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Sikandar Shah Miri
Sikandar Shah Miri (سکندر شاه) was a sultan of Kashmir of the Shah Mir dynasty, reigning 1389 to 1413 and remembered as Butshikan, the icon-breaker, for his destruction of temples.
Sikandarnama
Sikandarnama (সিকান্দরনামা) is a Bengali narrative poem completed in 1673 by Syed Alaol, a Bengali rendering of Nizami Ganjavi's Persian work on Alexander the Great.
Sikander Kumar
Sikander Kumar is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has represented Himachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since 2022, after serving as vice-chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University.
Sīkar
Sikar (सीकर), city and district headquarters in Shekhawati, northeastern Rajasthan, India, on NH 52 between Agra and Churu; former largest thikana of Jaipur state, 2011 district population 2,677,333, known for havelis, peasant struggles, and water scarcity.
Sikaram Sar
Sikaram Sar (سیکرم, Mount Sikaram), 4,755 m, is the highest peak of the Spīn Ghar (Safēd Kōh) range on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border south of the Khyber Pass, an ultra-prominent summit (2,295 m) and type locality of the Sikaram Series.
Sikasso (city)
Sikasso (Sikaso, ߛߌߞߊߛߏ߬), southern Mali city, capital of Sikasso Region; former capital of the Kénédougou kingdom under the Traoré, famed for its tata wall, taken by France in 1898; Mali's second city, cotton and mango trade hub near Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
Sikasso (district)
Sikasso (district): a southern administrative region of Mali, third administrative region, capital the city of Sikasso; center of Malian cotton ('white gold'), site of the Sikasso poverty-measurement paradox, mining transfers, and 2025 JNIM fuel-truck attacks.
SIKE family
SIKE family (Pfam pfam05769, InterPro IPR008555): conserved coiled-coil proteins including SIKE/SIKE1, suppressor of IKKε, a 207-aa TBK1/IKKε-binding inhibitor and substrate regulating antiviral interferon signaling, plus FGFR1OP2.
Sikh conquest of Kangra
The Sikh conquest of Kangra (काँगड़ा पर सिख आक्रमण) was the 1809 campaign in which Ranjit Singh's Sikh forces drove the Gurkhas out of the Kangra hill country.
Sikh Empire
Sikh Empire, also called the Sikh Kingdom or Lahore State, was the northwestern South Asian state founded by Ranjit Singh from the Sikh misls, spanning Punjab, Kashmir, and parts of Afghanistan and Tibet, until British annexation in 1849.
Sikh Gurus
The Sikh Gurus are the ten human teachers who led the Sikh faith from Guru Nanak's founding in 1469 to Guru Gobind Singh's death in 1708.
Sikh Misls
The Sikh Misls (ਸਿੱਖ ਮਿਸਲਾਂ) were Sikh confederacies that governed Punjab in the later eighteenth century, organized in 1748 into the Dal Khalsa under Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.
Sikh Panth
The Sikh Panth (ਪੰਥ) is the organized Sikh community, led by ten Gurus from Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh, whose authority passed to scripture and community in 1708.
Sikh Regiment
Sikh Regiment: infantry regiment of the Indian Army, raised 1846 (Ferozepore and Ludhiana Sikhs), famed for the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi by 36th Sikhs (now 4th Battalion), distinct from the 1941 Sikh Light Infantry; holds 2 Param Vir Chakras.
Sikh scriptures
The Sikh scriptures center on the Guru Granth Sahib, a 1,430-page anthology of devotional poetry compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604 and revered as the Sikhs' living Guru.
Sikh women and turbans
Sikh women and turbans concerns head-covering in Sikhism: the Sikh code makes the turban optional for women, and most wear a chunni, with turbans common among diaspora Sikhs.
Sīkha-Moggallāna
Sīkha-Moggallāna (सिखा मोग्गल्लान) was a brahmin of the Moggallāna clan, named for the tuft on his head, who visited the Buddha to ask whether he preached the ineffectiveness of all deeds.
Sikhism (ਸਿੱਖੀ)
Sikhism, also called Sikhi, is a monotheistic religion founded in the Punjab region of South Asia by Guru Nanak, with about 25 million followers who revere the Guru Granth Sahib.
Sikhism and caste
Sikhism and caste, also called the caste system in Sikhism, concerns the tension between the Gurus' doctrinal rejection of caste and its persistence in Sikh practice.
Sikhism by country
Sikhism by country: global distribution of Sikhs. About 95% live in India (77% in Punjab); Canada has the largest diaspora (771,790 in 2021), followed by the UK (~520,000) and US (~500,000).
Sikhism in Canada
Sikhism in Canada: the Sikh religion and community in Canada, from early Punjabi migration to British Columbia, the 1908 continuous journey regulation and Komagata Maru, to 771,790 Sikhs (2.1%) in the 2021 Census, the largest Sikh population outside India.
Sikhism in India
Sikhism in India is the religious tradition founded by Guru Nanak in 15th-century Punjab, followed by 20.8 million Indians, about 1.7% of the population, mostly in Punjab.
Sikhote-Alin
Sikhote-Alin (Сихотэ-Алинь) is a mountain range running about 1,200 km along the Sea of Japan through Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais in the Russian Far East.
Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve
Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve (Сихотэ-Алинский заповедник), a UNESCO MAB reserve since 1978 in the Russian Far East, centered on a 1935 zapovednik; core of the Central Sikhote-Alin World Heritage site and Amur tiger stronghold.
Sikhs (ਸਿੱਖ)
Sikhs (ਸਿੱਖ), also known as the Sikh people, are the adherents of Sikhism, a monotheistic religion founded by Guru Nanak, with over 24 million followers tracing their origins mostly to Punjab, India.
Sikhs for Justice
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), founded 2007 by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is a US-based group campaigning for a sovereign Khalistan via non-binding diaspora referendums; banned in India under UAPA since 2019, registered in England since 2021.
Sikka Thermal Power Station
Sikka Thermal Power Station (Sikka TPS) is a 500 MW coal-fired power station near Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, owned by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited. Its two 250 MW units were commissioned in 2015.
Sikkim (सिक्किम)
Sikkim (सिक्किम) is a small Himalayan state in northeastern India bordering Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet, formerly a Namgyal kingdom that became India's 22nd state in 1975.
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (सिक्किम क्रान्तिकारी मोर्चा)
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (सिक्किम क्रान्तिकारी मोर्चा, SKM, Sikkim Revolutionary Front) is a Sikkim regional party founded 4 February 2013 by P.S. Golay after splitting from the SDF; democratic socialist, NDA member, governing since 2019 with 31 of 32 seats after 2024.
Sikkim Legislative Assembly
Sikkim Legislative Assembly (Sikkim Vidhan Sabha), the unicameral 32-member state legislature of Sikkim, India, constituted under Article 371F after the 1975 merger; 12 Bhutia-Lepcha, 2 SC, 1 Sangha reserved seats; current Eleventh Assembly led by SKM with 31 of 32 seats.