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Shuofang Military Command
The Shuofang Military Command (朔方节度使) was the Tang dynasty's northern frontier military governorship, created in 721 and centered on Lingzhou. It became the principal field army suppressing the An Lushan rebellion.
Shuohuang railway
The Shuohuang railway (朔黄铁路) is a 598 km electrified heavy-haul coal railway in northern China, running from Shenchinan in Shanxi to Huanghua Port in Hebei.
Shuoke Zhongkexin (烁科中科信)
Shuoke Zhongkexin (烁科中科信) is a Beijing-based maker of ion implantation equipment for integrated circuits, founded in 2019 under China Electronics Technology Group and one of China's leading domestic implanter suppliers.
Shuopu New Materials
Shuopu New Materials, formally Hunan Shuopu New Materials Co. (湖南烁普新材料有限公司), was a Chinese manufacturer of wet-process lithium-ion power battery separators in Changsha, Hunan, founded in 2017.
Shuowen Jiezi
Shuowen Jiezi (说文解字) is a Chinese character dictionary compiled by the Eastern Han scholar Xu Shen, the first arranged systematically by radicals, which anchored script study for nearly two millennia.
Shuozhou
Shuozhou (朔州) is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi, China, bordering Datong and Inner Mongolia. A major coal and coal-power base holding one sixth of Shanxi's coal reserves, it is also home to the 1056 Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, China's oldest and tallest all-wood pagoda.
Shupria
Shupria, also known as Shubria, was a small Hurrian kingdom on the northern bank of the upper Tigris that served Assyria as a vassal until Esarhaddon conquered it in 673 BC.
Shupu
Shupu ("Treatise on Calligraphy") is a treatise on calligraphy theory written and copied in grass script by the Tang calligrapher Sun Guoting, completed in 687.
Shuqaiq 2 IWPP
Shuqaiq 2 IWPP is an oil-fired power and desalination plant on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, generating 850 MW and 212,000 m³ of water daily.
Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant
The Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant is an oil-fired steam power station at Shuqaiq on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, owned and operated by the Saudi Electricity Company.
Shuqurtum
Shuqurtum was one of the wives and concubines at the court of King Shulgi of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, during his reign of 2094 to 2047 BC.
Shura
Shura (Шура), real name Aleksandr Medvedev, is a Russian pop singer who rose to fame in 1997 with hits like «Холодная луна» and «Твори добро».
Shura Baryshnikov
Shura Baryshnikov, daughter of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Lange, is an American dancer, choreographer, and director; Associate Professor of the Practice at Brown University and director of the award-winning cinematic opera Svadba (2023).
Shura of 644
The Shura of 644 (الشورى) was the electoral council that Caliph Umar convened in Medina in 644, as he lay dying, to choose his successor from six senior Companions.
Shurahbil ibn Hasana
Shurahbil ibn Hasana (شرحبيل بن حسنة) was a Companion of Muhammad and a Rashidun commander who conquered Jordan and died in the plague of Amwas.
Shurahbil ibn Simt
Shurahbil ibn Simt (شرحبيل بن سِمْط) was an Arab commander of the Kinda tribe who fought in the Ridda wars and governed Mada'in and Homs under Mu'awiya.
Shurasena janapada
Shurasena janapada (शूरसेन) was an ancient Indian kingdom on the Yamuna river with its capital at Mathura, in western Uttar Pradesh, home of the Yadava clans.
Shurayh ibn Muhammad al-Ra'ini
Shurayh ibn Muhammad al-Ra'ini (شريح بن محمد الرعيني) was an Andalusian scholar of Quranic recitation and hadith who served as preacher of Seville for about fifty years and later as its qadi.
Shure
Shure is an American audio equipment manufacturer founded by Sidney N. Shure in Chicago in 1925 and headquartered in Niles, Illinois, known for microphones like the SM58 and SM7.
Shuri Castle (首里城)
Shuri Castle (首里城, Shurijō), royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Naha, Okinawa, and largest Okinawan gusuku. UNESCO-listed 2000; Seiden repeatedly burned (1453, 1660, 1709, 1945, 2019); restored Seiden opens November 23, 2026.
Shuri royal government
The Shuri royal government (首里王府) was the central government of the Ryukyu Kingdom at Shuri Castle, formed under Shō Hashi in 1429 and abolished in 1879.
Shuriken (手裏剣)
Shuriken (手裏剣), also known as a ninja star or throwing star, is a small concealed Japanese throwing blade used to distract, wound, or disarm opponents, mainly at close range.
Shuroy
Shuroy was an Egyptian official of the Ramesside Period who served as Head of the Brazier Bearers of Amun at Karnak and is known from tomb TT13 at Dra Abu el-Naga.
Shurpanakha (शूर्पणखा)
Shurpanakha (शूर्पणखा), also Surpanakha, is the rakshasi sister of Ravana in Valmiki's Ramayana, Aranya Kanda; her mutilation by Lakshmana after she propositions Rama triggers Khara and Dushana's deaths and Ravana's abduction of Sita.
Shurta of Baghdad
The Shurta of Baghdad (شرطة بغداد) was the police and security corps of the Abbasid capital, headed by the sahib al-shurta and charged with order and pursuing criminals.
Shurta of Córdoba
The Shurta of Córdoba (شرطة قرطبة) was the police and urban security corps of Umayyad Córdoba, founded under the first amir around AH 138 and lasting until 1031.
Shurtan Oil and Gas Field
Shurtan Oil and Gas Field (Sho'rtan; Шуртан) is a giant gas condensate field in southern Uzbekistan, discovered in 1958, producing since 1980, and operated by state company Uzbekneftegaz.
Shuruppak
Shuruppak, also known as Tell Fara, was a Sumerian city in south-central Iraq, occupied from about 3000 to 2000 BC and named in the King List as the last city before the Flood.
Shuruppak Sulcus
Shuruppak Sulcus is a grooved bright-terrain system (sulcus) on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, 2,730 km across, centered at 19.62 S, 231.75 W, IAU-approved in 2000 and named for an Assyro-Babylonian Euphrates town.
Shuruppak tablets
The Shuruppak tablets, also called the Fara tablets, are over 900 clay tablets from ancient Shuruppak in southern Iraq, mostly written in the 26th century BC.