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Mazrui rebellion
The Mazrui rebellion was the nearly century-long defiance of Omani Busaidi rule by the Mazrui governors of Mombasa, from 1741 until the sultan of Zanzibar removed the family in 1837.
Mazrui seizure of Mombasa
The Mazrui seizure of Mombasa was the 1741 break of Mombasa's Mazrui governors from Omani control, after which their dynasty ruled until Said of Zanzibar suppressed it in 1837.
Mazu Daoyi
Mazu Daoyi (马祖道一, 709–788) was a Tang dynasty Chan Buddhist master and dharma heir of Nanyue Huairang who founded the Hongzhou school in Jiangxi, teaching that mind itself is Buddha.
Mazurka
The mazurka, or mazouk, is a Polish folk dance and musical form in triple meter, originating in Mazovia near Warsaw, best known through Frédéric Chopin's 58 piano mazurkas.
Mazyadids
The Mazyadids (Banu Mazyad) were an Arab dynasty that ruled central Iraq between Hit and Kufa from the tenth century, with their capital at Hilla.
Mazyar
Mazyar (مازیار) was the Karinid ruler of Tabaristan on the Caspian's southern shore, who governed under the Abbasids and rebelled against Caliph al-Mu'tasim in 838–839.
Mazyar Fallahi
Mazyar Fallahi (مازیار فلاحی) is an Iranian pop singer, songwriter, and film score composer born in Tehran, nicknamed "Aghaye Ehsas" (Mr. Feeling) for his melancholic romantic ballads.
Mazyar's revolt
Mazyar's revolt (ثورة مازيار) was the rebellion of Mazyar b. Karin, the Qarinid ruler of Tabaristan, against the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim, breaking out in 838–839.
Mazz
Mazz, also known as Grupo Mazz, is an American Tejano band formed in Brownsville, Texas, in 1978 by Joe López and Jimmy González, known for synthesizer-driven Tejano cumbias and polkas.
Mazzika TV
Mazzika TV, also known as Mazzika (مزيكا), is an Egyptian music television channel that has broadcast Arabic pop video clips and concerts since 2003, owned by Alam El Phan.
Mazzy Star
Mazzy Star: American dream pop/alternative rock duo of David Roback and Hope Sandoval, formed from Opal in Santa Monica. Known for She Hangs Brightly (1990), So Tonight That I Might See (1993), and the hit Fade Into You.
MB Holding
MB Holding, formally Mohammed Al Barwani LLC, is an Omani family-owned multinational founded in 1982, active in oil and gas, drilling, and mining across more than 20 countries.
MB-pol water model
MB-pol is a data-driven many-body potential energy function for water, fitted entirely to high-level CCSD(T) ab initio data with no empirical parameters by Francesco Paesani's group at UC San Diego.
Mbabane
Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini in the Hhohho region at 1,243 m in the Mdzimba Mountains; named for Chief Mbabane Kunene, made colonial capital in 1902, city status 1992, population roughly 62,000 to 95,000.
Mbabaram language
Mbabaram (Barbaram) is an extinct Pama-Nyungan Aboriginal language of north Queensland, documented mainly by R. M. W. Dixon with speaker Albert Bennett; famous for its word for dog being dog by coincidence.
Mbacké
Mbacké (Mbacké Department) is Senegal's most populous department (1,359,756, 2023 census), in Diourbel region, containing Touba; founded around 1772, birthplace of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba.
Mbalax fusion
Mbalax fusion is the Senegalese popular music, centered in Dakar, that blends mbalax's sabar-driven core with hip-hop production and, on its melodic side, keyboard-based electronic arrangements.
Mbamba
Mbamba, also spelled Bamba, was a province of the Kingdom of Kongo in West Central Africa, one of six recorded in the late sixteenth century.
Mbandaka
Mbandaka (formerly Coquilhatville, Équateurville) is the capital of Équateur Province, DR Congo, a river port at the Congo–Ruki confluence near the equator; founded 1883 by Stanley, renamed 1966, population roughly 475,000–557,000 in 2026.
Mbandzeni
Mbandzeni, also known as Dlamini IV, was king of the Swazi from 1874 or 1875 until his death in 1889, during whose reign much Swazi land was granted away.
Mbang Mountains
Mbang Mountains (Mbang Hills), a highland range in Cameroon near the Central African Republic border, anchoring the country's northeast-to-southwest highland chain; reported summits of 1,641 m, 1,923 m, or 1,627 m depending on source.
Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo
Mbanza Kongo (São Salvador), Angola, former political and spiritual capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, 14th–19th centuries; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2017, criteria (iii) and (iv), 89.29 ha, with 16th-century Kulumbimbi cathedral vestiges.
Mbarara
Mbarara is a city in Uganda's Western Region, the main town of the former Ankole kingdom, founded as a colonial civil station in 1898, a township in 1957, municipality in 1974, and city in 2020.
Mbarek Bekkay
Mbarek Bekkay, also recorded as Embarek Bekkai, was a Moroccan army officer who served as the first prime minister of independent Morocco from 1955 to 1958.
Mbari
Mbari is a votive art form of the Owerri Igbo of Nigeria: a mud sculpture house built as an offering to a deity, then left to decay.
Mbari Club
The Mbari Club was a writers' and artists' club founded in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1961 that published early work by leading African writers and hosted exhibitions.
Mbatian
Mbatian, also rendered Mbatiany, was a Maasai laibon and prophet of the Purko-Kisongo Maasai, who led from 1866 to 1890 and foretold the coming of colonizers.
Mbaye Ndiaye (basketball)
Mbaye Ndiaye, Senegalese basketball forward born 1999, 204 cm; played Bourg-en-Bresse, Blois, ASVEL, and Olympiacos in the EuroLeague; distinct from the Eastern Michigan guard Mbaye N'Diaye and from footballers of the same name.
MBB Bo 105
The MBB Bo 105 is a German light twin-engine utility helicopter, first flown in 1967 and the first in series production with a rigid hingeless rotor.
MBC 2 (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel)
MBC 2 (إم بي سي 2) is MBC Group's free-to-air Saudi movie channel, launched 2002, airing from Bahrain on 12 January 2003 and repositioned in 2005 as MENA's first 24-hour FTA film channel.