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Askia Muhammad's caliphal patent
Askia Muhammad's caliphal patent was the recognition conferred in Cairo, mostly by the Abbasid caliph, during the Songhai ruler's 1496–1497 pilgrimage, naming him deputy over West Africa's Muslim lands.
Askia Muhammad's campaign against the Mossi
In 1498 Askia Muhammad I of Songhai led a jihad against the Mossi kingdom of Yatenga in modern Burkina Faso, defeating it in battle while Yatenga kept its independence.
Askia Muhammad's tax and administrative reforms
Askia Muhammad's tax and administrative reforms reorganized Songhay taxation, provincial government, and trade regulation from 1493, replacing hereditary rulers with royal appointees under Islamic law.
Askia Musa
Askia Musa was a ruler of the Songhai Empire who deposed his father Askia Muhammad in 1528 and was killed by his brothers in 1531.
Askiya council
The Askiya council was the standing council of ministers advising the askiya, ruler of the Songhay empire, established by Muhammad I Askia after he seized the throne in 1493.
Askiya dynasty
The Askiya dynasty, also spelled Askia, was the ruling house of the Songhai Empire from 1493, founded when Askiya Muhammad overthrew the Sunni dynasty, until the Moroccan invasion of 1591.
ASKUL
ASKUL (アスクル) is a Japanese e-commerce and logistics company founded in 1993 within PLUS Corporation, known for next-day delivery of office supplies through its ASKUL and LOHACO sites.
ASL interpreting
ASL interpreting is the professional practice of interpreting between American Sign Language and English. Organized in the US around RID (founded 1964), the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct, and CASLI's NIC and CDI certifications.
Aslam Baloch
Aslam Baloch (Balochi: اسلم بلوچ), alias Achu, was a senior commander of the Baloch Liberation Army killed in a December 2018 suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Aslam ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Umawi
Aslam ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Umawi, kunya Abu al-Ja'd, was a Cordoban Maliki jurist and hadith scholar, chief judge of al-Andalus under Abd al-Rahman III, who died in 931.
Aslan Maskhadov
Aslan Maskhadov (Аслан Масхадов), Chechen separatist president elected in 1997 after serving as Soviet artillery colonel and Ichkeria chief of staff; signed Khasavyurt Accords, led resistance until killed by Russian forces in Tolstoy-Yurt, 8 March 2005.
Aslaug
Aslaug (Áslaug, Kráka, Randalín) is the legendary Old Norse queen, daughter of Sigurðr Fáfnisbani and Brynhildr, wife of Ragnarr loðbrók, mother of Ivar the Boneless, and a skald in Skáldatal.
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
Asli Demirguc-Kunt (Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt) is a Turkish-born economist who spent 33 years at the World Bank, ending as Chief Economist of its Europe and Central Asia Region.
ASLwrite
ASLwrite, an open-source writing system for American Sign Language descended from si5s, developed by Deaf artists Adrean Clark and Julia Dameron; uses a digibet of handshape digits, diacritics, movement marks, and a writing-plane layout.
ASM International
ASM International is a Dutch semiconductor equipment maker founded by Arthur del Prado in 1968, based in Almere, holding over 55% of the atomic layer deposition market.
Asma al-Assad
Asma al-Assad, born Asma Fawaz al-Akhras in London, is a British-born former investment banker who was Syria's first lady from 2000 until the government fell in 2024.
Asma bint Abi Bakr
Asma bint Abi Bakr (أسماء بنت أبي بكر) was a Companion of Muhammad, daughter of Abu Bakr, known as Dhat al-Nitaqayn for her role in the Hijra.
Asma bint Shihab
Asma bint Shihab (أسماء بنت شهاب) was a queen of Yemen's Sulayhid dynasty who shared government with her husband Ali al-Sulayhi from 1047 until his death in 1067.
Asma Jahangir (عاصمہ جہانگیر)
Asma Jahangir (عاصمہ جہانگیر, 1952–2018), Pakistani lawyer and rights activist; AGHS Legal Aid co-founder, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan co-founder, UN special rapporteur, first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Asmat people
Asmat people, indigenous Papuan hunter-gatherers of Southwest Papua, Indonesia (Asmat-Kamoro languages); about 70,000 people in 220+ villages, known for woodcarving, bis poles, and former headhunting, contacted permanently from 1953.
Asmitadarsh
Asmitadarsh (अस्मितादर्श) is a Marathi quarterly literary magazine devoted to Dalit literature, founded in December 1967 in Aurangabad by the writer and critic Gangadhar Pantawane.
Asmodeus
Asmodeus (Hebrew Ashmedai, אשמדאי) is the demon of the Book of Tobit who killed Sarah's seven husbands, later the Talmudic king of demons in the Solomon Temple legend, with a name derived from Avestan aeshma-daeva, demon of wrath.
ASMR
ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) is a pleasant tingling sensation starting at the scalp and spreading down the spine, with relaxation, triggered by whispering, tapping, and personal attention; the name was coined by Jennifer Allen in 2010.
Ašmu-nikal
Ašmu-nikal, also written Ašmunikkal, was a queen of the Hittite kingdom during the Middle Hittite period, the wife of King Arnuwanda I and daughter of Queen Nikalmati.
Åsmund Grøver Aukrust
Åsmund Grøver Aukrust is a Norwegian Labour Party politician serving as Minister of International Development and Member of Parliament for Akershus since 2025, having announced a review of Norwegian development aid.
Asna al-matajir
Asna al-matajir (أسنى المتاجر) is a fatwa by the Fez jurist Ahmad al-Wansharisi, written after the fall of Granada, ruling that emigration from Christian-ruled lands is a lasting obligation.
Asociality
Asociality is reduced desire for social connection and initiation of social interaction, a negative symptom of schizophrenia; distinct from antisocial behavior, it also occurs in schizoid personality disorder and autism.
Asom Gana Parishad
Asom Gana Parishad (Assam People's Council, AGP) is an Assamese regional party founded 14 October 1985 from the Assam Movement and Assam Accord leadership, twice governing Assam under Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, now a BJP-led NDA ally with 10 Assembly seats.
Aspar (Numidian)
Aspar was a Numidian envoy sent by King Jugurtha to Bocchus I of Mauretania, acting publicly as ambassador while secretly spying during the Jugurthine War.
Asparuh of Bulgaria
Asparuh (Аспарух) was khan of the Bulgars, reigning from 679 to 701, who founded the First Bulgarian state, which Byzantium recognized by treaty in 681.