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Kharaj of al-Andalus
The kharaj of al-Andalus (خراج الأندلس) was the annual land tax on conquered Iberian lands, paid in cash or kind and assessed by land and crop type.
Kharaj of the Sawad
The Kharaj of the Sawad (نظام خراج السواد) is the land-tax assessment of the Sawad in Iraq, organized under Kavad I and Khosrow I and kept by the Arab conquerors.
Kharak Singh
Kharak Singh (ਖੜਕ ਸਿੰਘ) was the eldest son and successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruling the Sikh Empire from 1839 until his death in 1840.
Kharamadoye inscription
The Kharamadoye inscription, cataloged as REM 0094, is a royal Meroitic text carved in the temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha, Lower Nubia, and the last known Meroitic inscription.
Kharasan uranium mine
Kharasan is a pair of adjacent in-situ leaching uranium mines in Kyzylorda Region, southern Kazakhstan, developed on the North Kharasan deposit, the deepest ISR uranium deposit in the country.
Kharavela
Kharavela (ଖାରବେଳ) was a king of Kalinga in eastern India of the Chedi dynasty, whose campaigns against the Satavahanas and Magadha are recorded in the Hathigumpha inscription.
Kharavela's campaigns
Kharavela's campaigns (खारवेल) were the expeditions of Kharavela, king of Kalinga in India, against the Satavahanas, Magadha, the Indo-Greeks, and the Tamil states, recorded in the Hathigumpha inscription.
Kharavela's invasion of Magadha
Kharavela's invasion of Magadha (पाटलिपुत्र की लूट) was a campaign by the Kalinga king Kharavela against Magadha in his twelfth regnal year, defeating Bahasatimita and recovering the Kalinga Jina image.
Kharayeb sanctuary
The Kharayeb sanctuary is a Phoenician rural cult place about 10 km northeast of Tyre in southern Lebanon, whose votive deposit held roughly 8,000 terracotta figurines.
Kharberg
Kharberg (Kharbaga, Kregba, Damet) is a Saharan two-player leaping-capture board game, usually drawn in sand, with 12 pieces per player on a 5x5 lined board, obligatory captures, and promotion to a long-range piece.
Khardung La
Khardung La is a 5,359 m pass on the Ladakh Range about 40 km from Leh, gateway to Nubra Valley and a Siachen supply route; its 5,602 m signboard and highest-motorable-road claim are disputed, with Umling La holding the record.
Kharg Island
Kharg Island (جزیره خارگ) is a coral island in the Persian Gulf hosting Iran's main oil export terminal, which handles about 90 percent of its crude exports.
Kharga Oasis (الواحات الخارجة)
Kharga Oasis (الواحات الخارجة), Egypt's southernmost major Western Desert oasis, lies 200 km west of the Nile at the junction of the Darb al-Arba'in and Darb Ain Amur caravan routes, with the Persian-era Hibis Temple, Roman forts, and the Bagawat Christian necropolis.
Khargone power station
Khargone power station, also called Khargone STPP or NTPC Khargone, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired plant in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, India, owned by NTPC.
Khari Boli poetry
Khari Boli poetry (खड़ी बोली काव्य) is Hindi poetry written in the Khari Boli dialect of the Delhi-Meerut region, established as a poetic language in the early 20th century.
Kharif crop
Kharif crop: monsoon-season crop of the Indian subcontinent (also Pakistan, Bangladesh), sown with the south-west monsoon June-July and harvested in autumn; main crops rice, maize, cotton, soybean, groundnut, millets, pulses.
Kharija ibn Mus'ab al-Dabbi
Kharija ibn Mus'ab al-Dabbi (خارجة بن مصعب الضبعي) was a hadith transmitter based at Sarakhs in Khurasan who died in 168 AH and was graded weak by many critics.
Kharijites
The Kharijites (Arabic Khawarij, خوارج) were an early Islamic movement that seceded from ʿAli's army in 657 over arbitration with Muʿawiya, declaring non-Kharijite Muslims unbelievers.
Kharja (خرجة)
Kharja (خرجة, jarcha): the short closing section of the Andalusi muwashshah, written in colloquial Arabic or Romance, often in a woman's voice; the Romance kharjas are the oldest recorded Romance lyric poetry.
Kharkiv (Харьков)
Kharkiv (Харків; Харьков) is Ukraine's second-largest city and Kharkiv oblast capital, founded 1654/5, Soviet Ukraine's capital 1920–1934, a major university center with a three-line metro and the UNESCO-listed Derzhprom building.
Kharkiv National Medical University
Kharkiv National Medical University (Харківський національний медичний університет, KhNMU), state medical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine, founded 1804 as Imperial Kharkiv University's medical faculty; renamed Kharkiv Medical Institute 1921, national university 2007; 8 faculties, 70 departments.
Kharkiv Oblast (Харківська область)
Kharkiv Oblast (Харківська область), northeastern Ukrainian region with capital Kharkiv; 31,415 km², 7 raions, formed 1932; major gas reserves, machine-building economy, active front line since 2022.
Kharkiv Oblast campaign (2024–present)
Kharkiv Oblast campaign: Russian cross-border offensive launched 10 May 2024 toward Vovchansk and Lyptsi, opening a roughly 60 km front, halted by late May; later fighting shifted toward Kupiansk and Kursk.
Kharkiv Raion
Kharkiv Raion (Харківський район), district of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine; created 17 July 2020, center Kharkiv city (separate unit); population about 1.7 million, largest of seven oblast raions.
Kharkov Governorate
Kharkov Governorate (Харківська губернія) was a province of the Russian Empire on the territory of Sloboda Ukraine, with its capital at Kharkiv; created in 1765, it was renamed in 1835 and abolished in 1925.
Kharoshthi script
Kharoshthi (खरोष्टी लिपि) is an ancient writing system of northwestern India and Central Asia, derived from Aramaic and used mainly for the Gandhari language from the mid-3rd century BCE.
Khartoum (الخرطوم)
Khartoum, also known as Al-Khurtum (الخرطوم), is the executive capital of Sudan at the confluence of the Blue and White Niles; founded in 1821, it has been the epicenter of Sudan's war since April 2023.
Khartoum massacre
Khartoum massacre, also called the June 3 massacre: the June 3, 2019 attack by Rapid Support Forces and other Sudanese security forces on the pro-democracy sit-in at army headquarters, killing over 100 people by independent estimates.
Khartoum Resolution (قرار الخرطوم)
Khartoum Resolution (قرار الخرطوم), adopted 1 September 1967 by the Arab League summit in Sudan after the Six-Day War; its 'Three Noes' barred peace, recognition, and negotiations with Israel.
Khartoum State (ولاية الخرطوم)
Khartoum State (ولاية الخرطوم), Sudan's smallest but most populous state (SD01), contains the capital at the Blue–White Nile confluence; seven localities, pre-war population about 8–9 million, devastated and partly recaptured in the 2023–2025 SAF–RSF war.