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Ahom kingdom
Ahom kingdom: Tai-Ahom state founded 1228 CE by Sukapha from Yunnan in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam. Ruled about 600 years via the paik labor system, resisted Mughal invasions, fell to Burma 1819 and Britain 1826; Charaideo moidams are a UNESCO site.
Ahom language
Ahom (Tai Ahom), an extinct Southwestern Tai language of the Tai-Kadai family, was the court and ritual language of the Ahom kingdom in Assam (1228 to 1826), survives in buranji manuscripts and ritual, and is the subject of organized revival efforts.
Ahom people
The Ahom people are a Tai-origin ethnic community of Assam, India, founded by migrants under Sukaphaa in 1228 who ruled the region for roughly six hundred years.
Ahom–Mughal conflicts
The Ahom–Mughal conflicts (আহোম–মোগল যুদ্ধ) were a series of wars between the Ahom kingdom of Assam and the Mughal Empire from 1615 to 1682, ending with the Ahom victory at Itakhuli and the Mughals' permanent expulsion.
Ahoo Daryaei (آهو داریایی)
Ahoo Daryaei (آهو داریایی), the "Science and Research Girl," is an Iranian French-literature student who stripped in protest against compulsory hijab at Azad University, Tehran, on 2 November 2024, was detained, hospitalized psychiatrically, released without charge, and later alleged to face forced medication.
Ahora Dice
"Ahora Dice" is a 2017 reggaeton and Latin trap single by Puerto Rican producer Chris Jeday featuring J Balvin, Ozuna, and Arcángel, whose video passed one billion YouTube views.
Ahora Nación
Ahora Nación (AN) is a center-left, nationalist Peruvian political party founded 13 May 2023 by economist Alfonso López-Chau, its 2026 presidential candidate; it won congressional seats in the 2026 general elections.
AHP-TOPSIS method
The AHP-TOPSIS method is a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making method in which the analytic hierarchy process derives criteria weights and TOPSIS ranks alternatives by distance from ideal solutions.
Ahrar al-Sham (حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية)
Ahrar al-Sham (حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية), Syrian Salafist insurgent movement founded in 2011 by Hassan Aboud, fought Assad as a leading opposition faction, joined the Islamic Front and Jaish al-Fatah, then was defeated and dissolved by HTS in January 2019.
AHRE-BLAST study
AHRE-BLAST (NCT07305194) is a prospective observational study at University Hospital of Patras comparing atrial high-rate episode burden over 24 months in 460 pacemaker patients receiving Bachmann bundle area pacing plus left bundle branch pacing versus RAA plus LBBP or conventional pacing.
Ahriman
Ahriman, known in the Avesta as Angra Mainyu, is the destructive spirit of Zoroastrianism who opposes Ahura Mazda and whose assault begins the world's mixed state.
AHS Krab
The AHS Krab, or Krab howitzer, is a Polish 155 mm tracked self-propelled gun-howitzer built by Huta Stalowa Wola, combining a South Korean chassis, British turret, and French gun.
Ahsabkab Vallis
Ahsabkab Vallis is a canali-type lava channel on Venus at 24°S, 79°E, within the flow Oilule Fluctus, about 5 km wide, named from a Mayan term for morning Venus, IAU-approved in 2000.
Ahsan al-Taqasim
Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim is a celebrated Arabic geography of the Islamic world by al-Muqaddasi, based on his own travels, completed in 985 and revised in 988.
Ahsan al-Tavarikh
Ahsan al-Tavarikh (احسنالتواریخ, "The Best of Histories") is a Persian chronological history of Iran written by Ḥasan Beg Rūmlū and completed in 1577 under the Safavids.
Ahsan Muhammad Khan
Ahsan Muhammad Khan (born 7 April 1916) was an Indian field hockey halfback from Bhopal who won gold with British India's men's team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, playing one match, a 7-0 win over the United States.
Ahšeri
Ahšeri, also known as Ahseri or Aksheri, was king of Mannea in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran in the mid-7th century BC, during the reigns of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal.
AHSG
AHSG (alpha 2-HS glycoprotein, HGNC:349) is the human gene on chromosome 3q27.3 encoding fetuin-A, a liver-derived 367-amino-acid plasma glycoprotein that inhibits ectopic calcification, modulates insulin receptor signaling, and whose variants such as rs4917 strongly determine serum fetuin-A levels.
Ahsoka (TV series)
Star Wars: Ahsoka (Disney+, 2023) is Dave Filoni's live-action series starring Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, hunting Grand Admiral Thrawn after the Empire's fall; season 2 premieres January 20, 2027.
Ahsoka Tano
Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker's former Padawan in Star Wars, created by Dave Filoni with George Lucas for The Clone Wars (2008); voiced by Ashley Eckstein, played live by Rosario Dawson; white lightsabers, Fulcrum agent, and lead of the 2023 Disney+ series.
Ahsonnutli Dorsa
Ahsonnutli Dorsa is a 1,708 km ridge belt (dorsum) on Venus at 47.9N, 196.5E, IAU-approved 1985, named for the Navajo spirit of light and sky; studied as a possible subduction-like contractional belt.
Ahtarah Guti
Ahtarah Guti (Atharah Guti, Eighteen Pieces), also called Bazi Mar, Ticcha, or Bangala, is a two-player Alquerque-family capture board game from Uttar Pradesh, India, with 18 pieces per player on a 37-point board.
Ahti
Ahti, or Ahto, is a deity in Finnish and Karelian folklore who commands the sea, lakes, and rivers. His earliest written mention dates to 1551 in Mikael Agricola's catalog.
Ahti Heinla
Ahti Heinla, born 1972, is an Estonian software engineer who was chief technical architect of Skype and co-founded Starship Technologies, the sidewalk delivery robot company, in 2014.
Ahu Tongariki
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu, or ceremonial platform, on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with fifteen moai on its 96-meter southeastern-coast altar near the Rano Raraku quarry.
Ahuachapán Geothermal Power Station
The Ahuachapán Geothermal Power Station (Central Geotérmica de Ahuachapán) is a 95 MW geothermal power plant in El Salvador, the first in Central America, in operation since 1975.
Ahugi
Ahugi, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh: ruins of three small linga temples of about 1000 AD, a centrally protected ASI monument listed as untraceable in 2018 and 2023 government records.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was the eighth tlatoani, or supreme ruler, of Tenochtitlan from 1486 to 1502, expanding the Aztec Empire to its greatest extent through relentless conquest.
Ahuitzotl's campaigns
Ahuitzotl's campaigns (campañas de Ahuizotl en la Huasteca y Oaxaca) were the expeditions of Ahuitzotl, eighth ruler of Tenochtitlan, extending the Aztec empire to its greatest extent.
Ahuna Mons
Ahuna Mons is a 4-km-high mountain near the equator of the dwarf planet Ceres, the tallest there, formed as a cryovolcano that erupted salty, muddy brine.