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Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in Philistia

Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in Philistia were the Assyrian king's operations of 734 to 732 BC against Gaza, Ashkelon, Arab tribes, and Transjordanian kingdoms, ending in Assyrian control.

Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns to Media

Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns to Media were Assyrian military operations against the Median chieftains of the Iranian plateau, beginning in 744 BC and reaching the Salt Desert in 737.

Tiglath-Pileser III's Syro-Hittite campaigns

The Levantine campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III (743–738 BC) were Assyrian operations that defeated Urartu, annexed Arpad after a three-year siege, and took Unqi and Hamat.

Tiglath-pileser III's Urartu campaign

Tiglath-pileser III's Urartu campaign was the Assyrian offensive of 743 BC, in which Tiglath-pileser III routed Sarduri II of Urartu and his Syrian allies in Kummuḫ (Commagene).

Tigmanshu Dhulia (तिग्मांशु धूलिया)

Tigmanshu Dhulia (तिग्मांशु धूलिया) is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, known for Haasil (2003), Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster, and Paan Singh Tomar (2012).

Tigo Energy

Tigo Energy is a module-level power electronics company for solar photovoltaic systems, founded in 2007, listed on Nasdaq as TYGO, with about 16.6 million devices shipped in over 100 countries.

Tigon

Tigon: hybrid of a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a female lion, the reciprocal of the liger; smaller than either parent due to imprinting, males sterile, famously bred at Alipore Zoo, Kolkata.

Tigra

Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson) is a Marvel Comics superheroine, a catlike were-woman first appearing as The Cat in The Cat #1 (1972) and transformed by the Cat People in Giant-Size Creatures #1 (1974); a former Avenger and West Coast Avenger, distinct from the Ultimate Marvel Tigra and from DC's Vixen.

Tigran Chukhajian

Tigran Chukhajian, also rendered Dikran Tchouhadjian or Çuhacıyan, was an Armenian composer and conductor who wrote the first Armenian opera, Arshak II (1868), and founded the Armenian musical theater.

Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան)

Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան), 1929–1984, Soviet-Armenian grandmaster and ninth World Chess Champion (1963–1969), nicknamed Iron Tigran for prophylactic defense and the positional exchange sacrifice; beat Botvinnik 1963, lost to Spassky 1969.

Tigranakert

Tigranakert (Tigranocerta): cities named for Tigranes II the Great; the Artsakh site near Shahbulagh, over 70 ha, excavated 2006–2020, under Azerbaijani control since 2020.

Tigranes the Great (Տիգրան Մեծ)

Tigranes the Great (Tigran II, Տիգրան Մեծ), king of Armenia 95–55 BCE of the Artaxiad dynasty, built an empire of over 1,000,000 km², took the title king of kings, and submitted to Pompey in 66 BCE.

Tigranocerta/Cholimma/Chlomaron

Tigranocerta/Cholimma/Chlomaron, also Tigranakert, the capital city founded by Tigranes II the Great of Armenia, sacked by Lucullus in 69 BCE; site disputed, Arzan the leading candidate.

Tigray clashes (January-February 2026)

Tigray clashes (January-February 2026): first fighting between Ethiopia's federal army and the Tigray Defense Forces since the 2022 Pretoria Agreement, erupting in Tselemti, western Tigray, with drone strikes, flight suspensions, displacement, and Eritrea-related escalation.

Tigray genocide

Tigray genocide: contested label for atrocities against Tigrayans in Ethiopia's 2020-2022 war, which killed an estimated 500,000 civilians; UN bodies found war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the New Lines Institute found a reasonable basis for genocide, though no state or UN body has made that determination.

Tigray peace process

The Tigray peace process is the African Union–mediated negotiation that ended Ethiopia's Tigray war through the Pretoria agreement signed on 2 November 2022 by the federal government and the TPLF.

Tigray People's Liberation Front (ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ)

Tigray People's Liberation Front (ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ, Wäyyanä): Tigrayan Marxist-inspired front founded 1975 in Dedebit, ruled Ethiopia via the EPRDF 1991–2018, fought the 2020–2022 Tigray war, signed the 2022 Pretoria Agreement.

Tigray Region (ትግራይ)

Tigray (ትግራይ) is the northernmost regional state of Ethiopia, a highland region whose capital is Mekelle and the historic heartland of the kingdom of Aksum.

Tigray War

The Tigray War was an armed conflict in northern Ethiopia from November 2020 to 2022, pitting the Ethiopian government and Eritrea against the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Tigrayans

Tigrayans (Tegaru) are a Tigrinya-speaking ethno-linguistic group of northern Ethiopia, about 6% of the population, mostly Oriental Orthodox, historically centered on Axum, ruled Ethiopia via the TPLF from 1991 to 2018, and endured the 2020–2022 war.

Tigre

Club Atlético Tigre (El Matador), Argentine football club founded 3 August 1902 in Tigre, Buenos Aires, based in Victoria at the Estadio José Dellagiovanna; winner of the 2019 Copa de la Superliga.

Tigre De Cristal

Tigre de Cristal (crystal tiger) is the first casino resort of the Primorye gambling zone near Vladivostok, opened 11 November 2015; 121-room five-star hotel, over 300 slots, operated by G1 Entertainment under Summit Ascent/LET Group, now being sold.

Tigre Valles

Tigre Valles (Tigre Valles, IAU feature 14792) is a Martian valley system, valles type, about 102.82 km across at 12.02 S, 322.91 E in quadrangle MC-19, IAU-approved Jan 11, 2011 and named for a river in Peru.

Tigres UANL

Tigres UANL (Club Tigres de la UANL), Mexican Liga MX club founded 7 March 1960 from the Jabatos and run by the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; 8 league titles, 2020 Concacaf Champions League, Estadio Universitario.

Tigress (DC Comics)

Tigress is the name of several DC Comics characters: the 1938 Zatara foe from Action Comics #1, Paula Brooks (Huntress, Young All-Stars), and her daughter Artemis Crock of the Injustice Society.

Tigrinya language

Tigrinya (ትግርኛ, Tigrigna), a North Ethio-Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia's Tigray region, written in Ge'ez script; third-largest Semitic language, SOV order, working language in both, growing NLP resources.

Tigris (دجلة)

Tigris (دجلة, Dejla; Sumerian Idigna): major Middle Eastern river, about 2,032 km, rising in Turkey's Taurus mountains and flowing through Iraq to the Persian Gulf; snowmelt-fed, core of Mesopotamia, now severely reduced by upstream dams and drought.

Tigris Tunnel

The Tigris Tunnel (Bırkleyn, locally Dibni Çay) is a cave in Diyarbakır province, Turkey, where the Dibni Su flows under a mountain, carved with reliefs by Assyrian kings.

Tigris Tunnel Inscriptions

Tigris Tunnel Inscriptions: five Assyrian royal rock inscriptions (Tigris 1–5) with reliefs of Tiglath-pileser I and Shalmaneser III at Birkleyn caves, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey, where the Dibni stream, a source of the Tigris, flows through a natural 900 m tunnel.

Tigris–Euphrates river system

The Tigris–Euphrates river system is the paired river system of Western Asia, where the Tigris and Euphrates rise in eastern Turkey and flow through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.