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Khanate of Tyumen
The Khanate of Tyumen (Тюменское ханство) was a Turkic-Tatar state in southern western Siberia ruled by Shibanid khans from the 1420s, centered on Chingi-tura near modern Tyumen.
Khancheyskoye Oil and Gas Field
The Khancheyskoye field (Ханчейское месторождение) is a gas-condensate field in the Purovsky District of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region in West Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1990 and operated by PAO NOVATEK.
Khanda (खड्ग) (sword)
The khanda (खड्ग; also Khaḍga) is an Indian sword with a straight, broad, double-edged blade widening toward the tip, traditionally associated with the Rajputs, Sikhs, and Marathas.
Khanda (ਖੰਡਾ) (Sikh symbol)
The Khanda (ਖੰਡਾ) is the composite emblem of Sikhism, a double-edged sword encircled by a quoit and flanked by two crossed kirpans, seen on the Nishan Sahib flag.
Khandaani Shafakhana
Khandaani Shafakhana (also spelled Khandani Shafakhana) is a 2019 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Shilpi Dasgupta, starring Sonakshi Sinha as a Punjabi woman who inherits a sex clinic; a box-office flop with 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Khandahar
Khandahar (Khandhar, खंडहर, The Ruins) is Mrinal Sen's 1984 Hindi drama adapted from Premendra Mitra's story Telenapota Abishkar, starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, a Cannes Un Certain Regard selection and three-time National Award winner.
Khandakavya
Khandakavya (खण्डकाव्य) is a category of shorter classical Sanskrit poetry defined by Vishvanatha in the 14th century, with Kalidasa's Meghaduta and Ritusamhara as standard examples.
Khandaker Abdul Muktadir
Khandaker Abdul Muktadir is a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party who serves as Minister of Commerce, Industries, Textile and Jute, holding three interdependent portfolios.
Khandan Keyomarsi
Khandan Keyomarsi is a cancer biologist and professor of experimental radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, known for linking low-molecular-weight cyclin E to breast cancer prognosis.
Khande Rao
Khande Rao (ಖಂಡೆ ರಾವ) was chief minister of the kingdom of Mysore who defeated Hyder Ali in the field, then fell to forged letters and died in Hyder's custody in 1761.
Khande Rao Gaekwad
Khande Rao Gaekwad (खंडेराव गायकवाड), also written Khanderao II, was Maharaja of Baroda State in western India from 1856 to 1870, knighted for his loyalty to the British in 1857.
Khanderao Dabhade
Khanderao Dabhade (खंडेराव दाभाडे) was a Maratha commander who served as Senapati, commander-in-chief, under Chhatrapati Shahu from 1717 until his death in 1729, and is credited with establishing Maratha power in Gujarat.
Khanderao Holkar
Khanderao Holkar (खंडेराव होळकर), 1723–1754, only son of Malhar Rao Holkar and husband of Ahilyabai Holkar; Maratha sardar killed by a cannon shot at the siege of Kumher on 17 March 1754.
Khandesh Sultanate
The Khandesh Sultanate was a kingdom in the Tapti River valley of the northern Deccan, ruled by the Faruqi dynasty from 1382 until Akbar conquered it in 1601.
Khandhaka
The Khandhaka (Sanskrit Skandhaka) is the Pali Vinaya Pitaka's collection of monastic rules outside the Patimokkha, twenty-two chapters running from the Buddha's awakening to the Second Council.
Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander (born 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress, a Broadway performer in Dreamgirls and Chicago, choreographer for Whitney Houston, and star of NewsRadio, ER, CSI: Miami, The Corner, Treme, and Scandal.
Khando Ballal Chitnis
Khando Ballal Chitnis (खंडो बल्लाळ चिटणीस) was a Maratha diplomat and scribe who served as chitnis, or secretary of correspondence, to Sambhaji, Rajaram, and Shahu, dying in 1726.
Khandoba (खंडोबा)
Khandoba (खंडोबा), also Malhari Martand or Mailara, is a folk warrior form of Shiva worshipped as kuldaivat across Maharashtra and Karnataka; main shrine Jejuri near Pune, famed for its turmeric Bhandara festival and Champa Shashthi.
Khandwa (खंडवा)
Khandwa (खंडवा), also East Nimar, is a district and town in southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India, in Indore Division between the Narmada and Tapti rivers, known for Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga, the Indira Sagar Project, and singers Kishore Kumar's home.
Khane Gauhar
Khane Gauhar, a Buddhist shrine site near Darwishan in Helmand province, Afghanistan, recorded by the Helmand Sistan Project; mudbrick stupa 11 m across with monastic caves, possibly the westernmost early Buddhist structure.
Khānewāl District
Khānewāl District, Punjab, Pakistan; created 1 July 1985 from Multan district; four tehsils (Khanewal, Mian Channu, Kabirwala, Jahanian); 4,349 km²; 3,364,077 people (2023 census); agro-based economy.
Khangar
Khangar (Hangar, Вулкан Хангар) is a 1,967 m stratovolcano with a lake-filled Holocene caldera, the southernmost volcano of Kamchatka's Sredinny Range; its VEI 6 eruption about 7,000 years ago produced the KHG marker tephra, and its last dated eruption was around 1500 CE.
Khangchendzonga National Park
Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) is a 1,784 sq km national park in Sikkim, India, inscribed in 2016 as India's first mixed UNESCO World Heritage site, spanning 1,220-8,586 m and sacred as a beyul and Mayel Lyang.
Khangiran Gas Field
Khangiran Gas Field is a giant, non-associated natural gas field in Razavi Khorasan, northeastern Iran, near the Turkmenistan border, and the country's oldest onshore gas field.
Khanh Hoa
Tỉnh Khánh Hòa (Khanh Hoa Province), South Central Coast Vietnam province formed 1 July 2025 by merging Khánh Hòa and Ninh Thuận; 8,555.86 km2, 2,243,554 people, center Nha Trang, 65 commune-level units including đặc khu Trường Sa.
Khanh Ong
Khanh Ong (born 1993) is an Australian chef, presenter, author and former DJ, born in an Indonesian refugee camp to Vietnamese parents. MasterChef Australia seasons 10 (3rd) and 12 (9th), The George on Collins co-owner, Survivor Blood v Water, I'm a Celebrity 2024, author of A Gay Guy's Guide to Life Love Food.
Khanh Pham
Khanh Pham (born 1978) is an American Democratic politician representing District 23 in the Oregon State Senate, first elected to the Oregon House in 2020 and the first Vietnamese-American legislator in Oregon.
Khanjar Ridge
Khanjar Ridge is a named undersea ridge in the Arabian Sea, listed as type Ridge in the Marine Regions gazetteer near the Oman Basin and Murray Ridge; its name echoes the khanjar, Oman's national dagger emblem.
Khanka
Khanka (Ozero Khanka; Xingkai Hu, 興凱湖) is a large shallow transboundary freshwater lake on the China-Russia border, largest in Northeast Asia, about 4,380 km², Ramsar site 112, draining via the Song'acha to the Ussuri.
Khankaiskiy Biosphere Reserve
Khankaiskiy Biosphere Reserve (Ханкайский заповедник), a Russian protected wetland area around Lake Khanka in Primorsky Krai, established 1990, UNESCO biosphere reserve since 2005, twinned with China's Xingkai-Hu Reserve since 1996.