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Nasimshahr
Nasimshahr, also known as Akbarabad and formerly Mohajershahr until 1999, is a fast-growing city in Tehran province, Iran, home to the Tehran province freight terminal.
Nasinu
Nasinu is a town in Naitasiri Province, Fiji, on the Suva–Nausori corridor; incorporated in 2000, it has Fiji's largest municipal area (78.3 km²), is the second-most populous municipality, and targets city status by 2030.
Nasiphi Moya
Nasiphi Moya (Hazel Nasiphi Moya), South African ActionSA politician and Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane since 9 October 2024, elected after Cilliers Brink's removal; former deputy mayor, DA staffer, UCT-trained political scientist with a UWC PhD.
Nasir (album)
NASIR is Nas's eleventh studio album, released June 15, 2018; a seven-track, 26-minute set produced entirely by Kanye West as the fourth release of the 2018 Wyoming sessions, earning a Metacritic score of 58.
Nasir al-Dawla
Nasir al-Dawla (ناصر الدولة) was the Hamdanid ruler of Mosul and the Jazira in the tenth century, holding Mosul for thirty-two years until his son deposed him in 967.
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274), Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician; director of the Maragha observatory, creator of the Tusi couple, and author of the Akhlaq-e Nasiri and Tajrid al-aqa'id.
Nasir al-Din Mahmud
Nasir al-Din Mahmud (ناصر الدین محمود) was the Mamluk sultan of Delhi from 1246 to 1266, a son of Iltutmish whose deputy Balban held real power.
Nasir al-Din Mahmud of Hisn Kayfa
Nasir al-Din Mahmud of Hisn Kayfa was the Artuqid ruler of Hasankeyf and Diyarbakir from about 1200 to 1222, known mainly from his coinage and inscriptions.
Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq
Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (ناصر الدین محمود شاہ) was a sultan of Delhi of the Tughluq dynasty, reigning from 1394 during Timur's sack of Delhi.
Nasir al-Din Qabacha
Nasir al-Din Qabacha (ناصر الدین قباچہ) was a Turkic slave officer of the Ghurids who ruled Multan and Sindh for about 22 years, dying in the Indus in 1227–28.
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, is a Qajar-era mosque in Shiraz, Iran, built from 1876 to 1888 and known for colored glass.
Nasir Ali
Nasir Ali (نصير علی) names several athletes: a Pakistani hockey player born 1959 in Sialkot, 1984 Olympic gold medalist and 1988 flagbearer; also a Pakistani swimmer and a Chicago State sprinter.
Nasir Hussain (नासिर हुसैन)
Nasir Hussain (नासिर हुसैन), Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan (1926–2002), Indian Hindi film writer-director-producer; made Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Yaadon Ki Baaraat (first masala film), and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak; distinct from actor Nazir Hussain and cricketer Nasser Hussain.
Nasir ibn Murshid
Nasir ibn Murshid (ناصر بن مرشد) was the first imam of Oman's Ya'ariba dynasty, elected in 1624 and known for expelling the Portuguese from the Omani coast.
Nasir Jung
Nasir Jung (ناصر جنگ) was the second son of Asaf Jah I who ruled Hyderabad from 1748 to 1750, when he was killed in a treacherous night attack.
Nasir Kazmi
Nasir Kazmi (ناصر کاظمی), full name Nasir Raza Kazmi, was a Pakistani Urdu poet born in 1925 who settled in Lahore after partition and is counted among the founders of the modern Urdu ghazal.
Nasir Khan (ناصر خان) (actor)
Nasir Khan (ناصر خان), Indian film actor (1924–1974), younger brother of Dilip Kumar; debuted in Mazdoor (1945), led Shehnai (1947), starred in Teri Yaad (1948), Pakistan's first film, and played Jumna in Gunga Jumna (1961).
Nasir Khan Faruqi
Nasir Khan Faruqi (نصیر خان) was a sultan of the Faruqi dynasty of Khandesh in central India, reigning from 1399 to 1437 and founding Burhanpur.
Nasir Khan I of Kalat
Nasir Khan I (ناصر خان اول) was Khan of Kalat in Balochistan from 1749 to 1794, whose reign is known as the golden period of the Khanate of Kalat.
Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah
Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah (ناصر الدین محمد شاہ) was a Tughlaq sultan of Delhi from 1390 to 1394, a son of Firuz Shah Tughluq.
Nasir-i Khusraw
Nasir-i Khusraw (ناصر خسرو) was an 11th-century Persian poet, philosopher, and Ismaili missionary who served the Fatimids as hujja of Khurasan and founded the Ismaili community of Badakhshan.
Nasir-ud-Daula
Nasir-ud-Daula (ناصر الدولہ) was the fourth Nizam of Hyderabad, reigning from 1829 to 1857; his 1853 treaty ceded Berar to the British, and he appointed Salar Jang as diwan.
Nasir-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah IV
Nasir-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah IV (آصف جاہ چہارم; Mir Farkhunda Ali Khan) was the Nizam of Hyderabad from 1829 to 1857, appointing Salar Jang as diwan in 1853.
Nasir-ud-Din Haidar
Nasir-ud-Din Haidar (ناصر الدین حیدر) was King of Awadh from 1827 to 1837, succeeding his father Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar; his death in 1837 brought his uncle Muhammad Ali Shah to the throne.
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (ناصر الدین محمود شاه تغلق) was the last sultan of the Tughluq dynasty of Delhi, whose rule collapsed after Timur's invasion of 1398.
Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha
Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha (ناصرالدین قباچه) was a military commander of Muhammad of Ghor who ruled Multan and Sindh independently until his defeat by Iltutmish of Delhi.
Nasiri futuwwa
Nasiri futuwwa (فتوة الناصر) is the Abbasid futuwwa brotherhood headed by caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah from about 1182, ended by the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258.
Nasiriyah Field
Nasiriyah Field (الناصرية), also written Nassiriya, is a large onshore oil field in southern Iraq, about 200 km northwest of Basra, with estimated recoverable reserves of 4.4 billion barrels.
Nasiriyah Thermal power station
Nasiriyah Thermal power station (محطة كهرباء الناصرية الحرارية) is an 840 MW heavy-fuel-oil power station in Nasiriyah, Iraq, built with Soviet help in the 1970s.
Nasiriyya Zawiya of Tamegroute
The Nasiriyya Zawiya of Tamegroute (زاوية النصيرية) is a Sufi zawiya in Morocco's Draa Valley, founded in 1575 and known for its library of thousands of manuscripts and its pilgrim caravans.