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Ahimsa (अहिंसा)

Ahimsa (अहिंसा, ahiṃsā) is the Sanskrit principle of non-injury to all living beings, central to Jainism, first precept in Buddhism, a key Hindu yama; earliest in the Rig Veda, transformed by Gandhi into satyagraha-based political nonviolence.

Ahinoam

Ahinoam, also known as Achinoam, of Jezreel was a wife of David and mother of his firstborn son Amnon; she married David during his outlaw years around 1000 BC.

Oct 21, 2026

Ahiphenasava (ahiphensava)

Ahiphenasava (Ahiphenāsava), classical Ayurvedic fermented asava whose main ingredient is purified opium (Papaver somniferum); given in 5-10 drop doses for severe diarrhea, dysentery, and cholera-like conditions, regulated as a narcotic in India.

Ahir

Ahir (from Sanskrit Abhira) is a north Indian pastoral caste of cattle-herders and milk sellers, largely consolidated under the name Yadav; classified OBC, dominant in Haryana's Ahirwal, largest OBC group in Bihar.

Ahiram sarcophagus

The Ahiram sarcophagus, also known as the Ahirom sarcophagus, is a limestone sarcophagus of King Ahiram of Byblos, found in 1923 and now in the National Museum of Beirut.

Oct 21, 2026

Ahirpura Mound Or Lesser Temple Mound

Ahirpura Mound, or Lesser Temple Mound, is an ASI-protected archaeological mound (N-UP-A127) at Indor Khera, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, 225 feet south of the Kundanpura Great Temple Mound; excavated by Carlleyle in 1874-75, it yielded five skeletons and two small temple remains.

Ahiru no Sora (あひるの空)

Ahiru no Sora (あひるの空) is a high-school basketball manga by Takeshi Hinata, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2004, about 149 cm player Sora Kurumatani rebuilding a delinquent-run Kuzuryu High club; adapted into a 50-episode 2019–2020 Diomedéa anime.

Ahithophel

Ahithophel, also spelled Ahitophel (Hebrew אֲחִיתֹפֶל), was the Gilonite counselor of King David in the Hebrew Bible; he defected to Absalom's revolt and, when his advice was thwarted, hanged himself.

Oct 10, 2026

Ahîzâde Hüseyin Efendi

Ahîzâde Hüseyin Efendi was an Ottoman Hanafi jurist who served as şeyhülislam, the empire's chief religious jurist, under Murad IV from 1632 until 1633, and was the first şeyhülislam executed on a sultan's order.

Ahl al-Bayt (أهل البيت)

Ahl al-Bayt (Ahlul Bayt) is the Islamic term for the household of the Prophet Muhammad, whose scope is contested between the Five of the Cloak and broader definitions.

ahl al-dar

Ahl al-dar (أهل الدار, "the people of the house") was the corps of chamberlains and trusted familiars who served the Almohad Mahdi Ibn Tumart day and night.

Ahl al-Hadith

Ahl al-Hadith (أهل الحديث, "people of hadith") is a Muslim movement treating the Quran and authentic hadith as the primary basis of law and belief.

Ahl al-Hadith doctrine and polemics

Ahl al-Hadith doctrine, held by the Ahl-i Hadith movement of South Asia, rejects taqlid and kalam in favor of direct reliance on the Quran and authentic hadith.

Ahl al-Hums

Ahl al-Hums (أهل الحُمْس), meaning "the people of strict religious zeal," was a pre-Islamic Meccan tribal association led by Quraysh that held privileged pilgrimage status and imposed stricter customs.

Ahl al-Ra'y

Ahl al-Ra'y (أهل الرأي) was an early Iraqi school of Islamic jurisprudence, centered on Kufa, that used reasoned opinion and analogy where revealed texts were silent.

ahl al-Sham

Ahl al-Sham (أهل الشام, "the people of Syria") was the Syrian tribal army, recruited from the districts of Bilad al-Sham, that served as the mainstay of the Umayyad state.

Sep 24, 2026

Ahl-e Haqq

Ahl-e Haqq (اهل حق), also called Yarsan or Kaka'i, is a religious community of western Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, centered on Sahneh and the Guran region.

Ahl-i Hadith

Ahl-i Hadith, also known as Ahle Hadeeth, is a South Asian Islamic reform movement whose followers follow only the Quran and authentic hadith, rejecting the four law schools.

Ahl-i Hadith Andolon Bangladesh

Ahl-i Hadith Andolon Bangladesh (AHAB) is a Bangladeshi religious organization founded in 1994 by Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib that seeks to make the Quran and authentic hadith the sole sources of law.

Ahlaf

Ahlaf (الأحلاف, "the Allies") was an alliance of five Quraysh clans in pre-Islamic Mecca, led by Banu Abd al-Dar against the rival bloc of Banu Abd Manaf.

Ahlam

Ahlam, also known as Ahlam Al Shamsi (أحلام), is an Emirati khaleeji singer born in 1968, one of the Gulf's first pop stars and an Arab Idol judge.

Ahli Shirazi

Ahli Shirazi (اهلی شیرازی) was a Persian poet and rhetorician of Shiraz, 1454 to 1535, who served the Timurid, Aq Qoyunlu, and Safavid courts as a panegyric poet.

Ahllam

Ahllam (احلام), also known as Ehlam, is an Iranian-Emirati singer of Persian pop and Khaliji music, born in Ahvaz in 1991 and based in Dubai.

Oct 22, 2026

Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a

Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (أهل السنة والجماعة, ASWJ) is a Somali armed group of Sufi Muslims formed in 1991 to protect Sufi practice and best known for fighting al-Shabaab since 2008.

Ahluwalia misl

The Ahluwalia misl (ਅਹਿਲੂਵਾਲੀਆ ਮਿਸਲ) was a Sikh confederacy of 18th-century Punjab, named after the village of Ahlu and led by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia until his death in 1783.

Ahmad (أحمد)

Ahmad (أحمد) is an Arabic masculine name from the root ḥ-m-d, meaning "most praiseworthy"; it appears once in the Quran (Saff 61:6), counts as a name of the Prophet Muhammad, and has variants Ahmed, Ahmet, and Amadou worldwide.

Oct 22, 2026

Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi

Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi (أحمد عبد المعطي حجازي, born 1935) is an Egyptian modernist poet and journalist who led the renewal of Egyptian verse from the late 1950s.

Oct 21, 2026

Ahmad Abughaush

Ahmad Abughaush (احمد ابو غوش), born 1996 in Amman, is a Jordanian taekwondo fighter who won Rio 2016 Olympic gold at −68 kg, Jordan's first Olympic medal, and later Worlds silver (2019) and bronze (2017).