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Raguba oil field
The Raguba oil field is an onshore oil field in Concession 20 of Libya's central Sirte Basin, producing since 1963 and operated by state-owned Sirte Oil Company.
Ragunan Zoo
Ragunan Zoo (Taman Margasatwa Ragunan) is Jakarta's 147-hectare municipal zoo in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia's oldest zoo (1864 origins, moved to Ragunan 1966), with over 2,000 animals, the Schmutzer Primate Centre, WAZA membership, and 4,000-rupiah JakCard-only entry.
Ragusa, Sicily
Ragusa, Sicily: provincial capital and UNESCO Val di Noto Baroque town, split into Ragusa Ibla and Ragusa Superiore after the 1693 earthquake; 73,736 inhabitants, Gagliardi's San Giorgio.
Ragweed
Ragweed (Ambrosia, Asteraceae), including common ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia, is a North American wind-pollinated weed whose highly allergenic pollen causes hay fever; it invaded Europe via multiple introductions and contaminated grain, costing billions annually.
Ragworms as bait and in aquaculture
Ragworms are large marine polychaete worms dug from intertidal mudflats or farmed for use as sea-fishing bait and as maturation diets for farmed shrimp and finfish.
Rah Digga
Rah Digga (Rashia Fisher, born 1974, Newark, NJ) is an American rapper, Flipmode Squad and Outsidaz member, whose 2000 debut Dirty Harriet and 2010 Classic made her one of hip hop's most respected female lyricists; also an educator via Lyrics Matter and Peabody Institute.
Rahab (רחב)
Rahab (רחב) is a woman of Jericho in the Book of Joshua who hid two Israelite spies and was spared when the city fell, later becoming an ancestress of Jesus.
Rahasya
Rahasya (रहस्य) is a 2015 Hindi murder mystery directed by Manish Gupta, starring Kay Kay Menon as a CBI officer investigating an 18-year-old's murder in Mumbai; contested by the Talwars over resemblance to the Aarushi case.
Rahat al-sudur
Rahat al-sudur (راحة الصدور) is a Persian dynastic history of the Great Seljuq Empire by Rawandi, completed around 1205–6 and a basic source for Seljuk history.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (born 1974, Faisalabad) is a Pakistani qawwali and playback singer, nephew and heir of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, known for Bollywood hits, Filmfare Award, Sitar-i-Imtiaz, and Oxford honorary degree.
Rahat Indori
Rahat Indori (راحت اندوری), born Rahatullah Qureshi (1950–2020), was an Indian Urdu poet, mushaira performer, professor, painter, and Bollywood lyricist known for defiant couplets like "Sabhi ka khoon hai shaamil" and film songs for Ghatak and Munnabhai MBBS.
Rahayu Mahzam
Rahayu Mahzam (Rahayu Binte Mahzam), Singapore PAP politician and lawyer, MP since 2015 for Jurong GRC and Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC; Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Health since May 2024.
Raheel Sharif (راحیل شریف)
Raheel Sharif (راحیل شریف), born 1956 in Quetta, is a retired four-star Pakistan Army general, 15th Chief of Army Staff 2013–2016 who led Operation Zarb-e-Azb, and Military Commander of the 42-nation IMCTC since May 2017.
Raheem Kassam
Raheem Kassam (born 1986) is a British right-wing activist and editor: former senior adviser to Nigel Farage at Ukip, founding editor of Breitbart London, author of No Go Zones, and editor-in-chief of The National Pulse.
Raheem Morris
Raheem Morris, NFL coach; Hofstra safety turned coach. Buccaneers head coach 2009-11 (17-31), Falcons interim 2020 (4-7), Rams DC and Super Bowl LVI winner, Falcons head coach 2024-25 (16-18), then 49ers defensive coordinator.
Raheem Mostert
Raheem Mostert (The Dream), born 1992, is an NFL running back from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, undrafted out of Purdue in 2015; he starred for the 49ers and led the NFL with 18 rushing TDs for Miami in 2023.
Raheem Sterling
Raheem Sterling (born 1994, Kingston, Jamaica), English winger; Liverpool, Manchester City (four Premier League titles, 131 goals), Chelsea, Arsenal loan, now Feyenoord; England winger and anti-racism campaigner with an MBE.
Raherka and Meresankh
Raherka and Meresankh is a painted limestone pair statue of an Old Kingdom official, an inspector of scribes, and his wife, held in the Louvre since 1938.
Rahi Masoom Raza
Rahi Masoom Raza (1927–1992), born Syed Masoom Reza Abedi, was an Indian Urdu and Hindi novelist and screenwriter best known for Aadha Gaon and Mahabharat.
Rahil Azam
Rahil Azam, Indian television actor and filmmaker, star of Hatim (2003–2004), Yeh Meri Life Hai, Tu Aashiqui, Maddam Sir, and Anupamaa; debuted as writer-director-producer with the 2026 music video Shiddat: Strength of Emotion.
Rahim Redcar
Rahim Redcar, born Héloïse Letissier in 1988 and formerly Christine and the Queens, is a French electro-pop musician and producer who adopted the name in 2024.
Rahim Yar Khan
Rahim Yar Khan (رحیم یار خان), southern Punjab, Pakistan: district headquarters formerly called Naushera, renamed 1881 after the Nawab of Bahawalpur's son. 2023 district population 5,564,703; canal-irrigated cotton, wheat, and mango economy.
Rahkeem Cornwall
Rahkeem Rashawn Shane Cornwall, born 1993 in Antigua, is a West Indian off-spin bowling all-rounder; the heaviest man to play Test cricket (about 308 lb), debut 2019 vs India, 35 Test wickets, best 7/75.
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Israel Emanuel (born 1959) is an American Democratic politician: Obama White House chief of staff 2009-2010, U.S. Representative 2002-2009, and Chicago's mayor 2011-2019, later ambassador to Japan.
Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah
Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah (رحمة بن جابر الجلهمة) was an Arab maritime chief of the Persian Gulf who ruled from Dammam and Qatar and died in 1826.
Rahman (റഷീൻ റഹ്മാൻ) (actor)
Rahman (റഷീൻ റഹ്മാൻ), born Rashin Rahman, Indian film actor of Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu cinema; debuted in Koodevide (1983), won Kerala State Award for Best Supporting Actor, 1980s teen idol, known as Raghu in Tamil/Telugu.
Rahman Abbas (رحمان عباس)
Rahman Abbas (رحمان عباس), born 1972 near Ratnagiri, is an Indian Urdu novelist from Mumbai. Known for Rohzin (2016), which won the 2018 Sahitya Akademi Award and was translated into German and English, and for Zindiq (2021); his first novel drew a ten-year obscenity case.
Rahman Baba
Rahman Baba (رحمان بابا) was a Pashtun Sufi poet of Peshawar who wrote in Pashto during the Mughal era, author of the Diwan-i Rahman, c. 1650 to 1715.
Rahman Rahi
Rahman Rahi, also spelled Rehman Rahi and born Abdul Rehman Mir (1925–2023), was a Kashmiri poet, translator, and critic who became the first Kashmiri writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.
Rahmaniyya
The Rahmaniyya (الرحمانية) is a Sufi order founded around 1774 in Kabylia, northern Algeria, by Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, and became the leading order resisting the French conquest, notably in the 1871 Mokrani revolt.