Dara Dam was a sixth-century Roman arch dam built to control the Cordes River, which bisected the frontier city of Dara and repeatedly flooded it.

Sep 21, 2026

Dara Entekhabi

Dara Entekhabi is an MIT hydrologist who leads the science team for NASA's SMAP soil moisture satellite and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.

Dara Huang

Dara Huang is an American architect and designer, born in Taiwan, who founded the London firm Design Haus Liberty in 2013 and the furniture line Dara Maison.

Oct 20, 2026

Dara Khera Mound

Dara Khera Mound, Thanesar, Kurukshetra, Haryana: the ASI-protected Raja Harsh-ka-Tila archaeological mound, about 1 km by 750 m and 15-18 m high, with a Kushana to late Mughal cultural sequence.

Dara Khosrowshahi

Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American technology executive who has led Uber as CEO since September 2017, after twelve years as CEO of Expedia Group, which he built into the largest US online travel agency.

Dara Ó Briain

Dara Ó Briain (born 1972, Bray, Ireland) is an Irish stand-up comedian and TV presenter, host of Mock the Week from 2005 and its 2026 TLC revival, Stargazing Live, Robot Wars, and author of Tickling the English.

Dara O'Shea

Dara O'Shea (born 1999, Dublin) is an Irish defender for Ipswich Town and the Republic of Ireland. Ex-West Brom and Burnley, he captained Ipswich to the 2025/26 Championship promotion and skippered Ireland against Israel.

Dara Shikoh (دارا شکوه)

Dara Shikoh (Dārā Šokōh, دارا شکوه, 1615–1659), eldest son and heir apparent of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, Sufi author of Majma al-bahrayn and the Persian Upanishad translation Sirr-e akbar, defeated and executed by Aurangzeb in 1659.

Dara Singh (ਦਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ)

Dara Singh (ਦਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ), born Deedar Singh Randhawa (1928–2012), was an Indian pehlwani and professional wrestler, Rustam-e-Hind, undefeated in 500+ bouts, who beat King Kong and Lou Thesz, then became a Bollywood actor famous as Hanuman in Ramayan and a Rajya Sabha member.

Sep 27, 2026

Dara Singh Chauhan

Dara Singh Chauhan (born 1963) is an Indian politician and BJP minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh holding the prisons portfolio, under chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

Dara Torres

Dara Torres (born 1967), American swimmer, five-time Olympian (1984-2008) with 12 Olympic medals; oldest Olympic swimming medallist at 41, Beijing 2008, and first American woman in five Games.

DARA_T_ALL trial

DARA_T_ALL (NCT07021677) is a phase 2 single-arm Tata Memorial Centre trial testing daratumumab, an anti-CD38 antibody, to eradicate MRD in adults with T-ALL still MRD-positive after induction; 18 patients, one Indian site, started 2023, no results posted yet.

Dara-san of Reiwa

Reiwa no Dara-san (令和のダラさん, Dara-san of Reiwa), a Kadokawa web manga by Haruomi Tomotsuka on Comic Walker since 2022; horror-comedy about siblings and the six-armed serpent curse deity Dara-san, with a Yen Press English edition and a 2026 Asahi Production TV anime.