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Arzooo

Arzooo was a Bengaluru-based B2B retail technology startup founded by former Flipkart executives, supplying electronics to 30,000 Indian stores before its distressed sale to Moksha Group in 2024.

As a Man Thinketh

As a Man Thinketh, James Allen's 1903 New Thought self-help book (about 71 pages, seven essays), argues that thought shapes character, circumstance, health, and achievement; foundational to the personal-development genre, never out of print.

As a service

As a service (XaaS) is a business model in which a provider operates software, infrastructure, or other capabilities that customers access on demand and pay for by subscription or use.

As above, so below

"As above, so below" (As is above, so is below) is a maxim attributed to the Emerald Tablet, an alchemical text ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus.

As Ever

As Ever, formerly American Riviera Orchard, is an American lifestyle brand founded by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, launched with Netflix in 2025 and known for its jam.

As-salamu alaykum (ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ)

As-salamu alaykum (السلام عليكم), meaning "peace be upon you," is the Arabic greeting of peace used by Muslims, known as the salutation of Islam; the reply is wa alaykum as-salam.

as-Salih Ismail

As-Salih Ismail (al-Malik al-Salih Ismail ibn al-Adil) was an Ayyubid ruler who twice held Damascus, in 1237 to 1238 and again from 1239 to 1245, dying in 1250 or 1251.

As'ad Abu Karib

As'ad Abu Karib, also known as Tubbaʿ Abū Karib Asʿad, was a king of Ḥimyar in ancient South Arabia who reigned from about 384 to 433 CE.

As'ad ibn Uthman al-Tanukhi

As'ad ibn Uthman al-Tanukhi was a Damascene Hanbali chief qadi, born in 698 AH and died in Ramadan 757 AH, recorded in al-Dhahabi's Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'.

As'ad Pasha al-Azm

As'ad Pasha al-Azm (أسعد باشا العظم) was an Ottoman governor who ruled Damascus from 1743 until his deposition in 1757, leading the annual pilgrimage caravan.

Asa Abeliovich

Asa Abeliovich is a physician-scientist in neurodegeneration, a tenured Columbia University professor who co-founded Alector in 2013 and later founded Prevail Therapeutics and Leal Therapeutics.

Asa di Var

Asa di Var, also written Asa ki Var, is a heroic-ballad composition in the Guru Granth Sahib, composed mainly by Guru Nanak and sung in Sikh congregations each morning.

Asa Griggs Candler

Asa Griggs Candler was an Atlanta druggist who bought Coca-Cola in 1888 for $2,300, built it into a national brand, and later served as mayor of Atlanta.

Asa Hutchinson

Asa Hutchinson (William Asa Hutchinson II, born 1950) is an American Republican politician, 46th governor of Arkansas 2015–2023, former congressman, DEA administrator, first DHS Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, and 2024 presidential candidate.

Asa Mahan

Asa Mahan (1799–1889) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, philosopher, and abolitionist who served as the first president of Oberlin College from 1835 to 1850 and helped found the Oberlin doctrine of entire sanctification.

Asa of Judah

Asa (אָסָא), third king of Judah, son of Abijam, reigned 41 years (c. 911-870 BC). Fought Baasha of Israel, bribed Ben-hadad I of Damascus with Temple treasure, deposed queen mother Maacah for an Asherah image.

Asaad al-Shaibani

Asaad al-Shaibani (أسعد حسن الشيباني, born 1987), also known as Zayd al-Attar, is Syria's foreign minister since December 2024; former HTS political affairs head and Salvation Government official now leading post-Assad diplomacy.

Asaba massacre

The Asaba massacre was the killing of hundreds of unarmed Igbo civilians by Nigerian federal troops in Asaba, Nigeria, in October 1967, early in the Nigerian Civil War.

Asad ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri

Asad ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri (أسد بن عبد الله القسري) was an Umayyad governor of Khurasan who served two tenures under Caliph Hisham and rebuilt Balkh as his base.

Asad ibn al-Furat

Asad ibn al-Furat (أسد بن الفرات) was a jurist and qadi of Qayrawan who led the Muslim invasion of Sicily in 827 and died there in 828.

Asad Jamal

Asad Jamal is a Pakistani-American venture capitalist who founded ePlanet Capital in 1999, pioneered global venture investing, and backed Baidu and Skype early; Forbes named him a Pioneer of Global Venture Capital in 2007.

Asad Rustum

Asad Rustum (أسد رستم) was a Lebanese historian and pioneer of documentary research who taught at the American University of Beirut and died in 1965.

Asad Umar (اسد عمر)

Asad Umar (اسد عمر), Pakistani politician and former Engro Corporation CEO; finance minister August 2018 to April 2019 during the IMF bailout talks, later Planning Minister and NCOC chairman during COVID-19.

Asadiyya

The Asadiyya (الأسدية) were a corps of Asadi mamluks, slave-soldiers who served as a fundamental force in Saladin's army, fighting in the conquest of Jerusalem and the siege of Acre.

Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi (born 1969), Indian politician, lawyer (Lincoln's Inn), MP for Hyderabad since 2004 and president of AIMIM since 2008; won a fifth term in 2024 with a 3,38,087-vote margin.

Asaf Azulay (אסף אזולאי)

Asaf Azulay (אסף אזולאי) is an Israeli marketing executive and venture investor who serves as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Team8, after five years as CMO of Bank Hapoalim.

Asaf Hamami (אסף חממי)

Asaf Hamami (אסף חממי), 1982–2023, IDF colonel commanding the Gaza Division's Southern Brigade; first officer to declare war on October 7, killed at Kibbutz Nirim, body held in Gaza until November 2025.

Asaf Jah V

Asaf Jah V (آصف جاہ پنجم), born Mir Tahniyat Ali Khan and titled Afzal-ud-Daula, was Nizam of Hyderabad from 1857 to 1869, remaining loyal during the 1857 rebellion.

Asaf Jahi administration

The Asaf Jahi administration (نظام حیدرآباد) was the system of government of the Nizams of Hyderabad, founded in 1724 by the Mughal nobleman Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah.

Asaf Khan

Asaf Khan (آصف خاں), born Mirza Abu'l-Hasan (about 1569 to 1641), was a powerful Mughal courtier, brother of Nur Jahan and father of Mumtaz Mahal.