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Bakhar literature

Bakhar literature (बखर) is a genre of Marathi prose historical narrative, written from the late seventeenth century onward and considered an indispensable primary source of Maratha history.

Bakheet Al Katheeri

Bakheet Al Katheeri is an Abu Dhabi energy executive who leads Mubadala's UAE Investments platform, a $77.3 billion portfolio, after serving as CEO of Mubadala Petroleum from 2017 to 2021.

Bakhmut (Бахмут)

Bakhmut, formerly Artemivsk, is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, founded as a Cossack salt settlement and reduced to rubble in the 2022–2023 battle.

Bakhmut Municipality

Bakhmut Municipality (Бахмутська територіальна громада) is a territorial hromada in Bakhmut raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Bakhmut; it was created in 2019 and comprises 19 settlements.

Bakhodir Dzhalolov

Bakhodir Dzhalolov (Bahodir Jalolov, "The Big Uzbek"), born 1994, is an undefeated Uzbek heavyweight boxer, two-time Olympic super-heavyweight champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), two-time amateur world champion, and 18-0 (15 KO) as a professional.

Bakhram Murtazaliev

Bakhram Murtazaliev (Бахрам Муртазалиев), Russian super welterweight from Grozny based in California; IBF champion 2024-25, famous for the four-knockdown stoppage of Tim Tszyu, later losing the belt to Josh Kelly.

Bakhsh (بخش)

Bakhsh (بخش, "share, portion") is Iran's third-level administrative division between county (shahrestan) and rural district (dehestan), headed by a bakhshdar under the county farmandar; 1,193 existed in 1404 (2025-26), created by cabinet approval under population thresholds.

Bakhshi

A bakhshi is a folk epic singer and storyteller of Central Asia, especially among Uzbek, Karakalpak, and Turkmen peoples, performing dostons from memory with a dombra or dutar.

Bakht Khan

Bakht Khan (बख़्त ख़ान) was a Rohilla artillery officer who became commander in chief of the rebel forces at Delhi during the 1857 Indian Rebellion.

Bakht Singh of Marwar

Bakht Singh (बख्त सिंह), 1706–1752, was a Rathore ruler of Marwar who as governor of Nagaur fostered painting and poetry, and was murdered by a poisoned robe in 1752.

Bakhtiari confederation

The Bakhtiari confederation (ایل بختیاری) was a Lur-speaking tribal confederation of the Zagros Mountains, prominent in the 1909–1911 Constitutional Revolution until Pahlavi rule dismantled it.

Bakhtiari hydroelectric plant

The Bakhtiari hydroelectric plant is a planned 750 MW hydropower station on the Bakhtiari River in southwest Iran, to be fed by a 275 m arch dam.

Bakhtiari people

Bakhtiari (بختیاری) people: southwestern Iranian Lur-speaking Zagros group in Khuzestan, Chahar-Mahal and Bakhtiari, and Isfahan; Chahar Lang and Haft Lang divisions; 19th-century Bakhtiari tribal confederacy under the ilkhan.

Bakhtin Circle

The Bakhtin Circle was an informal group of young Soviet scholars named for Mikhail Bakhtin who met in Nevel, Vitebsk, and Leningrad from 1918 to 1929.

Bakhtiyar Akhmedov

Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (Бахтияр Шахабутдинович Ахмедов), Russian freestyle wrestler born 1987 in Buynaksk, Dagestan; 2008 Olympic super-heavyweight (≤120 kg) champion by upgrade after Artur Taymazov's doping disqualification.

Bakhtiyar Artayev

Bakhtiyar Artayev (Бахтияр Артаев), Kazakh amateur boxer born 1983 in Taraz; won welterweight (69 kg) gold and the Val Barker Trophy at Athens 2004, world bronzes 2005 and 2007, Beijing 2008 quarterfinalist.

Bakhtiyar Kaki

Bakhtiyar Kaki (بختیار کاکی), also known as Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, was a Chishti Sufi saint who made Delhi the order's center in India; he died there in 1235.

Bakhtiyar Khalji's conquest of Bihar

Bakhtiyar Khalji's conquest of Bihar was the Turkic commander Bakhtiyar Khalji's seizure of the fortified town of Bihar and destruction of its Buddhist monasteries around 1200.

Bakhtrioni

Bakhtrioni (ბახტრიონი) is an 1892 epic poem by the Georgian poet Vazha-Pshavela recounting the 1659 uprising of the people of Kakheti against Persian rule, in which Georgian highlanders stormed the Bakhtrioni fortress.

Bakhtrioni Uprising

The Bakhtrioni Uprising (ბახტრიონის აჯანყება) was a 1659 revolt by the population of Kakheti, eastern Georgia, against Safavid Iranian rule, best remembered for storming Bakhtrioni Fortress, where the Persian Qizilbash force was stationed.

Bakhyt Sarsekbayev

Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Бахыт Сарсекбаев), Kazakh boxer born 1981 in Pavlodar; won 2008 Beijing Olympic welterweight gold, beating Cuba's Carlos Banteux 18-9 in the final.

Baki

Baki (باقي), pen name of Mahmud Abdulbaki (1526–1600), was an Ottoman poet and jurist acclaimed as the "sultan of poets", best known for his elegy for Suleyman.

Baki the Grappler

Baki the Grappler (グラップラー刃牙) is Keisuke Itagaki's martial arts manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from October 1991, 42 volumes, first of the Baki franchise about Baki Hanma fighting to surpass his father Yujiro; adapted as a 2001 anime and Netflix series.

Bakili Muluzi

Bakili Muluzi is a Malawian politician and businessman who served as president of Malawi from 1994 to 2004, defeating Hastings Kamuzu Banda in the first multiparty elections.

Baking

Baking: dry-heat cooking in an oven, the final step for bread, cakes, and cookies. Covers heat and mass transfer, Maillard browning, ancient Egyptian origins, and the modern $500 billion baking industry.

Baking Impossible

Baking Impossible is a 2021 Netflix American reality competition series pairing bakers with engineers as 'bakineers' in nine two-person teams building edible creations that survive stress tests for a $100,000 prize, hosted by Justin Willman.

Baking It

Baking It is a Peacock holiday baking competition series (2021-2023), a spin-off of Making It, hosted by Maya Rudolph with Andy Samberg then Amy Poehler, judged by four grandmothers for a $50,000 prize.

Baking powder

Baking powder, a dry chemical leavener of sodium bicarbonate, acid salts (cream of tartar, monocalcium phosphate, SAS), and starch; double-acting types release CO2 in two stages; patented by Horsford in 1856.

Baking sheet

A baking sheet, also called a sheet pan or bun pan, is a flat rectangular metal tray with a one-inch rim on all four sides, made for oven use.

Bakir ibn Abd Allah al-Ashaj

Bakir ibn Abd Allah al-Ashaj (بكير بن عبد الله) was a Medinan hadith transmitter of the junior Tabi'un generation, graded trustworthy, who later settled in Egypt.