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Rabi' ibn Khuthaym

Rabi' ibn Khuthaym was a Kufan ascetic and hadith narrator of the first generation of the tabi'un, graded trustworthy, who died around 63 AH (683 CE).

Rabi'a ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Hudayr

Rabi'a ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Hudayr (ربيعة بن عبد الله بن الهدير القرشي) was a Medinan transmitter of the tabi'un generation, of the Qurashi clan of Taym ibn Murra, who died in 93 AH.

Rabia al-Adawiyya

Rabia al-Adawiyya (رابعة العدوية), also called Rabia of Basra, was an eighth-century woman ascetic and mystic of Basra, Iraq, remembered as a foundational figure of Sufism.

Rabia Bala Hatun (رابعہ بالا ھاتون)

Rabia Bala Hatun (Bala Hatun), traditionally a wife of Osman Bey and daughter of the scholar Sheikh Edebali, died in January 1324 and was buried at Bilecik.

Rabia Balkhi

Rabia Balkhi (رابعه بلخی), known as Zayn al-Arab, was a 10th-century poet of Balkh, in present-day Afghanistan, regarded as the first woman to write poetry in New Persian.

Rabia Dadabhoy

Rabia Dadabhoy is a Pakistani businesswoman and named shareholder of the Dadabhoy Group of Companies, a Karachi family group, serving as a director of its investments and housing firms.

Rabid (1977 film)

Rabid (1977) is David Cronenberg's Canadian body-horror film starring Marilyn Chambers as Rose, whose experimental plastic surgery leaves her with an armpit stinger and bloodlust, spreading a rabies-like epidemic through Montreal; it cost $530,000 and grossed $7 million.

Rabid (2019 film)

Rabid (2019) is a Canadian body-horror film by the Soska Sisters remaking David Cronenberg's 1977 classic, starring Laura Vandervoort as Rose, a fashion seamstress whose experimental surgery triggers a rabies-like outbreak; released December 13, 2019 by Shout! Studios.

Rabid Dog

Rabid Dog (Breaking Bad S5E12), also referenced via Old Yeller, is a 2013 AMC episode written and directed by Sam Catlin in which Skyler urges Walt to kill Jesse, Hank recruits Jesse, and Walt orders a hit.

Rabidosa rabida

Rabidosa rabida, the rabid wolf spider (Lycosidae), a common North American wolf spider from Canada to Mexico; type species of Rabidosa; lab studies show it can capture prey without venom injection.

Rabie Chasma

Rabie Chasma is a 950-km-long chasma (rift trough) on Venus at 10.5S, 267.0E, in quadrangle V-40, IAU-named in 2000 for the Wemale moon goddess of eastern Indonesia.

Rabies

Rabies, a zoonotic viral disease of the central nervous system, fatal in 100% of cases after symptoms; dogs cause 99% of human cases; preventable by PEP and dog vaccination; first vaccine by Pasteur in 1885.

Rabies bispecific antibody (Genrix Bio)

Silevimig (斯乐韦米单抗注射液, JinSuXi, GR1801) is Genrix Bio's fully human bispecific antibody targeting rabies virus G protein epitopes I and III, approved by China's NMPA in June 2026 as the first bispecific antibody for rabies passive immunization, non-inferior to HRIG in a 1,200-patient Phase III trial.

Rabies in animals

Rabies in animals: lyssavirus infection of mammals affecting the central nervous system, transmitted by bite. Dogs are the main reservoir (99% of human cases); control relies on dog vaccination and oral wildlife vaccination; fatal once signs appear.

Rabies vaccine

Rabies vaccine: inactivated cell-culture vaccine (HDCV, PVRV, PCECV) for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis against rabies; prompt PEP is 100% effective against a disease killing ~59,000 people yearly.

Rabies virus

Rabies virus (RABV), a lyssavirus, is a neurotropic RNA virus transmitted by animal bites that causes virtually 100% fatal rabies; dogs cause 99% of human cases, and Pasteur's 1885 vaccine began prevention.

Rabigh IPP power station

The Rabigh IPP is a 1,204 MW heavy fuel oil-fired steam power station at Rabigh in western Saudi Arabia, and the first project in the Saudi Electricity Company's IPP program.

Rabigh power plant

The Rabigh power plant is a cluster of power and water facilities at Rabigh on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, about 135 to 160 km north of Jeddah.

Rabigh-2 power plant

Rabigh 2 IPP is a 2,060 MW gas-fired combined cycle independent power plant at Rabigh on Saudi Arabia's western coast, 130 km north of Jeddah, commercially operational since 2018.

Rabih Al Assmar

Rabih Al Assmar, also written Rabih Al Asmar, is the stage name of Abdullah Nasr Al-Din, a Lebanese shaabi singer who broke through with the 2004 hit Ghalak.

Rabih az-Zubayr

Rabih az-Zubayr, also known as Rabih ibn Fadl Allah, was a Sudanese warlord and slave trader who conquered Bagirmi and Bornu, ruling from Dikwa until killed by the French in 1900.

Rabih az-Zubayr's empire

Rabih az-Zubayr's empire (رابح بن فضل الله) was a warlord state founded by the Sudanese commander Rabih bin Fadlallah, who conquered Bornu in 1893 and ruled the Lake Chad region.

Rabih O. Darouiche

Rabih Darouiche is an infectious diseases physician and professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston who studies and works to prevent infections associated with medical devices and surgical implants.

Rabih's conquest of Bornu

Rabih's conquest of Bornu was the 1893 overthrow of the Bornu state by the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr, who destroyed the capital Kukawa and ruled until 1900.

Rabin Angeles

Rabin Angeles, full name Rabin Josh Macarayo Angeles, is a Filipino actor and singer born in 2004, known for playing Yuri Hanamitchi in Ang Mutya ng Section E.

Rabin–Karp algorithm

The Rabin–Karp algorithm, also known as Karp–Rabin, is a randomized string-searching algorithm published in 1987 that finds a pattern in text using a rolling hash.

Rabinal

Rabinal is a municipality in Baja Verapaz, central Guatemala, home of the Maya Achi people and their fifteenth-century dance-drama, the Rabinal Achi, recognized by UNESCO.

Rabinal Achi

Rabinal Achi, also called Xajoj Tun, is a Maya dance-drama from fifteenth-century Rabinal, Guatemala, performed on 25 January and proclaimed a UNESCO heritage masterpiece in 2005.

Rabindra Dhant

Rabindra Dhant, "Bajhang ko Baagh", Nepali bantamweight MMA fighter born 1998; MFN champion 2025 and Road to UFC Season 5 finalist with an 11-1 professional record.

Rabindra N. Mohapatra

Rabindra N. Mohapatra is a theoretical particle physicist and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, a proponent of the seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses.