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Murad Bey (مراد بك)

Murad Bey (مراد بك) was a Mamluk commander and a de facto ruler of Ottoman Egypt, sharing power with Ibrahim Bey until the French invasion in 1798.

Murad I (مراد, 1326–1389), third Ottoman ruler and first to use the title sultan, reigned 1362–1389, took Edirne as capital, won the Maritsa (1371) and Kosovo (1389), founded Janissary and devşirme institutions, and died assassinated at Kosovo.

Murad II

Murad II, also known as Murat II, was an Ottoman sultan who reigned in 1421 to 1444 and 1446 to 1451, son and successor of Mehmed I.

Murad III

Murad III (III. Murad, 1546–1595), Ottoman sultan 1574–1595, son of Selim II; fought Safavid Persia (1578–1590) and the Long War, patronized the book arts, and faced court factionalism.

Murad IV (مراد رابع)

Murad IV (مراد رابع), Ottoman sultan 1623–1640, son of Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan. Child ruler who took personal power in 1632, crushed rebellion, banned coffee, tobacco, and alcohol after the 1633 Cibali fire, and recovered Baghdad from the Safavids in 1638.

Murad Khetani

Murad Khetani, born 1973, is an Indian film producer and founder of Cine1 Studios, known for Hindi blockbusters Kabir Singh, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, and Animal, and for his Tamil debut Baththa (2026) with Atlee.

Murad Umakhanov

Murad Umakhanov (Мурад Мустафаевич Умаханов), Russian freestyle wrestler born 1977 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan; won 63 kg gold at Sydney 2000, beating Serafim Barzakov 3-2, and placed 10th at Athens 2004.

Murad V (مراد خامس)

Murad V (مراد خامس), Ottoman sultan reigning 30 May to 31 August 1876, placed on the throne by the Midhat Pasha coup against Abdülaziz, deposed after 93 days for mental instability, succeeded by Abdülhamid II, and kept at Çırağan Palace until his death in 1904.

Muradid dynasty

The Muradid dynasty (المراديّون) was a family of beys of Corsican and Genoese renegade origin that held power in Ottoman Tunis through most of the seventeenth century, until 1702.

Muraena helena

Muraena helena, the Mediterranean moray (Murène commune), is a moray eel of the Muraenidae from the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, a nocturnal rocky-reef predator of cephalopods and fish, reaching about 150 cm and 38 years.

Muraenidae

Muraenidae, the moray eels, is a family of Anguilliformes eels with about 200-227 species in 15-16 genera, two subfamilies (Muraeninae, Uropterygiinae), tropical reef predators with raptorial pharyngeal jaws.

Muragaki Norimasa

Muragaki Norimasa (村垣範正) was a late-Edo-period hatamoto and foreign-affairs commissioner of the Tokugawa shogunate who served as vice-ambassador of the 1860 Man'en mission to the United States.

Muraglitazar

Muraglitazar (BMS-298585, Pargluva) was a dual PPARα/γ agonist for type 2 diabetes developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck; FDA approval was declined in 2005 after a meta-analysis showed excess death and cardiovascular events.

Murai reaction

The Murai reaction, reported by Shinji Murai at Osaka University in 1993, is a ruthenium-catalyzed ortho-alkylation of aromatic ketones with olefins, the first efficient catalytic C–H activation with C–C bond formation.

Muraka

Muraka (Muraka Looduskaitseala) is a 13,980-hectare bog, fen, and old-growth forest nature reserve in northeastern Estonia, a 1997 Ramsar site, Natura 2000 area, and part of Alutaguse National Park.

Murakami Takeyoshi

Murakami Takeyoshi (村上武吉, c. 1533 – 1604) was head of the Noshima Murakami, sea lords controlling shipping in the Seto Inland Sea who served the Mōri clan.

Mural

A mural is a painting made directly on a wall, ceiling, or other permanent architectural surface, also called wall painting. Distinguished from easel painting by immobility; principal techniques are fresco (buon, mezzo, secco), tempera, and modern acrylics.

Mural cell

A mural cell is a contractile cell that wraps the outside of blood vessels, a collective term covering vascular smooth muscle cells on larger vessels and pericytes on microvessels.

Mural Paintings of Muryangsujeon, Buseoksa

The Mural Paintings of Muryangsujeon, Buseoksa are six late Goryeo Buddhist murals from Josadang shrine at Buseoksa temple in Yeongju, South Korea, designated National Treasure No. 46.

Mural Paintings of the Anak Tomb No. 3

The Mural Paintings of the Anak Tomb No. 3 are Goguryeo tomb murals in North Korea, dated by inscription to 357 and renowned for portraits and a procession of over 250 figures.

Mural Paintings of the Deokheung-ri Tomb

The Mural Paintings of the Deokheung-ri Tomb (德興里壁畵古墳) are the wall paintings of a Goguryeo tomb built in 408 CE at Deokheung-ri near Nampo, in present-day North Korea.

Mural Paintings of the Gangseo Great Tomb

The mural paintings of the Gangseo Great Tomb (강서대묘) are late 6th to early 7th-century Goguryeo tomb murals in Nampo, North Korea, widely regarded as the peak of Goguryeo tomb painting.

Mural Paintings of the Muyongchong (Dancing Figures Tomb)

The Mural Paintings of the Muyongchong (무용총, Tomb of the Dancers) are 5th-century Goguryeo tomb murals in Ji'an, China, best known for a dancing scene of fourteen figures.

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Muralee Murugesu

Muralee Murugesu is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian materials chemist and professor at the University of Ottawa, known for lanthanide single-molecule magnets for high-density data storage.

Murali (Tamil actor)

Murali (முரளி, 1964–2010), Tamil film actor, son of Kannada director Siddalingaiah and father of Atharvaa Murali; Tamil debut Poovilangu (1984), hits Idhayam and Pudhu Vasantham, Tamil Nadu best actor award for Kadal Pookkal (2001). Distinct from the Malayalam actor Murali.