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Khoisan oral narrative
Khoisan oral narrative is the spoken tradition of stories, myths, and songs of the Khoi and San peoples of southern Africa, recorded in the Bleek and Lloyd archive.
Khoj - Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar
Khoj - Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar (खोज: परछाइयों के उस पार) is a 2024 ZEE5 Hindi psychological thriller, 7 episodes, directed by Prabal Baruah, starring Sharib Hashmi and Anupriya Goenka; a remake of the 1989 film Khoj.
Khoja (خواجہ)
Khoja (خواجہ), from Persian khwajah, denotes South Asian Muslim trading-caste communities from Sindh and Gujarat, historically Satpanthi and now divided into Ismaili, Twelver, and Sunni Khoja groups after the 1866 Aga Khan Case.
Khoja community
The Khoja community is a Muslim mercantile caste of western India, formed when Isma'ili pirs converted trading castes in Sindh, Kutch, and Kathiawar from the fourteenth century.
Khojaly massacre
Khojaly massacre (Xocalı): killing of Azerbaijani civilians during the Armenian seizure of Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh, 25–26 February 1992; disputed tolls of 613 versus 11 dead; commemorated 26 February.
Khojas
The Khojas (کھوجا) are a Muslim trading caste of western India, descended from Hindu Lohana and Bhatia merchants converted to Nizari Ismaili Islam, later split into Ismaili, Twelver, and Sunni branches.
Khojas of Kashgar
The Khojas of Kashgar, also called the Makhdūmzāda, were a Sufi lineage of the Naqshbandi order that ruled the Tarim Basin until the Qing conquest of 1759.
Khokhlach
Khokhlach (Хохлач), a Sarmatian kurgan near Novocherkassk, Russia, excavated in 1864 during waterworks; its gold hoard, the Novocherkassk Treasure with the famous diadem, is in the Hermitage.
Khokhloma
Khokhloma (Хохлома) is a Russian folk craft of painting and lacquering wooden tableware in red, black, and gold, arising in the second half of the 17th century near Nizhny Novgorod.
Khokhrakot Mound
Khokhrakot (खोखराकोट), ancient Rohitaka, is a centrally protected archaeological mound on Rohtak's northern edge, Haryana: Yaudheya Republic capital and mint, Painted Grey Ware to Gupta occupation, coin moulds, Kushana pillar capital.
Kholmogory-Klin Oil Pipeline
The Kholmogory-Klin oil pipeline (Нефтепровод Холмогоры - Клин) is a Transneft-owned trunk pipeline, built in the 1980s, carrying West Siberian crude 2,456 km to Klin near Moscow.
Khomas
Khomas is one of Namibia's fourteen administrative regions, in the country's center. It contains Windhoek, the national capital, and borders Erongo, Otjozondjupa, Omaheke, and Hardap.
Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev
Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev (پیام به آقای میخائیل گورباچف) was a January 1989 message from Iran's Supreme Leader urging the Soviet leader to abandon communism, study Islam, and send scholars to Qom; delivered by Javadi-Amoli, answered via Shevardnadze.
Khomeynī Shahr
Khomeynī Shahr (خمینیشهر), formerly Sedeh and Homayunshahr, is a city of about 247,000 people (2016) in Isfahan Province, Iran, northwest of Isfahan; capital of Khomeyni Shahr County and a satellite of the Isfahan metropolitan area.
Khomina
Khomina, also known as Khomina Mogila, is a large Scythian burial mound, or kurgan, on the lower Dnieper in Ukraine, a noble burial of the late 4th century BC.
Khoms-Tripoli Gas Pipeline
The Khoms-Tripoli Gas Pipeline is a 34-inch natural gas pipeline in western Libya owned by the National Oil Corporation and operated by Sirte Oil Company.
Khomyn Tal Biosphere Reserve
Khomyn Tal Biosphere Reserve, western Mongolia's Great Lakes Basin, designated by UNESCO in September 2025; 618,379 ha of desert steppe, dunes and lakes, home to reintroduced Przewalski's horses, saiga, and snow leopard, Mongolia's 12th biosphere reserve.
Khon Kaen Zoo
Khon Kaen Zoo (สวนสัตว์ขอนแก่น), also called Khao Suan Kwang Zoo, is a Zoological Park Organization zoo in Khao Suan Kwang district, Khon Kaen, Thailand, opened 2010 and renamed 2013, known for deer herds, a skywalk, and a water park.
KHON-TV
KHON-TV, also known as KHON2 or KHON-DT, is a Fox and CW-affiliated television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, that signed on in 1952 as KONA and is owned by Nexstar.
Khongirad Fief of Jining
The Khongirad Fief of Jining (济宁王) was a Yuan dynasty princely appanage created in 1295 for the Khongirad consort house, with seats at Yingchang and Quanning.
Khonsu
Khonsu (also Khons, Chons) is the ancient Egyptian moon god, 'the traveller', son of Amun and Mut of the Theban Triad, lord of time, healer, and owner of the Ramesses III temple at Karnak.
Khonsuemheb and the Ghost
Khonsuemheb and the Ghost is an Egyptian ghost story of the New Kingdom, in which a high priest of Amun meets a spirit whose tomb has fallen into ruin.
Khoo family
The Khoo family are the heirs of Khoo Teck Puat, the Malaysian-born banker who founded Maybank in 1960 and died in 2004 as Standard Chartered's largest shareholder.
Khoobsurat (खूबसूरत) (2014 film)
Khoobsurat (खूबसूरत) is a 2014 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Shashanka Ghosh, an official remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 1980 film, starring Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan.
Khoon Bhari Maang (खून भरी मांग)
Khoon Bhari Maang (खून भरी मांग) is a 1988 Hindi action thriller directed by Rakesh Roshan, an unofficial remake of the Australian mini-series Return to Eden, starring Rekha as a disfigured widow who returns transformed for revenge; it won three 1989 Filmfare Awards.
Khoon Pasina (खून पसीना)
Khoon Pasina (खून पसीना), aka Blood Sweat, is a 1977 Hindi action drama directed by Rakesh Kumar, starring Amitabh Bachchan as Shiva/Tiger, Vinod Khanna as Shera, and Rekha, with music by Kalyanji-Anandji.
Khopesh
The khopesh, also known by the Egyptian term khepesh, is a Bronze Age sickle-shaped sword of ancient Egypt, around 60 cm long and typically cast in bronze, most famously associated with pharaohs like Ramesses II.
Khopyor
Khopyor (Хопёр) is a 979 km Russian river, the Don's largest left tributary, flowing through Penza, Saratov, Voronezh, and Volgograd oblasts; snow-fed, unregulated, with the Khopyorsky Nature Reserve on its floodplain.
Khor
Khor, also rendered Kharu or Khurru, is the name Egyptian scribes of the New Kingdom used for the Syria-Palestine region, alongside the terms Retjenu and Djahy.
Khor Abu Habil Inner Delta
Khor Abu Habil Inner Delta: Sudanese inland wetland (Ramsar Site no. 2485, 946,409 ha, designated 10 April 2022) 400 km southwest of Khartoum, formed by a seasonal river from the Nuba Mountains, with mayas pools and migratory waterbirds.