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Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds, born 1966 in Barry, Wales, is a British science fiction author and former ESA astrophysicist, creator of the Revelation Space series, winner of the BSFA and Locus awards, and author of twenty novels including Chasm City and Eversion.

Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim (1900–1976), Scottish character actor of over 50 British films; definitive Scrooge (1951), Miss Fritton in The Belles of St Trinian's, Rector of Edinburgh University, CBE 1953, mentor of George Cole.

Alastair Stewart

Alastair James Stewart (born 1952, Gosport) is a retired English news presenter of ITN, ITV News, Channel 4 News and GB News; anchored News at Ten, moderated the 2010 leaders' debate, OBE 2006, retired 2023 with vascular dementia.

Alastor the Radio Demon

Alastor the Radio Demon is a Hazbin Hotel character created by Vivienne Medrano: a deceased New Orleans radio host and serial killer, now a Hell Overlord, voiced by Amir Talai, asexual, and bound by a soul deal.

Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude

Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude is a narrative poem of about 720 lines in blank verse by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in March 1816.

Alataw Mountains

Alataw Mountains (Alatau, Alatao, 阿拉套山), Turkic for Mottled Mountain Range, a range in the western North Tianshan, northern Bole–Wenquan area, Xinjiang, China, known for Carboniferous adakites, Nb-enriched arc basalts, and 306–267 Ma granites.

Oct 26, 2026

Alation

Alation (Alation Inc., Redwood City, founded 2012) is a data catalog and data intelligence company; its AIOS platform, 120+ connectors, Allie AI, and Agent Studio serve 500+ enterprises including Nasdaq, Hertz, and Samsung.

Oct 21, 2026

Alatrofloxacin

Alatrofloxacin (Trovan IV) is the intravenous alanyl-alanyl prodrug of the fluoroquinolone trovafloxacin, approved in 1997-1998 and withdrawn in 1999 after 152 serious hepatic events, including 9 deaths or liver transplants.

Sep 19, 2026

Alaturka

Alaturka, the Turkish pronunciation of Italian alla turca, names the makam-based music of the Ottoman and Turkish tradition; it became pejorative and was banned from Turkish radio in 1934.

Oct 21, 2026

Alauda

Alauda (skylarks) is a genus of larks in Alaudidae erected by Linnaeus in 1758, holding four species: Eurasian skylark, Oriental skylark, white-winged lark, and the Raso lark of Cape Verde.

Alauda arvensis

Alauda arvensis, the Eurasian skylark, a ground-nesting lark of Eurasian farmland famed for hovering song flight; IUCN Least Concern with 290-530 million birds but steep European declines from agricultural intensification.

Alauda family

Alauda family: asteroid family in the outer main belt named after (702) Alauda; a 158-member CX-complex group at 420 m/s cutoff, low albedo, highly inclined, older than 2 billion years, linked to active asteroid 324P/La Sagra.

Alauddin Ahmad Syah

Alauddin Ahmad Syah (علاء الدين أحمد شاه), who died in 1735, was the twenty-third sultan of Aceh, reigning from 1727 as the first sultan of Bugis descent.

Alauddin Husain Shah

Alauddin Husain Shah (علاء الدین حسین شاہ) was Sultan of Bengal from 1494 to 1519, founding the Husain Shahi dynasty, the last important ruling house of independent Bengal.

Alauddin Husain Shah's conquest of Kamata

Alauddin Husain Shah's conquest of Kamata was the 1494 annexation of the Kamata kingdom by the Bengal Sultanate, which overthrew the Khen dynasty of king Nilambar.

Alauddin Khalji

Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296–1316), second sultan of the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, usurped Jalaluddin in 1296, repelled repeated Mongol invasions between 1297 and 1306, conquered Gujarat, Rajasthan, Malwa, and the Deccan, and ran the economy through strict price and revenue controls that collapsed after his death.

Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Devagiri

Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Devagiri was the submission of the Yadava kingdom to the Delhi Sultanate, first raided in 1296 and consolidated by Malik Kafur.

Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Ranthambore

Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Ranthambore (رنتھمبور کی فتح) was the siege and capture in 1301 of the Chauhan hill fort of Ranthambore by the Delhi Sultanate, ending Rana Hammiradeva's rule.

Alauddin Khalji's raid on Devagiri

Alauddin Khalji's raid on Devagiri (देवगिरि पर अलाउद्दीन का धावा) was a surprise 1296 cavalry raid on the Yadava capital in the Deccan, whose booty funded his seizure of Delhi's throne.

Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah I

Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah I, also known as Sultan Muhammad Syah or Tuanku Daud, was Sultan of Aceh from 1823 to 1838, succeeding his father through a disputed succession.

Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor

Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor, also known as Raja Ali, was the first Sultan of Johor, reigning from 1528 to 1564 as son of the last Sultan of Melaka.

Alauddin Riayat Shah of Malacca

Alauddin Riayat Shah, born Raja Hussain, was the seventh sultan of Malacca from 1477 to 1488, during whose reign Malacca reached the height of its power.

Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari

Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari (علاء الدین صابر کالیاری), born 1196 and died 1291, was a Chishti Sufi saint, Baba Farid's nephew and successor, and founder of the Sabiriya branch.

Alaul Haq

Alaul Haq (আলাউল হক) was a Sufi master of the Chishti order based at Pandua, Bengal, close to the early Ilyas Shahi sultans and father of Nur Qutb Alam.

Oct 21, 2026

Alauna/Alione

Alauna/Alione, Roman auxiliary fort at Maryport, Cumbria, founded c. AD 122 under Hadrian as command and supply base for the Cumbrian coastal defences of Hadrian's Wall; famous for its 1870 altar finds and north-westernmost Roman temple.

Alaungpaya

Alaungpaya, born Aung Zeya, was a Burmese king who reigned from 1752 to 1760, unified Burma after the fall of the Toungoo dynasty, and founded the Konbaung dynasty, which ruled until 1886.

Alaungpaya's invasion of Siam

Alaungpaya's invasion of Siam (အလောင်းဘုရား၏ အယုဒ္ဓယ ချီတက်စစ်ပွဲ) was a 1760 Burmese campaign against Ayutthaya by King Alaungpaya; the siege failed, and he died during the retreat.

Alaungpaya's rise at Shwebo

Alaungpaya's rise at Shwebo was the 1752 revolt begun by Aung Zeya, a village headman at Moksobo in Upper Burma, against the Mons, founding the Konbaung dynasty.

Alaungsithu

Alaungsithu, also known as Sithu I, was king of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma from about 1112 to 1167, when the empire stood at its height.