127,669 articles
Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817, 1999 SCC decision in Mavis Baker's humanitarian and compassionate immigration appeal, led by L'Heureux-Dubé J on children's best interests, bias, and reasons.
Baker v. Carr
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), Supreme Court decision holding Tennessee legislative apportionment challenges justiciable under the Equal Protection Clause; established the six-factor political question doctrine and enabled one person, one vote rulings.
Baketaten
Baketaten, also spelled Beketaten, was an Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty, generally identified as the youngest daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, known from reliefs in the tomb of Huya at Amarna.
Baketwernel
Baketwernel was a queen of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, conventionally identified as a Great Royal Wife of Ramesses IX, whose reign is dated around 1128–1110 BC.
Bakhar literature
Bakhar literature (बखर) is a genre of Marathi prose historical narrative, written from the late seventeenth century onward and considered an indispensable primary source of Maratha history.
Bakheet Al Katheeri
Bakheet Al Katheeri is an Abu Dhabi energy executive who leads Mubadala's UAE Investments platform, a $77.3 billion portfolio, after serving as CEO of Mubadala Petroleum from 2017 to 2021.
Bakht Khan
Bakht Khan (बख़्त ख़ान) was a Rohilla artillery officer who became commander in chief of the rebel forces at Delhi during the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
Bakht Singh of Marwar
Bakht Singh (बख्त सिंह), 1706–1752, was a Rathore ruler of Marwar who as governor of Nagaur fostered painting and poetry, and was murdered by a poisoned robe in 1752.
Bakhtiari confederation
The Bakhtiari confederation (ایل بختیاری) was a Lur-speaking tribal confederation of the Zagros Mountains, prominent in the 1909–1911 Constitutional Revolution until Pahlavi rule dismantled it.
Bakhtiari people
Bakhtiari (بختیاری) people: southwestern Iranian Lur-speaking Zagros group in Khuzestan, Chahar-Mahal and Bakhtiari, and Isfahan; Chahar Lang and Haft Lang divisions; 19th-century Bakhtiari tribal confederacy under the ilkhan.
Bakhtiyar Kaki
Bakhtiyar Kaki (بختیار کاکی), also known as Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, was a Chishti Sufi saint who made Delhi the order's center in India; he died there in 1235.
Bakhtiyar Khalji's conquest of Bihar
Bakhtiyar Khalji's conquest of Bihar was the Turkic commander Bakhtiyar Khalji's seizure of the fortified town of Bihar and destruction of its Buddhist monasteries around 1200.
Bakhtrioni Uprising
The Bakhtrioni Uprising (ბახტრიონის აჯანყება) was a 1659 revolt by the population of Kakheti, eastern Georgia, against Safavid Iranian rule, best remembered for storming Bakhtrioni Fortress, where the Persian Qizilbash force was stationed.
Baki
Baki (باقي), pen name of Mahmud Abdulbaki (1526–1600), was an Ottoman poet and jurist acclaimed as the "sultan of poets", best known for his elegy for Suleyman.
Bakili Muluzi
Bakili Muluzi is a Malawian politician and businessman who served as president of Malawi from 1994 to 2004, defeating Hastings Kamuzu Banda in the first multiparty elections.
Bakir ibn Abd Allah al-Ashaj
Bakir ibn Abd Allah al-Ashaj (بكير بن عبد الله) was a Medinan hadith transmitter of the junior Tabi'un generation, graded trustworthy, who later settled in Egypt.
Bakjur
Bakjur (بكجور) was a governor of Homs under Sa'd al-Dawla and later of Damascus, whose oppressive rule brought a Fatimid army from Egypt before he rebelled from Raqqa.
Bakkula
Bakkula (बक्कुल; also Bākula or Vakkula) was an elder monk of the early Buddhist saṅgha whom the Buddha declared foremost in good health, living by tradition to 160.
Bakongo migrations between Angola and Zaire
The Bakongo migrations between Angola and Zaire are the repeated movements of Kikongo-speaking peoples across the border, including a massive refugee exodus during the Angolan war of independence.
Bakr bin Laden
Bakr bin Laden is a Saudi businessman, son of construction magnate Mohammed bin Laden and half-brother of Osama, who led the Saudi Binladin Group from 1988 to 2015.
Bakr Elsherif
Bakr Elsherif is a Saudi technology entrepreneur known as a founder of Nana, the Riyadh grocery and quick-commerce delivery platform launched in 2016, where he led data and platform.
Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi
Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi was a hadith scholar of Nasaf, also called Nakhshab, in Transoxiana during the 4th/10th century, distinct from the later theologian Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Nasafi.
Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Qushayri
Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Qushayri (بكر بن محمد القشيري) was a Sunni Maliki jurist and judge of Basran origin who moved to Egypt and died there in 955.
Bakr ibn Wa'il
Bakr ibn Wa'il (بكر بن وائل) was a large Arabian lineage group of the Rabi'a branch, living between central Iraq and al-Yamama, remembered for the Battle of Dhi Qar.
Bakri al-Sadafi
Bakri al-Sadafi (بكري الصدفي) was an Egyptian Hanafi scholar of al-Azhar who served as Grand Mufti of Egypt from 1905 to 1914, succeeding Muhammad Abduh.
Baksei Chamkrong inscription
The Baksei Chamkrong inscription (K. 286) is a Sanskrit text carved in 948 on the doorjambs of the Baksei Chamkrong temple, near Phnom Bakheng at Angkor, Cambodia.
Bakshi Jagabandhu
Bakshi Jagabandhu (ବକ୍ସି ଜଗବନ୍ଧୁ) was the hereditary commander of the Raja of Khurda's army in Odisha, who led the Paika Rebellion of 1817 against the East India Company.
Baktash ibn Tutush
Baktash ibn Tutush (بكتاش بن تتش), known in Turkish scholarship as Ertash, was a Seljuk prince of the Damascus line who failed to retake the city from Tughtigin.
Baku (mythology)
Baku (獏, 貘) is a Japanese folklore chimera that devours nightmares, derived from the Chinese spirit-beast mo; dream-eating is a Japanese addition, with Edo-period pillows, treasure-ship charms, and tapir naming.
Baku Commune
The Baku Commune (Бакинская коммуна) was the Bolshevik-led government of Baku from 25 April to 31 July 1918, led by Stepan Shaumyan, which nationalized the oil industry.