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Shia–Sunni divide
The Shia–Sunni divide is Islam's split into its two main sects, Sunnis (about 85 percent of Muslims) and Shias (10 to 15 percent), originating in the 632 succession dispute after Muhammad's death and the 680 killing of Husayn at Karbala, later shaped by the Safavids, Iran's 1979 revolution, and Saudi-Iranian rivalry.
Shiamak Davar
Shiamak Davar (born 1961), the 'Guru of Contemporary Dance' in India, choreographer of Dil To Pagal Hai (National Award) and founder of SDIPA, fused Western jazz with Indian movement into the Shiamak Style.
Shian bowling
Shian Bowling (بولینگ شیان) is a bowling and entertainment center in northeastern Tehran near Heravi Square and Sadaf Park, with eight lanes, billiards, air hockey, foosball, and darts; distinct from the cricketer Shian Brathwaite.
Shiat Ali
Shiat Ali (شيعة علي), "the party of Ali," were the Muslims upholding Ali ibn Abi Talib's claim to lead the Muslim community, the origin of Shi'ism.
Shiatsu
Shiatsu (指圧, "finger pressure") is a Japanese manual therapy in which practitioners apply sustained pressure and stretches to a clothed body; its clinical evidence remains limited.
Shiaw‐Yih Lin
Shiaw-Yih Lin is a molecular biologist and Professor and Deputy Chair of Systems Biology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, known for work on DNA damage response and tumor suppressor pathways.
Shiba chain
A Shiba chain is a one-dimensional chain of magnetic atoms on the surface of an s-wave superconductor, whose Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states can form a topological superconducting phase hosting Majorana zero modes.
Shiba clan succession dispute
The Shiba clan succession dispute (斯波氏の家督争い) was a Muromachi-period struggle between Shiba Yoshitoshi and Shiba Yoshikado over headship of the Shiba clan, a cause of the Ōnin War.
Shiba Inu (柴犬)
Shiba Inu (柴犬), smallest of Japan's six native Nihon Ken spitz breeds, a small foxlike hunting dog turned companion; independent and catlike, 8–10 kg, 13–16 year lifespan, national monument since 1936, face of the doge meme.
Shiba Ryōtarō Prize
The Shiba Ryōtarō Prize (司馬遼太郎賞) is an annual Japanese literary award founded in 1997, honoring works of creativity in literature, scholarship and the arts, and journalism.
Shiba Yoshimasa
Shiba Yoshimasa (斯波義将, 1350–1410) was a Japanese warrior and official who served four terms as kanrei, deputy of the Ashikaga shogunate, under shoguns Yoshiakira through Yoshimochi.
Shibamasa World
Shibamasa World (芝政ワールド) is a large amusement park and water resort in Sakai, Fukui, Japan, with about 50 water slides, a wave pool, Kids Paradise, Dinosaur Forest, and a seaside campground on the Sea of Japan.
Shibang tu (maps of the ten circuits)
Shibang tu (十道圖) are Tang dynasty maps of the empire's ten circuits, recorded in editions of 704 and 715, whose grading of prefectures and counties served central administration into the Song.
Shibani Dandekar
Shibani Dandekar (Shibani Akhtar), born in Pune, India, is a singer, model, VJ, host, and actress. She hosted Namaste America in the US, IPL's Extraaa Innings T20, acted in Roy, Sultan, Noor, married Farhan Akhtar in 2022, and wrote Dabba Cartel.
Shibani S. Mukerji
Shibani S. Mukerji is an American neurologist and neuro-infectious diseases researcher at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, known for work on HIV and COVID-19 neurology.
Shibano Ritsuzan
Shibano Ritsuzan (柴野栗山, 1736–1807) was a Japanese Confucian scholar of the Zhu Xi school who served the Tokugawa shogunate and proposed the Kansei Edict on Learning of 1790.
Shibata Katsuie
Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家) was a Sengoku warrior who served Oda Nobunaga as senior elder and lord of Echizen, and killed himself at Kitanosho Castle in 1583 after losing the Battle of Shizugatake to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Shibata Zeshin
Shibata Zeshin (柴田是真, 1807–1891) was a Japanese maki-e master, lacquer artist, and painter known for urushi-e, lacquer painting on paper, and appointed the first Imperial Household Artist in 1890.
Shibaura Machine
Shibaura Machine (芝浦機械), formerly Toshiba Machine, is a Japanese manufacturer of injection molding machines, machine tools, and industrial robots, headquartered in Tokyo and Numazu, Shizuoka.
Shibboleth
Shibboleth (Hebrew šibbōlet, שִׁבֹּלֶת) means 'ear of grain' or 'stream'; in Judges 12 Gileadites used its pronunciation to identify and kill Ephraimites, who said 'sibboleth'. Now any group-marking word or outmoded slogan.
Shibe Park
Shibe Park, later Connie Mack Stadium, was Philadelphia's first steel-reinforced concrete ballpark (1909), home of the Athletics to 1954 and Phillies to 1970, demolished 1976.
Shibei
Shibei, also known as Xuansha Shibei, was a Chan Buddhist monk of late-Tang Fujian, a leading disciple of Xuefeng Yicun and Dharma ancestor of the Fayan house.
Shiben
Shiben (世本) is a lost Chinese text covering rulers from the Yellow Emperor to the late Spring and Autumn period, traditionally in 15 chapters, with disputed authorship.
Shibganj, Rajshahi Division
Shibganj (শিবগঞ্জ) names two upazilas in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh: a 525 sq km border upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District (pop. 666,877, 2022) and a 315 sq km upazila of Bogura District.
Shibi Khan
Shibi Khan (始畢可汗), born Duoji, was a qaghan of the Türks who reigned during the Sui dynasty and aided Li Yuan's capture of Chang'an; he was the son of Qimin Khan.
Shibīn al Kawm
Shibīn al Kawm (شبين الكوم), also spelled Shibin el Kom or Shebin el-Kom, is the capital of Monufia Governorate in Egypt's Nile Delta, about 60–80 km north of Cairo, with roughly 275,000 residents, Menoufia University, and a textile-based economy.
Shibl al-Dawla Nasr
Shibl al-Dawla Nasr (نصر بن صالح بن مرداس) was the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo, of the Banu Kilab tribe, who reigned from 1029 until 1038.
Shibli Nomani (شبلی نعمانی)
Shibli Nomani (شبلی نعمانی), also known as Allamah Shibli Nomani, was an Indian Islamic scholar who taught at Aligarh, led Nadwatul Ulama, and began Sirat-un-Nabi.
Shibori (絞り)
Shibori (絞り, shiborizome) is Japanese resist dyeing: cloth is bound, stitched, folded, or clamped before dyeing so compressed areas stay undyed. Known in Japan since the 6th-7th centuries, with traditions such as Kyo Kanoko silk tying and Arimatsu-Narumi cotton shibori.
Shibram Chakraborty
Shibram Chakraborty (শিবরাম চক্রবর্তী; 1903–1980) was an Indian Bengali humorist, essayist, and playwright best known for humorous stories and children's literature and for the comic characters Harshabardhan and Gobardhan.