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Ajman (عجمان)
Ajman (عجمان) is the smallest UAE emirate by area, about 260 sq km on the Arabian Gulf between Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain, ruled by the Al Nuaimi family since the 18th century, with 504,846 people (2017) and GDP above AED 36 billion (2023).
Ajmer (अजमेर)
Ajmer (अजमेर), also Ajayameru, is a city in central Rajasthan, India, founded by the Chauhan dynasty and famed for the Ajmer Sharif Dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti and nearby Pushkar.
Ajmer rape case
The 1992 Ajmer rape case, or Ajmer sex scandal, was gang rape and blackmail of over 100 schoolgirls aged 11-20 in Ajmer, Rajasthan, by 18 influential accused; final six convicted in 2024.
Ajna (आज्ञा)
Ajna (आज्ञा), also called the third eye or brow chakra, is the sixth and highest chakra in tantric systems, located between the eyebrows and named for the Sanskrit word for command.
Ajna Kesely
Ajna Kesely (Késely Ajna), Hungarian freestyle swimmer born 2001 in Budapest; three-time Olympian, 2018 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 2024 European champion in 400 and 800 m freestyle, Hungarian record holder.
Ajnabee (अजनबी) (2001 film)
Ajnabee (अजनबी) is a 2001 Hindi thriller by Abbas–Mustan starring Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor, and Bipasha Basu, inspired by Consenting Adults; a record ₹1.65 crore opening day and Akshay Kumar's award-winning negative role distinguish it.
Ajnad al-Sham
Ajnad al-Sham (أجناد الشام, "the armies of Syria") was the division of Bilad al-Sham into five military-administrative districts, four established early and Qinnasrin added under the Umayyads.
Ajnad Foundation
Ajnad Foundation (مؤسسة أجناد للإنتاج الإعلامي), also Ajnad Media Foundation, is the Islamic State's official media wing for nasheeds and Quran recitations, founded 2013 or January 2014, known for "My Ummah, Dawn has Appeared" and "Salil al-Sawarim."
Ajnad system of Syria
The ajnad system of Syria (الأجناد) organized Bilad al-Sham into five military-provincial districts, each funding its soldiers from its own land tax, lasting through the Umayyad caliphate.
Ajñana
Ajñana (Ajñāna), the ancient Indian agnostic-skeptic school of Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta in the Śramaṇa movement, held that no metaphysical or knowledge claim can be established with certainty.
Ajnapatra
Ajnapatra (आज्ञापत्र) is a Marathi treatise on statecraft written around 1715–16 by Ramchandra Pant Amatya, a minister of the Shivaji-era Maratha state, covering kingship, ministers, revenue, forts, and the navy.
Ajoka Theatre (اجوکا تھیٹر)
Ajoka Theatre is a Lahore company founded by Madeeha Gauhar in 1984, known for socially engaged productions including Bulha and Dara and for cross-border theatre work.
Ajooba (अजूबा)
Ajooba (अजूबा), aka Chernyj Prints Adzhuba, is a 1991 Hindi fantasy action film, an Indo-Soviet co-production directed by Shashi Kapoor and Gennadi Vasilyev, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a masked hero of Baharistan; released 12 April 1991, 178 minutes, Shashi Kapoor's last film.
Ajou Ajou
Ajou Ajou (born 2002) is a Canadian CFL wide receiver from Brooks, Alberta, for the Calgary Stampeders; ex-Clemson, USF, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Indianapolis Colts; suspended and conditionally reinstated by the CFL in 2026.
Ajou University (아주대학교)
Ajou University (아주대학교) is a private comprehensive university in Suwon, South Korea, founded in 1973 under a Korean-French agreement, acquired by the Daewoo Foundation in 1977, and ranked around 563rd by QS in 2026.
AJR (band)
AJR is an American indie pop band formed in 2005 in New York by brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met (born Metzger); known for the band name being their initials, the DIY albums Living Room, The Click, Neotheater, OK Orchestra, and The Maybe Man, and the singles I'm Ready, Weak, Bang!, and World's Smallest Violin.
Ajrakh
Ajrakh is a resist-and-mordant block-printed cotton textile known for geometric patterns in indigo blue, madder red, and iron black, made in Kutch, Gujarat, and Sindh.
AJS
AJS, from A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, is a British motorcycle marque founded in 1909 in Wolverhampton by the Stevens brothers, which held 117 motorcycle world records by 1931.
Aju Varghese (അജു വർഗ്ഗീസ്)
Aju Varghese (അജു വർഗ്ഗീസ്; born Aju Kurian Varghese, 1985, Pathanamthitta, Kerala) is an Indian actor and producer in Malayalam cinema, with over 140 films since his 2010 debut in Malarvadi Arts Club.
Ajuda Botanical Garden
Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (Ajuda Botanical Garden), Lisbon; founded 1768 as Real Jardim Botânico da Ajuda, Portugal's first botanical garden and 15th in Europe, designed by Domingos Vandelli, now run by the Instituto Superior de Agronomia.
Ajuga
Ajuga, commonly known as bugleweed or carpet bugle, is a genus of about 69 species of flowering plants in the mint family, native across Eurasia and known for the ground cover Ajuga reptans.
Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans (bugle, bugleweed, carpet bugleweed), Lamiaceae perennial herb native to Europe to N. Iran and NW Africa, spread by stolons; shade ground cover, invasive-risk listed in Florida, studied for hepatoprotective and hemostatic extracts.
Ajuran Sultanate
Ajuran Sultanate (Ajuran Imamate), a theocratic Islamic Somali state of south-central Somalia based at Marka/Merca, 13th or 16th century to late 17th century, known for hydraulic engineering, a standing army, and Mogadishu trade links.
Ajvar
Ajvar (ајвар) is a Balkan roasted red pepper spread with oil, salt, and vinegar; eggplant optional. Name from Turkish havyar. Serbia and North Macedonia both protect ajvar names; origin is shared and disputed.
AJVC
AJVC, also known as A Junior VC, is a Pune-based pre-seed venture capital fund founded by Aviral Bhatnagar, which grew out of his 2018 content platform.
Ajwain (अजवाइन)
Ajwain (अजवाइन), carom seed or bishop's weed, is the spice from Trachyspermum ammi, an Apiaceae annual native from Iraq to Central Asia. India is the largest producer; its thymol-rich essential oil (35–60% thymol) gives a thyme-like flavor and digestive, antimicrobial uses.
Ajyad Fortress (قلعة أجياد)
Ajyad Fortress (قلعة أجياد) was an Ottoman-era fortress built in 1780 on Bulbul Hill above the Grand Mosque of Mecca and demolished in January 2002.
AK Alfa
The AK Alfa, also written AK-Alpha, is a modernized Kalashnikov-pattern rifle developed by Israel's CAA with Kalashnikov USA. First shown in 2016, it never entered series production.
AK Kite Surf Center
AK Kite Surf Center is a surf school and sports venue in Phan Thiet, Lam Dong, Vietnam, near Mui Ne (10.94862 N, 108.20703 E). Mapped as an OSM surfing sports centre and indexed as a beginner A-frame beach break with NE monsoon swell.
AK Okereke
AK Okereke (Akachi Onyedika Okereke, born 2003) is an American NBA forward, a Cornell walk-on turned All-Ivy player and Vanderbilt graduate transfer, signed by the Los Angeles Lakers to a two-way contract, No. 31, after going undrafted in 2026.