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Hamburger University
Hamburger University is McDonald's global manager-training school, founded by Fred Turner in 1961 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Campuses in Tokyo, Shanghai, London and elsewhere; ACE-recommended credits; Hamburgerology credentials; 275,000+ graduates.
Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt
The Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA), known in English as the Hamburg Ship Model Basin, is a not-for-profit hydrodynamic research organization in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1913 and operating towing tanks, cavitation tunnels, and an ice model basin.
Hamd ibn Nasr al-Hamadhani (al-A'mash)
Hamd ibn Nasr al-Hamadhani (الأعمش أبو العلاء حمد بن نصر), known as al-A'mash, was a Hanbali hadith scholar of Hamadan, born in 1039 and died there in 1118, graded trustworthy by al-Dhahabi and al-Sam'ani.
Hamdallah al-Mustawfi
Hamdallah al-Mustawfi (حمدالله المستوفی) was a Persian historian, geographer, and poet of Qazvin who served the Ilkhanid state and wrote the Tarikh-i Guzida, the Zafar-nama, and the Nuzhat al-Qulub.
Hamdallahi
Hamdallahi, also spelled Hamdullahi or Hamdallaye, is a ruined city in the Mopti region of Mali, built in 1819 as the capital of the Massina Empire and destroyed in 1862.
Hamdan Ballal (حمدان بلال الحوريني)
Hamdan Ballal (حمدان بلال الحوريني), born 1989 in Susya, is a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, beaten and detained by Israeli settlers and soldiers in March 2025.
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (Fazza), born 1982, is Crown Prince of Dubai, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and Chairman of Dubai's Executive Council since 2006; appointed Crown Prince 1 February 2008.
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (حمدان بن راشد آل مكتوم)
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (حمدان بن راشد آل مكتوم), Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance from 9 December 1971 until his death on 24 March 2021, the world's longest-serving finance minister, brother of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, founder of Shadwell Racing and the Hamdan Foundation awards.
Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (حمدان بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان)
Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (حمدان بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان), son of UAE founder Sheikh Zayed, is Abu Dhabi's Ruler's Representative in the Al Dhafra Region (appointed 2009), Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, and Chairman of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi.
Hamdan ibn Hamdun
Hamdan ibn Hamdun (حمدان بن حمدون) was a chieftain of the Arab Taghlib tribe in the Jazira who rose against the Abbasids and was imprisoned by Caliph al-Mu'tadid.
Hamdan Qarmat
Hamdan Qarmat was an Ismaili da'i, or missionary, who founded Ismailism in the Sawad of Kufa in the 870s before renouncing the movement's leadership in 899.
Hamdan Qarmat's revolt
Hamdan Qarmat's revolt (ثورة حمدان قرمط) was an Ismaili movement founded by Hamdan Qarmat in Kufa, Iraq, around 874, suppressed by the Abbasids by 907.
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is the Supreme Court decision invalidating the Bush-era Guantanamo military commissions for lacking congressional authorization and violating Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.
Hamdanid capture of Aleppo
The Hamdanid capture of Aleppo (استيلاء الحمدانيين على حلب) was the seizure of Aleppo in 944 by Sayf al-Dawla of the Hamdanid dynasty, taken without resistance and made his capital.
Hamdanid civil war between Nasir al-Dawla and Sayf al-Dawla
The Hamdanid civil war (نزاع الحمدانيين) was the conflict of 956–959 in which Nasir al-Dawla, ruler of Mosul, resisted the Buyid prince Mu'izz al-Dawla over tribute in the Jazira.
Hamdanid dynasty
The Hamdanid dynasty (بنو حمدان) was an Arab Shi'i-leaning dynasty ruling Mosul and Aleppo from about 905 to 1004, famed for Sayf al-Dawla's wars with Byzantium.
Hamdanid ghulam corps of Aleppo
The Hamdanid ghulam corps of Aleppo (غلمان حمدانیان) was the corps of Turkish slave soldiers raised and trained by Sayf al-Dawla to lead his military campaigns.
Hamdanid takeover of Mosul and Aleppo
The Hamdanid takeover of Mosul and Aleppo (سيطرة الحمدانيين على الموصل وحلب) established autonomous Hamdanid rule over Mosul in 934 and Aleppo in 944, founding two emirates.
Hamdi Ulukaya
Hamdi Ulukaya (born 1972) is a Turkish-American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Chobani, America's No. 1 Greek yogurt brand, and founder of the Tent Partnership for Refugees; he bought a shuttered Kraft plant in New Berlin, New York in 2005 with an SBA loan.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004), Supreme Court case holding that U.S. citizen Yaser Esam Hamdi, an enemy combatant, was entitled to due process to contest his detention before a neutral decisionmaker.
Hameau de la Reine
The Hameau de la Reine, or Queen's Hamlet, is a rustic model village built for Marie-Antoinette by architect Richard Mique in the Petit Trianon park at Versailles, completed in 1786.
Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is an Abu Dhabi royal who has led the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, since 2010.
Hamengkubuwana I
Hamengkubuwana I, earlier titled Pangeran Mangkubumi, was the founder and first sultan of the Yogyakarta Sultanate on Java, ruling from 1755 to 1792 after the Giyanti Treaty partitioned Mataram.
Hamengkubuwono I
Hamengkubuwono I, also known as Mangkubumi, was the founder and first sultan of the Yogyakarta Sultanate on Java, reigning from 1755 to 1792 after the Treaty of Giyanti divided Mataram.
Hamengkubuwono II
Hamengkubuwono II, born Raden Mas Sundoro in 1750, was Sultan of Yogyakarta who ruled in three periods, was twice deposed, and was restored during the Java War.
Hamengkubuwono III
Hamengkubuwono III, born Raden Mas Surojo, was the third sultan of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, twice placed on the throne by colonial powers, ruling 1810–1811 under the Dutch and 1812–1814 under the British.
Hamengkubuwono IV
Hamengkubuwono IV was the fourth sultan of Yogyakarta, reigning from 1814 to 1823. He took the throne as a child and was succeeded by a three-year-old son.
Hamengkubuwono IX
Hamengkubuwono IX, born Gusti Raden Mas Dorodjatun, was Sultan of Yogyakarta from 1940 to 1988, first Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, and Indonesia's second Vice President.
Hamengkubuwono V
Hamengkubuwono V, also written Hamengku Buwana V, was the fifth sultan of Yogyakarta in central Java, reigning from 1822 to 1826 and 1828 to 1855.
Hamersley Range
Hamersley Range: major mountainous plateau in the Pilbara, Western Australia, also called the Hamersley Ranges. About 400 km long, highest peak Mt Meharry; source of world-class banded iron formation iron-ore deposits and Karijini National Park.