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Baladīyat Awbārī
Baladīyat Awbārī (بلدية أوباري), the Municipality of Ubari, is a Libyan baladiya in Fezzan, southwestern Libya, centered on an oasis town of about 35,000 people; it hosts the Al-Sharara oil field and has Arab, Tubu, and Tuareg communities.
Baladīyat Ghadāmis
Baladīyat Ghadāmis (ﺑﻠﺪﻴﺔ ﻏﺪﺍﻤﺲ), or Ghadames Municipality, is a municipality of Libya governing the oasis town of Ghadames, about 584 km southwest of Tripoli, whose old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Baladīyat Jarayān al Bāţinah
Baladīyat Jarayān al Bāţinah (بلدية جريان الباطنة), also Jarayān al-Bāṭinah, was a municipality and first-level administrative division of Qatar, now a historical division; a village of the same name survives in Al Rayyan municipality.
Baladīyat Tarhūnah
Baladīyat Tarhūnah (بلدية ترهونة), Tarhuna Municipality, a former first-level administrative division of Libya until 2018, centered on Tarhuna city 65 km southeast of Tripoli; known for the post-2020 al-Kaniyat mass graves.
Baladīyat Ţubruq
Baladīyat Ţubruq (بلدية طبرق), Tobruk Municipality, a Libyan first-order administrative division centered on the eastern port city of Tobruk; recorded as historical, with 1979-era branches including Jaghbub, Musaid, and Bardia.
Baladīyat Yafran
Baladīyat Yafran (بلدية يفرن), also Yefren/Yifren Municipality, is a Libyan municipality in the Nafusa Mountains, northwest Libya, capital Yafran, about 130 km from Tripoli; restored by 2013 Decree 540, Amazigh and Ibadi center, mayor Hussein Kafu.
Baladīyat Zlīţan
Baladīyat Zlīţan (بلدية زليتن, Zliten Municipality) is a coastal municipality in northwestern Libya whose seat, Zliten, lies on the Mediterranean about 150 km east of Tripoli.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae, the right and bowhead whale family (Balaena, Eubalaena), are large slow mysticete whales with arched jaws, long baleen up to 4 m, no dorsal fin, and skim filter feeding on copepods.
Balafon
The balafon is a gourd-resonated wooden xylophone of the Mande peoples of West Africa, played with rubber-tipped mallets and central to the traditional music of Mali and Guinea.
Balagam (బాలగం) (film)
Balagam (బాలగం) is a 2023 Telugu comedy-drama directed by debutant Venu Yeldandi, produced by Dil Raju Productions, starring Priyadarshi, Kavya Kalyanram, and Sudhakar Reddy. Set in rural Telangana around a patriarch's death and 12-day mourning rituals, it earned about ₹26.55 crore worldwide on a ₹3 crore budget and won international festival awards.
Balagangadhara Tilak
Balagangadhara Tilak, full name Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, was a Telugu poet, novelist, and short story writer (1921–1966) whose collection Amrutham Kurisina Ratri won the Kendra Sahitya Academy award in 1971.
Balagha
Balagha (البلاغة, balāgha) is the Arabic discipline of eloquence and rhetoric, covering figures of speech and embellishment used to judge expression, especially in classical poetry and the Qur'an.
Balaglitazone
Balaglitazone (DRF-2593) is a thiazolidinedione PPARγ partial agonist developed by Dr. Reddy's and Novo Nordisk for type 2 diabetes; its phase III BALLET trial showed HbA1c lowering with less edema than pioglitazone, but it was never marketed.
Balagrae
Balagrae (Balagrai), ancient town of Cyrenaica at modern El Beida (Al Bayda), Libya, 16 km west of Cyrene; famed for its Hadrianic Asclepium of Asclepius Iatros, wine/olive press, and AD 262 and 365 earthquake evidence.
Balagtas (Mercurian crater)
Balagtas is a 98 km impact crater on Mercury at 22.6S, 13.7W, approved by the IAU in 1976 and named for Francisco Balagtas, the Filipino Tagalog poet (1788-1862), author of Florante at Laura.
Balagulikacyadi Taila
Balagulikacyadi Taila, more commonly spelled Balaguluchyadi Tailam, is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil made from Bala and Guduchi herbs in a sesame-oil base, applied externally for gout, arthritis, and joint pain.
Balahathadi taila
Balahathadi taila (Balahatadi Thailam), a Kerala Ayurvedic medicated sesame oil from Sahasrayogam with bala, amalaki, guduchi, sandalwood, costus, and licorice; used externally for headache (Shirashula) via Shiro Abhyanga and Nasya.
Balaiada
The Balaiada, also known as the Guerra dos Bem-te-vis, was a popular rebellion in Maranhão, Brazil, spreading into Piauí and parts of Ceará, from 1838 to 1841, at the end of the Regency period.
Balaji Avji Chitnis
Balaji Avji Chitnis (बाळाजी आवजी चिटणीस) was the chitnis, or state secretary, of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha state, and helped organize his 1674 coronation.
Balaji Baji Rao
Balaji Baji Rao, also called Nana Saheb, third Peshwa of the Marathas (1740–1761). Son of Baji Rao I, he moved the capital to Poona, extended Maratha power from the Indus to Kanyakumari, and died in 1761 after the Third Battle of Panipat.
Balaji Mohan (பாலாஜி மோகன்)
Balaji Mohan (பாலாஜி மோகன்), born 1987 in Trichy, is a Tamil film director, actor, and lyricist. He debuted with Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012), directed Vaayai Moodi Pesavum, Maari, and Maari 2, created the 2017 Hotstar web series As I'm Suffering From Kadhal, and has 2026 releases #Love and Nayyi Navelli.
Balaji Motion Pictures
Balaji Motion Pictures Limited (BMPL), Mumbai-based film production and distribution arm of Balaji Telefilms founded by Shobha and Ekta Kapoor; Hindi films including Shootout at Lokhandwala, The Dirty Picture, Udta Punjab, and Bhooth Bangla.
Balaji Telefilms
Balaji Telefilms Limited, founded in 1994 by Jeetendra Kapoor and led by Shobha and Ektaa R. Kapoor, is an Indian production house behind Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Balaji Motion Pictures, and the ALTT streaming platform.
Balaji Vishwanath
Balaji Vishwanath Bhat (1662–1720) was the first of the hereditary Peshwas of the Maratha Empire, serving as chief minister to Chhatrapati Shahu from 1713 to 1720.
Balajirakadi kvatha curna
Balajirakadi kvatha curna (Balājīrakādi kvātha cūrṇa), also called Balajirakadi kashaya, is an Ayurvedic coarse-powder decoction (AFI 4:23, AFI000250, 48 g dose) from Sahasrayoga 108, used for cough and asthma, with honey as adjuvant.
Balak
Balak: a river and sub-basin in Erbil governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, 10 km east of Bekhal Waterfall, with five tributaries and Ca-HCO3 water; also villages in Haryana and Syunik, Malaysian streams, and the similar Balkhab river of Afghanistan.
Balak ibn Bahram
Balak ibn Bahram (بلك بن بهرام), also rendered Belek, was an Artuqid Turkmen chief based at Harput who captured Joscelin of Edessa in 1122 and Baldwin II of Jerusalem in 1123.
Balak Ram (बालक राम) (idol)
Balak Ram, also known as Ram Lalla, is the 51-inch black-stone idol of the child Rama consecrated at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, India, in 2024.
Balaka District
Balaka District is a district in Malawi's Southern Region, headquarters at Balaka township, covering 2,193 km² with 438,379 residents at the 2018 census, a 62.7% poverty headcount, and IPC Level 4 chronic food insecurity.
Balakhany
Balakhany (Balaxanı) is an oil field on the Absheron Peninsula of Azerbaijan, about 12 km northeast of Baku, and part of the Balakhany–Sabunchu–Ramana field producing since 1871.