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Ashur-nadin-shumi
Ashur-nadin-shumi, also Aššur-nādin-šumi, was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib whom his father made king of Babylon; he reigned six years until the Elamites captured and deported him to Elam in 694 BC.
Ashur-nirari I
Ashur-nirari I was a king of Assyria in the early Middle Assyrian period, the 60th ruler in the Assyrian King List, where he is credited with 26 years.
Ashur-nirari II
Ashur-nirari II (Aššur-nērārī II) was a king of Assyria in the mid-fifteenth century BC, the 68th ruler on the Assyrian King List and son of Enlil-nasir II.
Ashur-nirari III
Ashur-nirari III (Aššur-nērārī III) was a king of Assyria who reigned six years around 1202–1197 BC, a grandson of Tukulti-Ninurta I who ruled a kingdom weakened by his grandfather's assassination.
Ashur-nirari IV
Ashur-nirari IV (Aššur-nērāri IV) was king of Assyria from 1018 to 1013 BC, the 94th king in the list and a son of Shalmaneser II.
Ashur-nirari V
Ashur-nirari V (Aššur-nērārī V) was king of Assyria from 754 to 745 BC, a son of Adad-nirari III whose weak reign ended in rebellion and the accession of Tiglath-pileser III.
Ashur-rabi II
Ashur-rabi II, also known as Aššur-rābi II, was king of Assyria from 1012 to 972 BC, a 41-year reign among the longest of any Assyrian monarch.
Ashur-resh-ishi I
Ashur-resh-ishi I (Aššur-rēš-iši I) was a king of Assyria in the late twelfth century BC who reigned 1132–1115 BC and was the father and predecessor of Tiglath-pileser I.
Ashur-resh-ishi II
Ashur-resh-ishi II, also known as Aššur-rēš-iši II, was king of Assyria from about 971 to 967 BC, son of Ashur-rabi II and father of Tiglath-pileser II.
Ashur-rim-nisheshu
Ashur-rim-nisheshu (Aššur-rēm-nīšēšu) was king of Assyria for eight years around 1408–1401 BC, the 70th ruler in the Assyrian King List, son of Aššur-bêl-nišešu and father of Aššur-nadin-ahhe II.
Ashur-shaduni
Ashur-shaduni, or Aššur-šadūni, was an Assyrian king in the mid-15th century BC, entry 64 of the Assyrian King List, whose one-month reign ended when Ashur-rabi I ousted him and seized the throne.
Ashur-uballit I
Ashur-uballit I (Aššur-uballiṭ I) was king of Assyria c. 1365–1330 BC, son and successor of Eriba-Adad I, credited with creating the first Assyrian empire and initiating the Middle Assyrian period.
Ashur-uballit II
Ashur-uballit II, also written Assur-uballit II, was the last ruler of Assyria, reigning from 612 to 609 BC until his defeat at Ḫarran ended the Assyrian monarchy.
Ashura
Ashura (عاشوراء) is the tenth day of Muharram, a fast day for Sunni Muslims and a day of mourning for Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala for Shi'a Muslims.
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (Aššur-bāni-apal), last great king of Assyria (r. 669/668–c. 631/627 BC), ruled from Nineveh the largest empire of its day and built the famed library of over 20,000 cuneiform tablets.
Ashurbanipal's campaigns against Elam
Ashurbanipal's campaigns against Elam, also called the Elamite wars of Ashurbanipal, were the wars between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Elam, ending with the sack of Susa.
Ashurbanipal's invasion of Egypt
Ashurbanipal's invasion of Egypt was an Assyrian campaign in 667 BC in which king Ashurbanipal defeated the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa near Memphis and retook the city.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II, also known as Aššur-nāṣir-apli II, was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BC who rebuilt the empire's power and founded the new capital Kalhu, modern Nimrud.
Ashutosh Mukherjee
Ashutosh Mukherjee, also written Asutosh Mookerjee or Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian mathematician, jurist, and Calcutta High Court judge who served two tenures as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.
Ashvamedha (अश्वमेध)
Ashvamedha (अश्वमेध), the horse sacrifice, is the grandest Vedic royal rite of ancient India, in which a king released a stallion to wander for a year before sacrificing it.
Ashvamedha coin type of Samudragupta
The Ashvamedha coin type of Samudragupta (अश्वमेध मुद्रा) is a series of gold dinars the Gupta emperor issued to commemorate his performance of the Vedic horse sacrifice.
Ashvin Bachireddy
Ashvin Bachireddy is an American venture capitalist who leads SV Angel's growth fund and is known for investments in OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral and six Forbes Midas List appearances.
Ashvins (अश्विन्)
Ashvins (अश्विन्, Nāsatyas, Dasras) are the twin horsemen-physicians of the Vedic pantheon, sons of the Sun, praised in over fifty Rigveda hymns, rescuers and healers, comparable to the Greek Dioscuri and Baltic Ašvieniai.
Ashwini Kumar Choubey (अश्विनी कुमार चौबे)
Ashwini Kumar Choubey (अश्विनी कुमार चौबे), BJP politician from Bihar, five-term MLA and Buxar MP 2014-2024; Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare 2017-2021, then Environment and Consumer Affairs until 2024.
Ashwini Roy Sarkar
Ashwini Roy Sarkar is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who serves as a Cabinet Minister in Assam, holding the Social Justice and Empowerment and Soil Conservation departments.
Ashwini Vaishnaw (अश्विनी वैष्णव)
Ashwini Vaishnaw (अश्विनी वैष्णव), born 1970, is India's Union Cabinet Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & IT, a Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, former IAS officer, and key figure behind Kavach and the Semicon India semiconductor program.
Asia Alternatives Capital Partners
Asia Alternatives Capital Partners is a San Francisco-based private equity fund-of-funds focused on Asia, co-founded by Melissa Ma, Laure Wang, and Rebecca Xu in 2007.
Asia Bibi blasphemy case
Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen, آسیہ نورین), Pakistani Christian farm worker, blasphemy case: accused 2009, death sentence 2010 under PPC 295-C, Lahore High Court upheld 2014, Supreme Court acquitted 2018, left for Canada 2019.
Asia Commercial Bank
Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) is a Vietnamese commercial joint-stock bank founded in 1993, focused on retail and SME banking, listed in Ho Chi Minh City since 2020.
Asia Innovation Ventures
Asia Innovation Ventures, LP is a Delaware venture capital fund formed in 2021, sponsored by Pappas Capital of Durham, North Carolina, investing in next-generation technologies in Asia.