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Tugela Falls

Tugela Falls, South African tiered waterfall on the Tugela River in the Drakensberg's Amphitheatre, KwaZulu-Natal; 948 m over five tiers, tallest drop 411 m; Africa's highest and rival to Angel Falls for world's tallest by total height.

Tugger train

A tugger train (German: Routenzug) is an in-plant material handling system in which a towing tractor pulls linked trailers along fixed, timed routes, delivering parts to production stations.

Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong is a district of southern Canberra, Australia, established in 1973 as the city's third satellite town. Its name means 'cold plain'; the 2021 Census recorded 89,461 residents.

Tughlaq (play)

Tughlaq is a thirteen-scene historical play in Kannada by Girish Karnad, published in 1964, dramatizing the fourteenth-century Delhi Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq, whose idealism ends in tyranny.

Tughlaq Durbar

Tughlaq Durbar (துக்ளக் தர்பார்), aka Tughlaq Darbar, is a 2021 Tamil political comedy-drama directed by Delhi Prasad Deenadayal, starring Vijay Sethupathi as a scheming politician with a conscience-driven split personality; it premiered on Sun TV on 10 September 2021 and streamed on Netflix.

Tughlaq dynasty

Tughlaq dynasty, third dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate (1320–1414), founded by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq; reached greatest extent under Muhammad bin Tughlaq, declined after Firuz Shah and Timur's 1398 sack.

Tughlaqabad Mound

Tughlaqabad Mound, Delhi: the raised ground (up to 70 ft) bearing Tughlaqabad Fort, the walled capital built by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, 1320–1325, third city of Delhi, abandoned within a generation.

Tughlugh Timur

Tughlugh Timur (Туғлуқ Темур) was a Chagatayid prince who became the first khan of Moghulistan, ruling from 1347 or 1348 until his death in 1362 or 1363.

Tughluq Shah II

Tughluq Shah II (تغلق خان), who reigned as Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq Shah II, was Sultan of Delhi from 1388 to 1389; the young grandson of Firuz Shah Tughluq was seized and killed by conspirators in February 1389.

Tughra (طغرا)

Tughra (طغرا, Turkish tuğra): the ornate calligraphic monogram and seal of an Ottoman sultan, bearing his name, father's name, titles, and "eternally victorious," used on firmans and coins from Orhan I until 1922.

Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent

The tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (Kanuni Sultan Süleyman tuğrası) is the calligraphic imperial monogram of Ottoman sultan Suleiman I, applied to every royal edict of his reign.

Tughril Beg

Tughril Beg (طغرل بیک) founded the Great Seljuk state, ending Buyid rule in Baghdad in 1055 and ruling Iran and Iraq as sultan until his death in 1063.

Tughril's entry into Baghdad

Tughril's entry into Baghdad was the Seljuk ruler Tughril Beg's peaceful occupation of the Abbasid capital in December 1055, ending Buyid rule and making Tughril sultan and protector of the caliph al-Qa'im.

Tughril's investiture by Caliph al-Qa'im

Tughril's investiture by Caliph al-Qa'im (طغرل) was the caliph's grant to Seljuk ruler Tughril Beg of the title King of the East and West, in Baghdad after 1058.

Tugnuisky Coal Mine

The Tugnuisky Coal Mine is a large open-pit coal mine at Sagan-Nur in Buryatia, Russia, owned by SUEK and the largest coal producer in East Siberia.

Tugu

Tugu is an Indonesian and Malay word for a monument, typically an obelisk or memorial column erected for a person or cause, also a metaphor in Indonesian poetry.

Tuguegarao

Tuguegarao, capital of Cagayan province and regional center of Cagayan Valley, Philippines; founded as a pueblo in 1604, capital since 1839, population 153,502 in 2015, hot climate, flood-prone Cagayan River Basin city.

Tugulus

Tugulus (Tagulis, Θαγουλίς), a Roman fort and road station on the Syrtis Major coast of Libya, identified with Gasr el-Haddadia near Ras Lanuf; attested in the Itinerarium Antonini, Peutinger Map, Ptolemy, and Barrington Atlas 37 D2.

Tuha Oil Field

Tuha Oil Field (吐哈) is an operating onshore oil field in the Tuha Basin, Xinjiang, China, discovered in 1989 and operated by PetroChina Tuha Oilfield since 1992.

Tuhai

Tuhai (图海) was a Manchu general and Grand Secretary of the Qing dynasty who crushed the Chahar rebellion and accepted Wang Fuchen's surrender at Pingliang in 1676.

Tuhfat al-Iraqayn

Tuhfat al-Iraqayn (تحفة العراقین), also known as Khatm al-Ghara'ib, is a 12th-century Persian masnavi by Khaqani Shirvani describing his pilgrimage journey toward Mecca through the two Iraqs.

Tuhfat al-Kiram

Tuhfat al-Kiram (تحفۃ الکرام, "Gift of the Generous") is a Persian-language history of Sindh by Mir Ali Shir Qani Thattvi, completed in 1767–68 and regarded as the last old Persian history of Sindh.

Tuhfat al-Mujahidin

Tuhfat al-Mujahidin (تحفة المجاهدين) is an Arabic chronicle completed in 1583 by the Malabar scholar Zainuddin Makhdoom II, recounting the fight between Malabar's Mappila Muslims and the Portuguese from 1498 to 1583.

Tuhfat al-Muwahhidin

Tuhfat al-Muwahhidin (تحفۃ الموحدین, "A Gift to Monotheists") is a Persian treatise with an Arabic preface by Rammohun Roy, published at Murshidabad in 1803–04 to protest idolatry in all religions.

Tuhfat al-Nafis

Tuhfat al-Nafis ("The Precious Gift") is a Malay historical text begun by Raja Ahmad and completed by Raja Ali Haji in 1866, an invaluable source for the history of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.

Tuhua Jianwen Zhi

Tuhua Jianwen Zhi (图画见闻志, Experiences in Painting) is a six-juan history and theory of Chinese painting by Northern Song critic Guo Ruoxu, completed in 1074, covering painters from 841 onward.

Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua

Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua was a Tongan kingly title created in the 15th century, the second of three royal dynasties, holding secular power while the Tuʻi Tonga kept sacred prestige.

Tuʻi Kanokupolu

Tuʻi Kanokupolu is the third and youngest of Tonga's three ancient kingly titles, created around the 16th or 17th century and now held by reigning King Tupou VI.

Tuʻi Manu'a

Tuʻi Manuʻa, also written Tui Manuʻa, is the paramount chiefly title of the Manuʻa islands in eastern Samoa, now American Samoa, whose holders held sacred senior rank in Polynesian tradition.

Tuʻi Tonga Empire

The Tuʻi Tonga Empire, also called the Tongan Maritime Empire, was a maritime polity centered on Tonga's Tuʻi Tonga dynasty, with influence reaching Samoa, Fiji, Niue, and Wallis.