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Qattara (Tell al-Rimah)
Qattara, also written Qatara and possibly ancient Karana, is an archaeological mound in northern Iraq known as Tell al-Rimah, excavated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq in the 1960s.
Qattara Depression (منخفض القطارة)
Qattara Depression (منخفض القطارة), also called Munkhafad al-Qattarah, is a below-sea-level desert basin in northwest Egypt, up to 134 m deep, shaped by karst and deflation, and long proposed for hydropower flooding.
Qattunan
Qattunan (Qaṭṭunān) was an ancient city and provincial capital on the lower Khabur River, known from the Old Babylonian archives of Mari in the 18th century BC.
Qau el-Kebir
Qau el-Kebir, ancient Tjebu, is an Egyptian town on the Nile's east bank, capital of the 10th Upper Egyptian nome, known for its Twelfth Dynasty rock-cut tombs.
Qaumi Taranah
Qaumi Taranah (Pāk Sarzamīn), the national anthem of Pakistan: lyrics by Hafeez Jalandhari (1952), music by Ahmed G. Chagla (1949), adopted August 1954, first broadcast 13 August 1954 on Radio Pakistan, about 80 seconds long.
Qaus-gabri
Qaus-gabri, also known as Kaus-gabri or Qos-gabr, was king of Edom in the seventh century BC, a loyal vassal of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal attested in their inscriptions.
Qausmalaka (king of Edom)
Qausmalaka, also rendered Kausmalaka or Qosmalaka, was a king of Edom who appears in the tribute lists of Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria around 745 BC.
Qavam al-Din Shirazi
Qavam al-Din Shirazi (قوامالدین شیرازی) was a Persian architect of the Timurid court under Shah Rukh and Gawharshad, designing the Gawharshad Mosque at Mashhad and the Herat Musalla.
Qavurt
Qavurt (قاورد) was a Seljuk prince, son of Chaghri Beg and uncle of Malik-Shah, who founded the line of the Seljuks of Kirman and conquered Oman.
Qawasim
The Qawasim (القواسم) were a tribal confederation and maritime power of the lower Persian Gulf, dominant in the eighteenth century and reduced by treaty with Britain in 1820.
Qawsun
Qawsun (قوصون) was a Mamluk grand amir of Cairo, son-in-law of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, who ruled Egypt effectively in 1341 before being overthrown and dying in prison.
Qawwal Bahauddin Khan
Qawwal Bahauddin Khan, also known as Ustad Bahauddin Khan Qawwal or Qawwal Bahauddin, was a Pakistani qawwali musician, 1934–2006, who left Hyderabad for Karachi in 1956 and later led Bahauddin Qutbuddin Qawwal.
Qawwali (قوالی)
Qawwali (قوالی) is the Sufi devotional music of the Chishti order of South Asia, attributed to Amir Khusrau (1253–1325) in 13th-century Delhi. A harmonium, tabla, dholak, and hand-clapping ensemble performs mystical poetry at dargahs to induce spiritual ecstasy (wajd); made world-famous by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Qawwam al-Sunna
Qawwam al-Sunna (قوام السنة, "pillar of the Sunna") was the honorific of Abu al-Qasim al-Taymi, a Sunni hadith scholar, exegete, and jurist who died in 1141.
Qayamat Ki Raat (क़यामत की रात)
Qayamat Ki Raat (क़यामत की रात) is an Indian supernatural drama television series starring Karishma Tanna and Vivek Dahiya, which aired on Star Plus from 2018 to 2019.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak is a 1988 Hindi romantic tragedy and musical, the directorial debut of Mansoor Khan, starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla in their breakthrough roles.
Qayamat: City Under Threat
Qayamat: City Under Threat (कयामत) is a 2003 Hindi action thriller directed by Harry Baweja, a remake of The Rock, starring Ajay Devgn and Suniel Shetty as a convict and CBI officer rescuing 213 hostages.
Qayn (South Arabian title)
Qayn is a title in Ancient South Arabian inscriptions for an administrative official serving a king, temple, or city rather than a tribe, attested in Qatabanic and Sabaic texts.
Qaynu (son of Geshem)
Qaynu bar Geshem was a king of Qedar around 400 BCE, attested by an Aramaic votive silver bowl offering to the goddess Han-'Illat, found in Egypt.
Qays Aylan
Qays Aylan (قيس عيلان) was a North Arabian tribal group tracing descent to Qays Aylan ibn Mudar, whose tribes became a major Umayyad faction rivaling Kalb.
Qays–Yaman rivalry
The Qays–Yaman rivalry (قيس ويمن) divided the Arab tribes of the Umayyad caliphate into northern Qays and southern Yaman blocs, shaping its politics until 750.
Qaytbay
Qaytbay (قايتباي), fully Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Qaytbay, was a Circassian Mamluk who ruled Egypt and Syria as sultan from 1468 until his death in 1496.
Qaz'ah ibn Suwayd al-Bahili
Qaz'ah ibn Suwayd al-Bahili (قزعة بن سويد الباهلي) was a Basran hadith transmitter of the eighth generation who died in 174 AH and was graded weak by most critics.
Qazaq ädebieti
Qazaq ädebieti (Қазақ әдебиеті) is a Kazakh literary and arts newspaper, published since 1934. It chronicles literature from the Karakhanid era through Abai, Soviet period works, and post-independence national literature.
Qazi Faez Isa (قاضی فائز عیسیٰ)
Qazi Faez Isa (قاضی فائز عیسیٰ), Pakistani judge born 1959 in Quetta; chief justice of Balochistan from 2009, Supreme Court judge 2014, and 29th chief justice of Pakistan, September 2023 to October 2024.
Qazi Qadan
Qazi Qadan (قاضي قادن, 1463–1551) was a Sindhi scholar, qazi, and Sufi poet of Bakhar in Sindh who served the Samma and Arghun rulers and is regarded as Sindh's first classical poet.
Qazi Touqeer
Qazi Touqeer (Qazi Ahmad Tauqeer), Indian singer-actor from Srinagar, Kashmir, won Sony TV's Fame Gurukul 2005 with Ruprekha Banerjee, beating Arijit Singh (sixth place); returned on Bigg Boss 20 (2026).
Qazvin
Qazvin (قزوین), city in northwestern Iran 130 km west of Tehran; Safavid capital 1548-1596/98 under Tahmasb and Abbas I before Isfahan; known for Chehel Sotun pavilion, Ali Qapu gate, Sa'd al-Saltaneh caravanserai, and Bāghestān gardens.
Qazvin Province
Qazvin Province (Persian: استان قزوین, sometimes Ghazvin) is one of Iran's 31 provinces, northwest of Tehran, with its capital at the historic city of Qazvin.
QB1: Beyond the Lights
QB1: Beyond the Lights is a Peter Berg sports docuseries following three high school senior quarterbacks per season; four seasons ran on go90 (2017-2018), Netflix (2019), and Tubi (2023).