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Fatali Khan of Quba
Fatali Khan of Quba (Fətəli xan, also Fath-Ali Khan) was the khan of the Quba Khanate from 1758 to 1789, uniting much of the Azerbaijani khanates.
Fatalism
Fatalism is the philosophical thesis that people are powerless to do anything other than what they actually do. Also called logical, metaphysical, and theological fatalism; distinguished from determinism. Centered on Aristotle's sea-battle argument in De Interpretatione 9, Diodorus Cronus's Master Argument, and Pike's divine-foreknowledge dilemma.
Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests
Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests: rare deaths of MMA fighters, about eight documented 1993–2013 and roughly fifteen estimated, mostly from subdural hemorrhage, weight cutting, or unregulated bouts; no UFC bout deaths.
Fatality (Mortal Kombat)
Fatality: the signature finishing move of Mortal Kombat (Midway, 1992), performed on a defeated opponent via secret button inputs; spawned brutalities, animalities, and stage fatalities, and drove the ESRB's creation.
Fatality Analysis Reporting System
The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) is a census of fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States, kept by NHTSA since 1975 and used as the federal measure of highway safety.
Fatat al-Sharq
Fatat al-Sharq (فتاة الشرق, "The Young Woman of the East") was a monthly Arabic women's magazine published in Cairo from 1906 by the writer Labiba Hashim.
Fatawa-i Alamgiri
The Fatawa-i Alamgiri, also known as al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya, is a six-volume Arabic compendium of Hanafi law compiled under Emperor Aurangzeb in Mughal India in the 1670s.
Fatawa-i Firoz Shahi
Fatawa-i Firoz Shahi (فتاوا فیروز شاہی) is a fourteenth-century compilation of Islamic legal rulings produced under the Delhi Sultanate, reflecting the socio-religious conditions of its day.
Fatberg
A fatberg is a solid mass of congealed fat, oil, grease, and wet wipes that blocks sewer pipes, named by London sewer workers and known since 2013.
Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim is the alias of British DJ and producer Norman Cook (born 1963), a big beat pioneer whose 1998 album You've Come a Long Way, Baby yielded The Rockafeller Skank and Praise You and sold millions worldwide.
Fatburger
Fatburger: American fast casual hamburger chain founded in Los Angeles in 1947 by Lovie Yancey as Mr. Fatburger; made-to-order burgers in sizes up to 1.5 lb, now a FAT Brands franchise.
FATC domain
FATC domain (FAT C-terminal domain, InterPro IPR003152, Pfam PF02260): a conserved ~35-residue C-terminal domain of PIKK kinases such as TOR, ATM, and ATR, essential for kinase activity, redox-sensitive, and membrane-binding.
FATCO syndrome
FATCO syndrome (Hecht-Scott syndrome, OMIM 246570) is a rare congenital limb malformation defined by fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia, and oligosyndactyly; about 43 cases reported, genetic cause unidentified, distinguished from Fuhrmann and FFU syndromes by normal femora and radii.
Fate (franchise)
Fate is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi for Type-Moon, beginning with the 2004 visual novel Fate/stay night and its Holy Grail War premise, later expanded through anime adaptations, spin-offs, and Fate/Grand Order.
Fate mapping
Fate mapping is a set of developmental biology techniques that tracks the progeny of embryonic cells to determine which tissues and structures each lineage contributes to.
Fate of the Jianwen Emperor
The fate of the Jianwen Emperor (建文帝下落之谜) is the unsolved question of what became of Zhu Yunwen after his uncle Zhu Di took the throne in 1402.
Fate Rewinder
Fate Rewinder (Unmei no Makimodoshi) is Futa Kimura's CoroCoro time-loop manga about the Rewinders saving tragic-death victims with the Retry Eye, 71st Shogakukan Manga Award winner, with a Bones Film anime premiering April 2027.
Fate tragedy
The fate tragedy, German Schicksalstragödie or Schicksalsdrama, is a German literary genre, popular around 1810 to 1825, in which fate drives tragic guilt through family curses and prophecies.
Fate: The Winx Saga
Fate: The Winx Saga is a Netflix live-action teen fantasy drama (2021–2022), a dark reimagining of Iginio Straffi's Italian cartoon Winx Club, created by Brian Young, starring Abigail Cowen as Bloom at Alfea, canceled after two seasons.
Fate/Apocrypha
Fate/Apocrypha: Fate franchise spin-off, five-volume light novel by Yuichiro Higashide (2012–2014), also a 2017 A-1 Pictures anime and manga; depicts the Great Holy Grail War of fourteen Servants in Trifas, Romania.
Fate/Extella Link
Fate/Extella Link (フェイト／エクステラ リンク) is a 2019 Marvelous musou action game, sequel to Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star, adding 10 Servants to 16, 4v4 multiplayer, and mission-based battles across Switch, PS4, Vita, and PC.
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (フェイト/エクステラ)
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (フェイト/エクステラ) is Marvelous' 2016 musou action game, the first action title in Type-Moon's Fate series, following Fate/Extra. Set in SE.RA.PH after its Holy Grail War, players capture sectors to fill a 15-key Regime Matrix across three story routes led by Nero, Tamamo, and Altera.
Fate/Extra (フェイト/エクストラ)
Fate/Extra (フェイト/エクストラ) is a 2010 PSP dungeon-crawling RPG by Type-Moon, set in a Holy Grail War inside the lunar Moon Cell supercomputer, with Saber, Archer, or Caster partners and rock-paper-scissors combat; the remake Fate/EXTRA Record arrives January 28, 2027.
Fate/Extra CCC
Fate/Extra CCC (フェイト/エクストラ CCC) is a 2013 MarvelousAQL PSP RPG sequel to Fate/Extra, scenario by Kinoko Nasu, set in the Sakura Labyrinth on the moon's far side; never officially localized, fan-patched in 2023, remake undecided.
Fate/Grand Order (フェイト/グランドオーダー)
Fate/Grand Order (フェイト/グランドオーダー, FGO) is TYPE-MOON's free-to-play gacha RPG for iOS and Android, launched July 2015, developed by Lasengle and published by Aniplex; players command Servants in turn-based command-card battles, with a 1% SSR rate and over $7 billion lifetime revenue.
Fate/hollow ataraxia
Fate/hollow ataraxia (フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア) is TYPE-MOON's 2005 visual novel sequel to Fate/stay night, set six months after the Fifth Holy Grail War, structured as a four-day loop with Bazett, Avenger, and Caren; remastered in English in 2025.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ)
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ) is Hiroshi Hiroyama's TYPE-MOON magical girl manga spin-off of Fate/stay night, serialized in Comp Ace from 2007, in which Illya collects Class Cards; adapted by Silver Link into TV series from 2013 and films, concluding with the 2027 FINALE anime.
Fate/stay night
Fate/stay night (フェイト／ステイナイト) is a 2004 Japanese adult visual novel by TYPE-MOON, its first commercial release. Written by Kinoko Nasu with art by Takashi Takeuchi, it follows Shirou Emiya in the Holy Grail War across three routes and launched the Fate franchise.
Fate/Stay Night (フェイト/ステイナイト) (2006 TV series)
Fate/stay night (フェイト/ステイナイト), 2006 TV series: Studio Deen's 24-episode anime (January–June 2006, dir. Yuji Yamaguchi), the first adaptation of TYPE-MOON's 2004 visual novel, based on the Fate route with material from other routes.
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel is ufotable's three-film anime adaptation (2017-2020, director Tomonori Sudo) of the third Sakura route of the Fate/stay night visual novel, starring Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou, with music by Yuki Kajiura.