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Khubsoorat (खूबसूरत)
Khubsoorat (खूबसूरत), also spelled Khoobsurat, is a 1980 Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hindi comedy-drama starring Rekha, Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Roshan, and Dina Pathak; it won Filmfare Best Film and Best Actress and was remade in 2014 with Sonam Kapoor.
Khuc Thua Du
Khuc Thua Du (Khúc Thừa Dụ) was a Vietnamese notable who made himself jiedushi, or military governor, of Tinh Hai quan in northern Vietnam, recognized by the Tang court in 906.
Khuda Aur Muhabbat (خدا اور محبت)
Khuda Aur Muhabbat (خدا اور محبت, God and Love) is a Pakistani spiritual-romantic Geo TV drama series based on Hashim Nadeem's novel, airing 2011–2021 in three seasons.
Khuda Gawah (ख़ुदा गवाह)
Khuda Gawah (ख़ुदा गवाह) is a 1992 Hindi epic action film directed by Mukul S. Anand, starring Amitabh Bachchan and a double-role Sridevi; third-highest grosser of 1992, shot partly in Afghanistan, and distinct from the 2026 Pakistani TV serial of the same name.
Khuda Haafiz
Khuda Haafiz (ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़) is a 2020 Hindi action thriller by Faruk Kabir, starring Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleeka Oberoi, inspired by a 2008 UAE trafficking case, released on Disney+ Hotstar, with a 2022 sequel Agni Pariksha.
Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha (ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़: चैप्टर 2 – अग्नि परीक्षा)
Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha (ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़: चैप्टर 2 – अग्नि परीक्षा), also called Khuda Haafiz 2, is a 2022 Hindi action thriller by Faruk Kabir, sequel to Khuda Haafiz (2020), starring Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleeka Oberoi; released theatrically 8 July 2022.
Khuda Kay Liye (خدا کے لیے)
Khuda Kay Liye (خدا کے لیے, In the Name of God) is Shoaib Mansoor's 2007 Pakistani Urdu drama debut about two musician brothers and their cousin after 9/11; the first Pakistani film released in Indian theaters in over four decades.
Khuda Ki Basti
Khuda Ki Basti (خدا کی بستی, "God's Own Land") is a classic 1958 Urdu novel by Pakistani writer Shaukat Siddiqui, set in the slums of Karachi after partition.
Khudadad Khan
Khudadad Khan (میر خداداد خان) was Khan of Kalat, the Brahui-ruled khanate in Baluchistan, from 1857 to 1863 and again from 1864 until his forced abdication in 1893.
Khuday-nama
The Khuday-nama (خداینامه) was a Middle Persian book of Sasanian-era national history of Iran, covering creation to Yazdegerd III; the original is lost, and Ferdowsi's Shahnama is its chief literary heir.
Khudayar Khan
Khudayar Khan, also Sayyid Muhammad Khudayar Khan, was khan of the Kokand Khanate from 1845 to 1875 and made it a Russian vassal in 1868.
Khudgarz
Khudgarz (खुदगर्ज़) is a 1987 Hindi family drama, Rakesh Roshan's debut as producer-director, starring Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Govinda, and Neelam, with music by Rajesh Roshan; a box-office hit loosely tied to Kane and Abel.
Khuenre
Khuenre, also printed Khuenra, was an Egyptian prince of the Fourth Dynasty, the eldest son of King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II, buried at Giza.
Khuff Gas Field
The Khuff Gas Field is a deep non-associated gas reservoir in the Permian Khuff Formation beneath Bahrain's Awali oil field, first discovered in 1948 at Awali-52.
Khufiya
Khufiya is a 2023 Hindi spy thriller directed by Vishal Bhardwaj for Netflix, starring Tabu as R&AW operative Krishna Mehra hunting a mole, based on Amar Bhushan's novel Escape to Nowhere and the Rabinder Singh case.
Khufu
Khufu (Cheops), Fourth Dynasty pharaoh reigning about 2509–2483 BC, builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza; muon scans found a 30 m void and a hidden corridor, and his Wadi el-Jarf papyri record its construction.
Khufu ship
The Khufu ship, also called the Cheops ship, is one of two ancient Egyptian cedar boats buried in pits beside the Great Pyramid at Giza, discovered in 1954 and now displayed in the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Khufu Statuette
The Khufu Statuette is a small ivory figure of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid, the only surviving three-dimensional image of him bearing his name.
Khufu's Wisdom
Khufu's Wisdom (Hikmat Khufu, حكمة خوفو) is the first novel by Egypt's Naguib Mahfouz, published in 1939 and set at the court of pharaoh Khufu.
Khufukhaf I
Khufukhaf I, also written Khafkhufu, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a son of King Khufu who served as vizier and was buried at Giza.
Khufukhaf II
Khufukhaf II, also written Khafkhufu II, was an Old Kingdom Egyptian official buried in mastaba G 7150 in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza, near Khufukhaf I.
Khui (pharaoh)
Khui was a pharaoh of Egypt at the end of the Old Kingdom, around 2160 BC, known almost solely from one inscribed block and a large mudbrick monument at Dara, Middle Egypt.
Khuit I
Khuit I was a queen consort of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, whose precise standing among the late Fifth Dynasty royal women is still debated by scholars.
Khuit II
Khuit II was a queen consort of Teti, first king of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, known from her small pyramid at Saqqara, which Zahi Hawass's excavations showed she was Teti's primary wife.
Khujand (Хуҷанд)
Khujand (Хуҷанд, formerly Leninabad) is Tajikistan's second largest city, on the Syr Darya near the Fergana valley; ancient Alexandria Eschate, administrative center of Sughd, and a Silk Road trade hub.
Khukhundu and Sajhwar Mound
Khukhundu and Sajhwar Mound is a centrally protected Ancient Site in Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, also called Kakandi, a Jain Teerth Kshetra; protected by the ASI Sarnath Circle since 1928, covering 115.394 acres in Khukhunda and 4.429 acres in Sajhwar.
Khukhundu Mound
Khukhundu Mound: ASI-protected archaeological mound at Khukhundu village, Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, identified with the ancient Jain tirth Kakandi, birthplace of Tirthankara Pushpdanta, with about 30 hillocks of ruins.
Khul'
Khul' (خلع, khula) is an Islamic divorce in which a wife separates from her husband by paying compensation, based on Quran 2:229 and the case of Thabit ibn Qays's wife; schools differ on classification and consent.
Khuld-i Barin
Khuld-i Barin, the universal history completed in 1667–68 by Valeh-e Isfahani, is considered the leading general history of the Safavid period, covering its rise and fall.
Khulna (খুলনা)
Khulna (খুলনা) is a city corporation and divisional headquarters in southwestern Bangladesh on the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers. Municipality since 1884; climate-vulnerable delta city facing salinity, slums, and post-industrial decline.