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Khaidi No. 150 (ఖైదీ నంబర్ 150)

Khaidi No. 150 (ఖైదీ నంబర్ 150), also transliterated Khaidi Number 150, is a 2017 Telugu action drama, Chiranjeevi's 150th film and comeback, a remake of Kaththi, directed by V.V. Vinayak, produced by Ram Charan, released 11 January 2017.

Khailee Ng

Khailee Ng is a Malaysian venture capitalist and Managing Partner of 500 Global, who joined in 2013 and made early seed investments in Grab, Carousell, and Bukalapak.

Khair-un-Nissa

Khair-un-Nissa (خیر النساء) was a Hyderabadi noblewoman, a relative of the Hyderabad premiership, who in 1800 married James Achilles Kirkpatrick, the East India Company's Resident at the Nizam's court.

Khairpur District

Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan (Sindhi: خيرپور): former Talpur princely state, capital Khairpur; 2,597,535 people (2023), 15,910 sq km, on the Indus; known for Kot Diji Fort and Faiz Mahal.

Khairpur Mir’s

Khairpur Mir's (Sindhi: خيرپور) is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, capital of Khairpur District; founded 1783 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur, former seat of the Talpur princely state, population 191,044 in 2023.

Khairul Basar

Khairul Basar (খায়রুল বাসার), born 1994 in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, is a Dhaka University music graduate and actor; known for Mohanagar, Networker Baire, Cafe Desire, Kajolrekha, and as poet Jibanananda Das in Bonolata Sen (2026).

Khairy Jamaluddin

Khairy Jamaluddin, also known as Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, is a Malaysian politician and Health Minister from 2021 to 2022 who coordinated Malaysia's National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.

Khaiyyam (musician)

Khayyam, born Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, was an Indian music director for Hindi films known for Kabhi Kabhie (1976) and Umrao Jaan (1981), winner of three Filmfare Awards.

Khajan Dass

Khajan Dass is an Indian BJP politician and Uttarakhand minister for Social Welfare, Minority Welfare, Student Welfare, and Languages, first elected from Dhanolti in 2007 and representing Rajpur Road since 2017.

Khajjiar

Khajjiar, a saucer-shaped meadow plateau in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, about 24 km from Dalhousie at 6,500 ft; designated 'Mini Switzerland of India' by Swiss envoy Willy P. Blazer on 7 July 1992, with a central lake and Khajji Nag temple.

Khajuraho Group of Monuments

The Khajuraho Group of Monuments, also known as the Khajuraho temples, is a collection of Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India, built under the Chandella dynasty.

Khaka

Khaka (خاکہ) in Urdu literature is a short prose portrait vividly presenting a person's appearance, habits, temperament, and character, practiced as khaka nigari. Mirza Farhatullah Baig is recognized as the genre's first regular writer.

Khakassia

Khakassia (Республика Хакасия) is a Russian federal republic in southern Siberia, capital Abakan, area 61,569 km², population about 532,000, sharply continental climate, rich in molybdenum and coal, with the Oglakhty rock art on UNESCO's Tentative List.

Khakassky Biosphere Reserve

Khakassky Biosphere Reserve (Хакасский заповедник), a UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, designated 2017; 2,871,400 ha, over 80% mountain taiga, formed from the Chazy and Maly Abakan reserves in 1999.

Khakee

Khakee (खाकी) is a 2004 Hindi action thriller directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, and Aishwarya Rai; police escort a terrorist to Mumbai, fifth-highest 2004 Hindi grosser.

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter

Khakee: The Bengal Chapter (खाकी: द बंगाल चैप्टर) is a 2025 Netflix Hindi crime series by Neeraj Pandey, a standalone sequel to The Bihar Chapter, set in early-2000s Kolkata with Jeet as IPS officer Arjun Maitra.

Khakee: The Bihar Chapter

Khakee: The Bihar Chapter is a 2022 Netflix Hindi crime series, created by Neeraj Pandey and directed by Bhav Dhulia, based on IPS officer Amit Lodha's book Bihar Diaries, starring Karan Tacker and Avinash Tiwary in seven episodes.

Khakheperreseneb

Khakheperreseneb, also spelled Khakheperresenb, is an ancient Egyptian literary author, a priest of Heliopolis known as the speaker of the lament called the Complaints of Khakheperreseneb.

Khakhuli Triptych

The Khakhuli Triptych (ხახულის ღვთისმშობლის კარედი) is a monumental medieval Georgian gold-and-enamel triptych icon of the Virgin, embellished by King Davit IV the Builder and kept in Tbilisi.

Khaki

Khaki (Urdu khākī, 'dust-colored') is a dull yellowish-brown to greenish color and a strong twilled cotton cloth, adopted by the British Indian Army's Corps of Guides from 1846–48 and official for British troops overseas in 1897, later a civilian staple (chinos, Dockers).

Khakkhara

The khakkhara, also known as the shakujō, is a metal-topped ringing staff carried by Buddhist monastics, whose jingling rings announce the bearer's presence during alms rounds.

Khal Nayak

Khal Nayak (खलनायक), 1993 Hindi action crime film by Subhash Ghai for Mukta Arts, starring Sanjay Dutt as gangster Ballu, Madhuri Dixit, and Jackie Shroff; famous for "Choli ke peeche" and Dutt's 1993 arrest.

Khal Torabully

Khal Torabully is a Mauritian and French poet, born in Port Louis in 1956, who coined coolitude, a poetics of the indenture experience reclaiming the term "coolie".

Khal-Naaikaa

Khal-Naaikaa, also spelled Khalnaika, is a 1993 Hindi thriller directed and produced by Saawan Kumar Tak, starring Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, and Anu Aggarwal; a Bollywood remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, released 6 August 1993 amid a title dispute with Khalnayak.

Khalad ibn Yahya al-Sulami

Khalad ibn Yahya al-Sulami (خلاد بن يحيى السلمي) was a Kufan hadith transmitter and Quran-reader who settled in Mecca, dying there around 213 AH; al-Bukhari cited him in the Sahih.

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor (خلف أحمد الحبتور)

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor (خلف أحمد الحبتور), born 1949 in Dubai, is an Emirati businessman who founded the Al Habtoor Group, a conglomerate in hospitality, automotive, and real estate.

Khalaf ibn Ahmad

Khalaf ibn Ahmad (خلف بن أحمد) was the last amir of the Saffarid dynasty in Sistan, ruling from 963 until Mahmud of Ghazna overthrew him in 1002.

Khalaf ibn Muhammad al-Wasiti

Khalaf ibn Muhammad al-Wasiti (خلف بن محمد الواسطي), known as Kardus, was a hadith transmitter of Wasit, Iraq, who died in AH 274 and was graded reliable by al-Daraqutni.

Khalaj

The Khalaj were a Turkic-speaking tribal group of Central Asia and eastern Iran, known from the 9th century, whose name reached power in India through the Khalji dynasty of Delhi, founded in 1290.

Khalanasy Vallis

Khalanasy Vallis, an IAU-approved 1997 valley (vallis) on Venus, 320 km across, centered at 51S 168.5E, named for an Azeri river mermaid; one of 72 named Venusian valles.