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Khatt Shebib
The Khatt Shebib, also called Hableh, is an ancient stone wall in southern Jordan running about 150 km, first recorded from the air in 1948.
Khatta Meetha (2010 film)
Khatta Meetha (खट्टा मीठा; Hindi for "sour and sweet") is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama directed by Priyadarshan, starring Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan, satirizing corruption in civic India.
Khatta Meetha (खट्टा मीठा) (1978 film)
Khatta Meetha (खट्टा मीठा), also known as Sweet and Sour, is a 1978 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Basu Chatterjee, in which a widower with four sons and a widow marry.
Khatumo State
Khatumo State, also spelled Khaatumo, is a federal member state of Somalia declared in 2012 by the Dhulbahante clan in the disputed Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn regions.
Khauf
Khauf (खौफ) is a 2025 Hindi supernatural horror series on Prime Video, created by Smita Singh, starring Monika Panwar as Madhu in a haunted Delhi women's hostel; 8 episodes, released April 18, 2025, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Khavaran-nameh
Khavaran-nameh (خاوراننامه) is a Persian religious epic poem completed in 1426-27 by Ebn Hosam, recounting the heroic deeds of Ali and counted among the major Persian religious epics.
Khavda Renewable Energy Park
The Khavda Renewable Energy Park is a planned 30 GW hybrid solar and wind complex under construction in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, near the Pakistan border.
Khawaja Haider Ali Aatish
Khawaja Haider Ali Aatish (خواجہ حیدر علی آتش) was an Urdu ghazal poet of Lucknow, c. 1778 to 1846 or 1847, who led the Lucknow School with his rival Nasikh.
Khawaja Masood Akhtar
Khawaja Masood Akhtar is a Pakistani industrialist, founder and CEO of Forward Sports in Sialkot, maker of the official FIFA World Cup match ball since 2014.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, born in 1949 in Sialkot, is a Pakistani PML-N politician who has held the defense, foreign affairs, and water and power portfolios.
Khawaja Nazimuddin (খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন)
Khawaja Nazimuddin (খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন), 1894–1964, was a Bengali conservative politician from the Nawab family of Dhaka who served as Pakistan's second Governor-General and second Prime Minister.
Khawand Baraka
Khawand Baraka (خوند بركة), also Khawand Baraka Khatun, was a lady of the Bahri Mamluk sultanate of Egypt, mother of Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban, who died in Cairo in 1373.
Khawarij
The Khawarij (الخوارج, "those who go out") were the earliest sectarian movement in Islam, formed in 657 when supporters of Ali seceded after he agreed to arbitration at Siffin.
Khawlan
Khawlan (Ḫwln) was a tribe and territory attested in pre-Islamic Yemen inscriptions from the fourth century BC to 547 CE, around Ṣirwāḥ and the highlands.
Khawy
Khawy was a guardian, an official in charge of stores and equipment, in the workmen's community of Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II in Egypt's 19th Dynasty.
Khay (vizier)
Khay was a vizier of ancient Egypt under Ramesses II, holding the equivalent of a prime minister's office from about year 26 to year 45 of the reign.
Khaya
Khaya (African mahogany) is a genus of six large Meliaceae tree species native to tropical Africa, traded as high-value timber, with all assessed species IUCN Vulnerable and CITES Appendix II listing since 2023.
Khaya senegalensis
Khaya senegalensis (Senegal mahogany, African mahogany), Meliaceae tree from West Africa to northern Uganda; Vulnerable IUCN, timber, fodder, and medicinal bark, poor natural regeneration, attacked by Hypsipyla shoot borer.
Khayal
Khayal (ख्याल) is a music-dominant folk theater tradition of Rajasthan in which characters sing their dialogues, often called a folk opera, known since the early 18th century.
Khaybar
Khaybar (خيبر) is a historic oasis in northwest Saudi Arabia near Harrat Khaybar volcano, known for a Bronze Age rampart (2250–1950 BCE), the fortified town al-Natah, and early Islamic dams and mosques.
Khaydalu
Khaydalu, better attested as Hidali, was a city and region in ancient Elam, a royal refuge known from Assyrian records and later a station on the Persepolis–Susa road.
Khayr al-Din Pasha
Khayr al-Din Pasha (خير الدين التونسي) was a Tunisian statesman who served as chief minister of Tunisia from 1873 to 1877 and as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and 1879.
Khayrabad Bala
Khayrabad Bala, an ancient place at Barrington Atlas map 93 G3 (Mesene) in the Pleiades gazetteer, created by Hausleiter, Roaf, Simpson, and Wenke; distinct from Khayrabad in Kabul, Khayrabadtepa in Uzbekistan, and Khairabad in India.
Khayran al-Amiri
Khayran al-Amiri (خيران العامري), also known as Khayran al-Saqlabi, was a Slavic eunuch who ruled the taifa of Almeria in al-Andalus from 1014 to 1028.
Khayran al-Siqilli
Khayran al-Siqilli (خيران الصقلبي) was a Slavic military leader who ruled the taifas of Murcia and Almeria, taking Almeria in 1014 and making it an independent emirate until his death in 1028.
Khaz'al ibn Jabir
Khaz'al ibn Jabir (خزعل بن جابر) was the chieftain of the Banu Ka'b who ruled Mohammerah and Khuzestan from 1897 until Reza Khan captured him in 1925.
Khazain al-Futuh
Khazain al-Futuh (خزائن الفتوح), also known as Tarikh-i Alai, is a Persian prose history by the poet Amir Khusrau covering the reign and conquests of Sultan Alauddin Khalji of Delhi.
Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Khazanah Nasional Berhad is the sovereign investment holding company of the Government of Malaysia, incorporated in 1993 and holding net assets of RM105 billion at the end of 2025.
Khazar conquest of Great Bulgaria
The Khazar conquest of Great Bulgaria was the defeat and breakup of Khan Kubrat's steppe state after his death, around the late 600s, dispersing the Bulgar tribes.
Khazar conversion to Judaism
The Khazar conversion to Judaism was the adoption of Rabbinite Judaism by the ruling elite of the Khazar Khaganate, a Turkic steppe state, most likely in the 9th century.