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Minamoto no Tameyoshi

Minamoto no Tameyoshi (源為義, 1096–1156) was a late Heian military commander and head of the Kawachi Genji Minamoto clan, executed after the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156.

Minamoto no Tōru

Minamoto no Tōru (源融) was a Heian-period Japanese court noble and poet, a son of Emperor Saga who served as Minister of the Left from 872 to 895.

Minamoto no Toshiyori

Minamoto no Toshiyori (源俊頼, 1055–1129) was a Japanese poet of the late Heian period who compiled the fifth imperial waka anthology, the Kinyō Wakashū, and wrote the poetics treatise Toshiyori Zuinō.

Minamoto no Tsunemoto

Minamoto no Tsunemoto (源経基) was a mid-Heian period Japanese warrior and courtier, ancestor of the Seiwa Genji line that later produced the shoguns Yoritomo and Yoshitsune.

Minamoto no Yoriie

Minamoto no Yoriie (源頼家, 1182–1204) was the second shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, eldest son of Minamoto no Yoritomo, deposed in 1203 and killed in Izu the next year.

Minamoto no Yorimasa

Minamoto no Yorimasa (源頼政) was a Japanese warrior, court noble, and waka poet of the late Heian period who rebelled against the Taira in 1180 and died at the Battle of Uji.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光), also read Minamoto no Raikō, was a mid-Heian warrior, eldest son of Minamoto no Mitsunaka, who served Fujiwara no Michinaga and in legend slew the demon Shuten-dōji.

Minamoto no Yorinobu

Minamoto no Yorinobu (源頼信, 968–1048) was a Japanese warrior aristocrat who suppressed the Taira no Tadatsune rebellion without a battle and founded the Kawachi Genji line of the Minamoto clan.

Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝, 1147–1199), warrior leader who raised an army in Izu in 1180, founded Japan's first warrior government at Kamakura, defeated the Taira in 1185, and became the first shogun in 1192.

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (源頼義) was a mid-Heian warrior and head of the Kawachi Minamoto who led imperial forces against the Abe clan in the Former Nine Years' War of 1051 to 1062.

Minamoto no Yoshihira

Minamoto no Yoshihira (源義平), nicknamed Kamakura Akugenta, was a late Heian warrior, eldest son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, executed in 1160 after the Heiji Rebellion.

Minamoto no Yoshiie

Minamoto no Yoshiie (源義家, 1039–1106) was a Japanese military commander of the late Heian period who fought in the Former Nine Years' War and won the Later Three Years' War.

Minamoto no Yoshinaka

Minamoto no Yoshinaka, also known as Kiso Yoshinaka (1154–1184), was a late-Heian warrior of the Seiwa Genji who defeated the Taira at Kurikara and entered Kyoto in 1183.

Minamoto no Yoshitomo

Minamoto no Yoshitomo (源義朝, 1123–1160) was a late Heian military commander, eldest son of Minamoto no Tameyoshi, who fought in the Hōgen and Heiji disturbances.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経, 1159–1189), Genpei War commander who destroyed the Taira at Dan-no-ura and was hunted down by his brother Yoritomo; central figure of the Gikeiki legend cycle with Benkei, Noh and kabuki plays, and Edo survival myths.

Minamoto no Yukiie

Minamoto no Yukiie, also known as Shingū Jirō, was a late Heian Minamoto warrior, uncle of Yoritomo, who carried Prince Mochihito's 1180 call to arms and was executed in 1186.

Oct 20, 2026

Minang Fantasy Water Park & Resort

Minang Fantasy (Mifan) Water Park & Resort, Padang Panjang, West Sumatra: a 9.8-hectare water park and Rumah Gadang resort opened in 2008, run by PT Niagara Fantasy Island, with wave pool, lazy river, and dry park rides.

Minangkabau Kingdom

The Minangkabau Kingdom (Kerajaan Minangkabau), also known as the Pagaruyung Kingdom, was a polity in West Sumatra founded by Prince Adityawarman in the 14th century and centered at Pagarruyung.

Minangkabau literature

Minangkabau literature (sastra Minangkabau) is the oral and written literature of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, including the kaba narrative genre and major contributions to modern Indonesian novels.

Minangkabau people

Minangkabau: Muslim people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, about three million strong and the world's largest matrilineal society; women inherit houses and rice fields, men migrate (merantau), and adat coexists with Islam amid persistent gender asymmetries.

Oct 21, 2026

Minaprine

Minaprine (Cantor) was an aminopyridazine antidepressant acting on serotonergic and dopaminergic transmission, launched 1972 and withdrawn from the French market in 1995 after poison-center data linked its 100 mg tablets to seizures in overdose.

Sep 19, 2026

Minar Rahman

Minar Rahman (মিনার রহমান), known as Minar, is a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and cartoonist whose 2008 debut album Danpitey and hit 'Shada' began a career that produced 'Jhoom', the most viewed Bangla song of 2016.

Minar-e-Pakistan (مینارِ پاکستان)

Minar-e-Pakistan (مینارِ پاکستان), Tower of Pakistan, is a Lahore monument in Greater Iqbal Park commemorating the 1940 Lahore Resolution; designed by Nasreddin Murat-Khan, built 1960–1968, a major political rally site.

Minardi

Minardi, also known as the Minardi F1 Team, was an independent Italian Formula One constructor based in Faenza that raced from 1985 to 2005, never winning a race.

Minaret

A minaret (Arabic manāra, منارة) is a tower, usually attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin summons Muslims to prayer five times a day.

Oct 21, 2026

Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam

Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam: 65 m 12th-century Ghurid brick minaret in Ghor Province, Afghanistan, probably at Firuzkuh; UNESCO World Heritage site and danger list entry since 2002, threatened by river flooding and erosion.