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Mahira Khan
Mahira Khan (ماہرہ خان), Pakistani actress born 1984 in Karachi, rose from MTV Pakistan VJ to fame in Humsafar (2011) and Bol, debuted in Bollywood with Raees (2017) opposite Shah Rukh Khan, and won multiple Lux Style Awards.
Mahira Sharma
Mahira Sharma is an Indian actress and model from Jammu, born in 1997, known for Hindi serials like Naagin 3, Bigg Boss 13, and Jass Manak's 'Lehanga' video.
Mahisa Campaka
Mahisa Campaka was a 13th-century Javanese prince who co-ruled the Tumapel kingdom, later Singhasari, in East Java with his cousin Ranggawuni; his grandson Raden Wijaya founded the Majapahit kingdom.
Mahishasura (महिषासुर)
Mahishasura (महिषासुर), the buffalo demon of Hindu mythology, won a boon from Brahma, seized Indra's heaven, and was slain by Durga, Mahishasuramardini, in the Devi Mahatmya; his legend shapes Mysuru Dasara and Navratri.
Mahishasuramardini Cave
The Mahishasuramardini Cave, also called the Mahishasuramardini Mandapa, is a 7th-century Pallava rock-cut cave temple at Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, known for its relief of Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura.
Mahishasuramardini of Mamallapuram
The Mahishasuramardini of Mamallapuram is a large seventh-century granite bas-relief on a rock-cut cave temple at Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, showing Durga on her lion fighting the buffalo demon Mahishasura.
Mahishmati (माहिष्मती)
Mahishmati (माहिष्मती, Mahissati), ancient Narmada-valley city, Haihaya capital and Avanti seat, usually identified with Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh; alternatives Mandhata and Mandla; excavated by Sankalia.
Mahito Kohmoto
Mahito Kohmoto is a Japanese condensed matter physicist at the Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, co-author of the 1982 TKNN paper explaining quantized Hall conductance topologically.
Mahiya Mahi (মাহিয়া মাহি)
Mahiya Mahi (মাহিয়া মাহি), Bangladeshi film actress born 1990, debuted in Bhalobasar Rong (2012), starred in Agnee and Dhaka Attack, won the BACHSAS Best Actress award for Desha: The Leader, and announced a 2025 return with Ontorjami.
Mahjar literature
Mahjar literature (الأدب المهجري) is Arabic literature written by emigrants, chiefly from Syria and Lebanon, who settled in the Americas from the late 19th century onward.
Mahjar school
The Mahjar school (مدرسة المهجر) was a literary movement of Arab emigrant writers, mostly from Syria and Lebanon, who wrote in Arabic from the Americas.
Mahjong (麻将)
Mahjong (麻将, majiang) is a four-player Chinese tile game of draw, discard, and hand completion, played in over 40 variants (riichi, MCR, American) with 136–152 tiles, about 600 million players, and standardized mind-sport competition.
Mahjong (麻将) (1996 film)
Mahjong (麻將, Majiang) is a 1996 Taiwanese black comedy directed by Edward Yang, the second film of his New Taipei Trilogy, starring Virginie Ledoyen, Chang Chen, and Tang Tsung-sheng in a Taipei con-artist tragicomedy.
Mahjong solitaire
Mahjong solitaire, also called Shanghai or Taipei, is a single-player 1981 Brodie Lockard PLATO puzzle clearing 144 stacked mahjong tiles by matching free pairs; NP-complete, not always solvable.
Mahjong tiles
Mahjong tiles, called 麻雀牌 maque pai in Chinese, are the gaming pieces for the four-player game of mahjong. A standard competition set contains 144 tiles: dots, bamboo, characters, winds, dragons, and bonus flowers and seasons.
Mahlagha Jaberi (مهلقا جابری)
Mahlagha Jaberi (مهلقا جابری), full name Mahlagha Jaberi Dashtestani, is an Iranian model and influencer born 1989 in Isfahan, based in the US since 2009, known for brand campaigns and her 2023 Cannes noose protest dress.
Mahlathini
Mahlathini, born Simon Nkabinde in 1938, was a South African mbaqanga vocalist whose groaning ultra-bass voice defined the township style as leader of Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens.
MAHLE
MAHLE is a German automotive supplier headquartered in Stuttgart, founded in 1920 as a piston workshop; about one in two vehicles worldwide contains its components.
Mahler
Mahler (1974) is Ken Russell's British biopic of composer Gustav Mahler, starring Robert Powell and Georgina Hale, structured as a rondo around a train journey; it won the 1974 Cannes Technical Grand Prize.
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is a self-governing European chamber orchestra founded in 1997 by former Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra players, touring without a home base.
Mahler Symphony No. 8 discography
Mahler Symphony No. 8 discography: recorded performances of the "Symphony of a Thousand," from Stokowski's 1950 Carnegie Hall recording and Abravanel's 1963 first stereo set through Solti, Bernstein, Dudamel's Grammy-winning 2019 album, and new Mäkelä and Bychkov releases.
Mahlo cardinal
A Mahlo cardinal, also called a strongly Mahlo cardinal, is a large cardinal that is inaccessible and a stationary limit of regular cardinals, introduced by Paul Mahlo in 1911.
Mahlon DeLong
Mahlon Robert DeLong (1938–2024) was an American neurologist at Emory whose basal ganglia research led to deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease, earning the 2014 Lasker Award.
Mahlon Hoagland
Mahlon Hoagland (1921–2009) was an American biochemist who co-discovered amino acid activation and transfer RNA with Paul Zamecnik, and led the Worcester Foundation from 1970 to 1985.
Mahlon Pitney
Mahlon Pitney (1858–1924) was a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice (1912–1922), Taft appointee from New Jersey, formerly congressman, New Jersey chancellor, and author of Coppage v. Kansas and INS v. AP.
Mahmal
The Mahmal (المحمل) was an empty ceremonial palanquin carried on a camel at the head of the annual pilgrim caravan sent from Cairo to Mecca to represent the ruler's authority.
Mahmood (singer)
Mahmood (Alessandro Mahmoud, born 1992) is an Italian singer-songwriter of Sardinian and Egyptian descent, twice Sanremo winner (Soldi 2019; Brividi with Blanco 2022), Eurovision runner-up 2019, with albums Gioventù bruciata, Ghettolimpo, Nei letti degli altri.
Mahmood Ali (Indian politician)
Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (BRS) politician, founder member from 2001, Legislative Council member from 2010, Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana from 2 June 2014 holding revenue portfolios, and Home Minister sworn in 13 December 2018 as KCR's only oath-taking minister; distinct from Shabana Mahmood and Mazher Mahmood.
Mahmood Madani (محمود اسعد مدنی)
Mahmood Madani (محمود اسعد مدنی), born 1964 in Delhi, is an Indian Islamic scholar and president of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind since 2021, former Rajya Sabha MP (2006-2012), grandson of Husain Ahmad Madani, and anti-terrorism and interfaith campaigner.
Mahmood Mamdani
Mahmood Mamdani, Ugandan-born scholar and Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia, author of Citizen and Subject (1996) and Define and Rule (2012); theorist of the bifurcated colonial state, indirect rule, and decentralized despotism; father of NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani.