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Zubair Anam Mazumder
Zubair Anam Mazumder, Indian National Congress MLA from Algapur-Katlicherra (AC 122), Hailakandi, Assam; first-time legislator who won the May 2026 election with 145,661 votes (64.16%) and a 105,448-vote margin over AGP's Zakir Hussain Laskar; architect by training, Assam Pradesh Youth Congress president.
Zubair Oil and Gas Field
Zubair Oil and Gas Field (Arabic زبير) is a giant onshore oil field in southern Iraq, discovered in 1948 and holding over 4 billion barrels.
Zubaira Tukhugov
Zubaira Tukhugov (Зубайра Тухугов), nicknamed Warrior, Russian MMA fighter born 1991 in Grozny; UFC featherweight 2014-2023 with a 5-3-1 UFC and 20-6-1 pro record, released in 2023 after missing weight.
Zubayda
Zubayda (زبيدة), formally Zubayda bint Ja'far, was an Abbasid princess, wife and cousin of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and mother of al-Amin, best known for the Darb Zubayda pilgrimage road and Mecca water works.
Zubaz
Zubaz (Zubas) is an American clothing brand, created in 1988 by Minnesota gym owners Dan Stock and Bob Truax, known for zebra-striped pants popular in the 1990s.
Zubdat al-Halab
Zubdat al-Halab (زبدة الحلب, "The Cream of the History of Aleppo") is a thirteenth-century chronicle of Aleppo by the historian Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Adim, covering the city's history to 1243.
Zubdat al-nusra
Zubdat al-nusra (زبدة النصرة), in full Zubdat al-nusra wa-nukhbat al-usra, is an Arabic chronicle of the Seljuk dynasty abridged by al-Bundari, a Damascene scholar, from Imad al-Din's Nusrat al-fatra, first printed in Leiden in 1889.
Zubeen Garg (জুবিন গাৰ্গ)
Zubeen Garg (জুবিন গাৰ্গ), born Zubeen Borthakur in 1972, was an Assamese singer-composer famous for "Ya Ali" and a 2009 National Film Award, who drowned accidentally off Singapore's Lazarus Island on 19 September 2025; an Assam murder trial of seven accused continues.
Zubeida (زبیدہ بیگم)
Zubeida Begum (زبیدہ بیگم), also Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir, Indian actress (born 1911, Surat), daughter of Fatima Begum; lead of Alam Ara (1931), India's first talkie; founded Mahalakshmi Movietone; died 1988.
Zubeidaa
Zubeidaa (ज़ुबेदा) is Shyam Benegal's 2001 Hindi drama starring Karisma Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, and Rekha, written by Khalid Mohamed about his mother Zubeida Begum, concluding his Muslim-women trilogy with Mammo and Sardari Begum, and winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
Zubeir Pasha
Zubeir Pasha (زبير باشا رحمة), born about 1830, was a Sudanese merchant and slave trader who built a private empire in Bahr al-Ghazal and conquered Darfur in 1874.
Zuber Issa
Zuber Issa is a British billionaire who co-founded petrol retailer EG Group with his brother Mohsin in 2001 and now runs EG On The Move.
Zuberitamab
Zuberitamab (HS006, Anruoxi) is a Chinese class 1 chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody by BioRay, approved May 2023 with CHOP for CD20-positive DLBCL; phase 3 showed non-inferior ORR and higher CR versus rituximab.
Zübeyde Hanım
Zübeyde Hanım (1857, Langaza – 14 January 1923, İzmir), mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Yörük Turkmen descent; married Ali Rıza Efendi in 1871; buried at Karşıyaka, İzmir.
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936, Bombay) is an Indian Parsi conductor trained under Hans Swarowsky in Vienna; music director of the Montreal, Los Angeles, and New York philharmonic orchestras, Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic, and chief conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Bavarian State Opera.
Zubir Ahmed
Zubir Ahmed is a British Labour politician and transplant surgeon who has represented Glasgow South West since 2024, serving as a junior health minister from 2025 to 2026.
Züblin
Ed. Züblin AG is a German construction company founded in Strasbourg in 1898 by engineer Eduard Züblin and based in Stuttgart since 1919, now wholly owned by STRABAG SE.
Zubov Bay
Zubov Bay (Spanish: Zubov, bahía; Chilean: Bahía Marcial Mora) is a bay on the east coast of Renaud Island, Biscoe Islands, Antarctica, at 65°42'S 65°52'W, named in 1959 after Soviet sea-ice scientist N.N. Zubov.
Zubr-class LCAC
The Zubr-class LCAC, NATO name Pomornik, is a Soviet-designed air-cushion landing craft, the largest hovercraft ever built, carrying three main battle tanks or 500 troops onto an unequipped beach.
Żubrówka
Żubrówka (Zubrowka) is a Polish bison grass flavored vodka made by Polmos Białystok since 1928, infused with Hierochloë odorata from the Białowieża Forest, sold with a grass blade in each bottle, classically mixed with apple juice as szarlotka, and owned by Maspex since 2021.
Zubu
Zubu (阻卜) is the name used in the Liao and Jin dynastic histories for the Tatar nomadic tribes of the Mongolian steppe, from the Kherlen and Orkhon rivers to the Yin Mountains.
Zuby Ejiofor
Zuby Ejiofor, born 2004 in Dallas, is an Atlanta Hawks power forward/center drafted 23rd overall in 2026 after starring at St. John's under Rick Pitino, having transferred from Kansas. Also known as a unanimous BIG EAST Player of the Year.
Zucapsaicin
Zucapsaicin (civamide), the synthetic cis-isomer of capsaicin, is a TRPV1 agonist analgesic; a 0.075% cream (Civanex/Zuacta) was approved in Canada in 2010 for severe knee osteoarthritis pain, and intranasal civamide was studied for migraine and cluster headache.
Zuccabar
Zuccabar (Zucchabar, Succhabar), ancient town of Mauretania Caesariensis at modern Miliana, Algeria. Augustan veteran colony, Colonia Iulia Augusta Zucchabar; 4th-century episcopal see; refounded as Miliana by Buluggin ibn Ziri in the 10th century.
Zucchero
Zucchero is the stage name of Adelmo Fornaciari, born 1955, an Italian blues-rock singer who has sold over 60 million records and worked with Eric Clapton, Bono, and Pavarotti.
Zucchero Fornaciari
Zucchero Fornaciari, stage name of Adelmo Fornaciari (born 1955), Italian blues-soul-rock singer-songwriter; Blue's (1987) and Oro incenso & birra (1989) broke Italian sales records; duets with Pavarotti, Paul Young, and Clapton.
Zucchetto
Zucchetto (pileolus): the small round skullcap of Catholic clergy, white for the pope, red for cardinals, violet for bishops, black for others, worn under the biretta and mitre.
Zucchini
Zucchini (courgette) is the cylindrical summer squash of Cucurbita pepo Zucchini Group, developed in 19th-century Milan, harvested young, insect-pollinated, and the most widely grown C. pepo group.
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV, Potyvirus cucurbitaflavitesselati) is a potyvirus of cucurbits, first isolated in Italy in 1973, aphid- and seed-transmitted, causing severe mosaic and fruit deformity worldwide.
Zuccone
Zuccone, Italian for "big pumpkin-head", is a life-size marble prophet by Donatello, carved around 1436 for Giotto's Campanile in Florence and now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.