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Badges of the United States Army
Badges of the United States Army: combat and special skill badges (CIB, EIB, EFMB, ESB), marksmanship, and identification insignia governed by AR 670-1 and DA PAM 670-1, designed by The Institute of Heraldry, with roots in Civil War corps badges and the 1943 infantry badges.
Badges of the United States Marine Corps
Badges of the United States Marine Corps center on the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (EGA), the Corps' official emblem adopted in 1868 under Commandant Jacob Zeilin, standardized in 1875, and redesigned in 1955 with a bald eagle and Semper Fidelis ribbon.
Badh ibn Dustak
Badh ibn Dustak (بذ بن دستك) was a Kurdish chief of the Hamidiyya tribe who ruled Diyar Bakr from 983, rising from shepherd to master of Mayyafariqin, Amid, and Mosul.
Badhan
Badhan (باذان), also written Bazan, was the last Sasanian governor of Sana'a in Yemen, a member of the abna' who converted to Islam in Muhammad's lifetime and became the first Muslim amir of Yemen.
Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadhani
Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (بديع الزمان الهمذاني) was an Arabic prose writer and poet, born in Hamadan and died in Herat in 1008, best known as the inventor of the maqama.
Badi H. Baltagi
Badi H. Baltagi is a Lebanese-born econometrician and Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University, known for panel data econometrics and his textbook Econometric Analysis of Panel Data.
Badi II
Badi II, or Badi II Abu Daqn, was a sultan (mek) of the Funj Sultanate of Sennar in the seventeenth century, known for defeating the Shilluk.
Badi IV
Badi IV (بادي الرابع), also called Badi Abu Shulukh, was sultan of the Funj Sultanate of Sennar from 1724 to 1761 or 1762, defeating an Ethiopian invasion in 1744.
Badi VII
Badi VII, also given as Badi VII bin Tabl, was the last sultan of the Funj Sultanate of Sennar in Sudan, who submitted without a fight to the Turco-Egyptian forces in June 1821.
Badis ibn al-Mansur
Badis ibn al-Mansur (باديس بن منصور) was the third ruler of the Zirid dynasty of Ifriqiya, reigning from 996 until his death in 1016 while besieging his great-uncle Hammad.
Badis ibn Habus
Badis ibn Habus (باديس بن حبوس) was the third Zirid emir of Granada in al-Andalus, reigning from 1038 to 1073 and known as the strongest of the Berber kings of southern al-Andalus.
Badoo
Badoo is a London-founded dating and social discovery app launched in 2006 by Andrey Andreev; a pioneer of web and mobile dating, now wholly owned by Bumble Inc. after Blackstone's 2019 $3 billion MagicLab acquisition.
Badou
Badou (拔都) was a prince of the pre-Yuan Mongol Empire, son of Shu Chi, who led the western campaign against the Rus' principalities and Hungary and helped enthrone Möngke.
Badr al-Din al-Ayni
Badr al-Din al-Ayni (بدر الدين العيني) was a Hanafi jurist and historian who served the Mamluk sultans of Cairo as chief judge until his death in 1451.
Badr al-Din Lu'lu'
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (بدر الدين لؤلؤ), titled al-Malik al-Rahim, was a mamluk who served as regent for the last Zengid princes of Mosul, then ruled it as an independent sultan from 1233 to 1259.
Badr al-Jamali
Badr al-Jamali (بدر الجمالي) was an Armenian-born mamluk who became vizier and commander of the Fatimid caliphate of Egypt from 1073, restoring the state under Caliph al-Mustansir.
Badr al-Jamali's seizure of power and restoration
Badr al-Jamali's seizure of power and restoration (تسلط بدر الجمالي على شؤون الدولة) was the Armenian commander Badr al-Jamali's 1073–1074 takeover of the Fatimid state in Egypt.
Badr ibn Hasanwayh
Badr ibn Hasanwayh (بدر بن حسنویه) was the Kurdish ruler of the Hasanwayhid emirate, centered at Dinawar in western Iran, from 979 until his death in 1014.
Badr ibn Sayf
Badr ibn Sayf (بدر بن سيف) was an Al Bu Said prince who ruled Oman as regent from 1804 and was killed by his cousin Said ibn Sultan in 1806.
Badruddin Ajmal (বদরুদ্দিন আজমল)
Badruddin Ajmal (বদরুদ্দিন আজমল), known as Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, is an Indian Islamic scholar and perfume businessman who founded the AIUDF and represented Dhubri in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2024.
Badu Bonsu II
Badu Bonsu II, also written Badu Bonso II, was king of the Ahanta people on the Gold Coast of present-day Ghana, executed by the Dutch in 1838.
Baduy people
Baduy people (Orang Kanekes): a Sundanese indigenous community in Kanekes Village, Lebak, Banten, Indonesia, divided into stricter Inner and looser Outer Baduy, following Sunda Wiwitan and pikukuh customary law.
Bae Hyeon-gyeong
Bae Hyeon-gyeong (배현경), originally named Baek Ok-sam, was a Goryeo general and first-grade founding merit subject who helped enthrone Wang Geon in 918 and died in 936.
Bae Jung-son
Bae Jung-son (배중손) was a Goryeo general who led the Sambyeolcho revolt against the Mongol invasion, setting up a government on Jindo Island until its fall in 1271.
Bae Ki-sik
Bae Ki-sik (배기식) is a South Korean technology entrepreneur who founded RIDI Corporation, known for Ridibooks, in 2008 and made it South Korea's first content platform unicorn in 2022.
Bae Kyung-hoon
Bae Kyung-hoon (배경훈) is a South Korean AI expert and politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, formerly head of LG AI Research.
Baeda Maryam I
Baeda Maryam I (በእደ ማርያም) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1468 to 1478, the son and successor of Zara Yaqob who reversed his father's centralized rule.
Bæddel and bædling
Bæddel and bædling are obscure Old English terms for non-normative sex or gender categories: bæddel glossing hermaphrodite, bædling an effemate man, attested in glossaries and the Canons of Theodore, and possibly related to Modern English bad.
Baek Ijeong
Baek Ijeong (백이정, 白頤正) was a Goryeo civil official and Confucian scholar who studied Neo-Confucianism for ten years in Yuan China and transmitted it to Korea.
Baekdu Mountain Boundary Monument
The Baekdu Mountain Boundary Monument (백두산정계비), also called the Mukedeng stele, was a stone marker erected in 1712 recording the Joseon–Qing border at Baekdu Mountain; it vanished in 1931.