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Behcetü't-Tevarih
Behcetü't-Tevarih (بهجة التواريخ), a Persian-language universal history by the Ottoman historian Shukrullah, was composed in Bursa around 1456 to 1459 and is the oldest extant Ottoman history after Ahmedi's Iskender-name.
Behdad Eghbali (بهداد اقبالی)
Behdad Eghbali (بهداد اقبالی) is an Iranian-American private equity investor who co-founded Clearlake Capital in 2006 and, through the firm, took full control of Chelsea Football Club in 2026.
Beheading game
Beheading game: a medieval romance motif, from Irish Fled Bricrenn (Bricriu's Feast) with Cú Chulainn to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in which a hero beheads a challenger who survives and owes a return blow.
Beheading of John the Baptist
The Beheading of John the Baptist, also called the Decollation of St. John, is a Christian feast on 29 August commemorating the prophet's martyrdom by Herod Antipas.
Beheading video
Beheading video: recorded decapitation footage disseminated online, chiefly by jihadist groups; from Daniel Pearl (2002) and Nick Berg (2004) to IS's Foley video (2014), with studied production, audiences, and moderation.
Behemoth
Behemoth (בְּהֵמוֹת) is the gigantic land monster of Job 40:15–24, paired with Leviathan; identified variously as hippopotamus, mythic chaos beast, or (contested) sauropod dinosaur.
Behenu
Behenu was a queen consort of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, buried in a small pyramid at South Saqqara; whether her husband was Pepi I or Pepi II is unknown.
Behistun Inscription
Behistun Inscription (Bisotun), trilingual cuneiform rock text of Darius I at Mount Bisotun, Iran, c. 520 BCE, recording his victory over Gaumata and nine rebels; key to deciphering cuneiform.
Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Beholder (Eye Tyrant, Sphere of Many Eyes): iconic floating one-eyed, ten-eyestalked D&D monster created by Terry Kuntz, first in Greyhawk (1975); central eye projects a 150-foot antimagic cone, eyestalks fire random magical rays.
Behramji Malabari
Behramji Malabari (બેહરામજી મલબારી) was a Parsi journalist, poet, and social reformer of British India who led the press campaign behind the Age of Consent Act of 1891.
Bei Luotiemuer
Bei Luotiemuer (孛罗帖木儿, Bolad Temür, died 1365) was a Mongol general of the late Yuan dynasty who twice seized the capital Dadu and served as chief chancellor.
Beidian (贝店)
Beidian (贝店) was a Hangzhou-based Chinese membership social e-commerce platform founded in 2017 by ex-Alibaba product manager Zhang Lianglun, which collapsed in 2021 amid merchant debt.
Beidu
Beidu (杯渡) was an itinerant Buddhist monk of the Eastern Jin and Liu Song dynasties, traditionally dying in 426, known for crossing rivers on a floating wooden cup.
Beiersdorf
Beiersdorf AG is a Hamburg-based consumer goods and adhesives group founded in 1882, selling NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, and Hansaplast products in 180 countries alongside its tesa adhesives unit.
BeiGene
BeiGene (百济神州), renamed BeOne Medicines in 2025, is a global oncology company founded in Beijing in 2010 by John V. Oyler and Xiaodong Wang, known for the cancer drug BRUKINSA.
Beiheng Bio (北恒生物)
Beiheng Bio (北恒生物), formally Nanjing Bioheng Biotech Co., Ltd., is a private Chinese biotech founded in Nanjing in 2017 that develops universal, CRISPR-engineered CAR-T cell immunotherapies for cancer.
Beijia Ma
Beijia Ma is a US-based investment professional serving as Head & Managing Director at Alkeon Capital Management, a New York firm with $25.29 billion in regulatory assets.
Beijing Aquarium
Beijing Aquarium (北京海洋馆), opened in 1999 inside Beijing Zoo, Haidian District, is a large inland aquarium with 42,000 square meters of building area, 18,000 tons of artificial seawater, seven themed zones including the Chinese Sturgeon Hall, and a national 4A scenic rating.
Beijing bikini
Beijing bikini (北京比基尼), aka Beijing Belly or bang ye, is the Chinese summer practice of men rolling up their shirts to expose the midriff for cooling; coined by expats in 2015, banned with fines in cities like Tianjin, Jinan, and Shenyang in 2019.
Beijing Boao Crystal Code Biotechnology (博奥晶典)
Beijing Boao Crystal Code Biotechnology (博奥晶典) is a Beijing biochip and gene-testing company founded in 2012 as CapitalBio Group's diagnostics arm, known for its hereditary deafness gene chip.
Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology
Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (屹唐股份) is a Beijing-based maker of semiconductor wafer-processing equipment, built around its 2016 acquisition of US firm Mattson Technology.
Beijing Enterprises
Beijing Enterprises, formally Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited, is a Hong Kong-listed red-chip holding company controlled by the Beijing municipal government, established in 1997, with businesses in city gas, water treatment, environmental services, and beer.
Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学)
Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学, BFSU), founded 1941 in Yan'an, is a MOE-administered Beijing university teaching 101 foreign languages, a Double First-Class institution known as a cradle of diplomats.
Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (北京人形机器人创新中心)
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (北京人形机器人创新中心), branded X-Humanoid, is a state-backed robotics company in Beijing founded in 2023 by Xiaomi, UBTECH, and partners, known for its Tiangong humanoid robots.
Beijing Ingenic Semiconductor
Beijing Ingenic Semiconductor (北京君正) is a Beijing-based fabless chip designer founded in 2005, selling memory, computing, and analog chips under the ISSI, Ingenic, and Lumissil brands.
Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group
Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group is a private Chinese steel and mining conglomerate chaired by Zhang Zhixiang, ranking 7th in world crude steel output in 2025.
Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学)
Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学, BLCU), founded 1962, is China's Ministry of Education-administered language university in Haidian, nicknamed the Mini-United Nations, training over 300,000 international students from 189 countries.
Beijing Med-Zenith Medical Scientific Corporation (迈迪顶峰)
Beijing Med-Zenith Medical Scientific Corporation (迈迪顶峰) is a Beijing-based medical device company founded in 2005 that develops interventional cardiovascular devices and entered court-supervised bankruptcy restructuring in April 2025.
Beijing Mutiny of 1912
The Beijing Mutiny of 1912 (北京兵变) was a mutiny by Cao Kun's Beiyang Army troops in Beijing on 29 February 1912, letting Yuan Shikai take office there.
Beijing No.4 High School (北京市第四中学)
Beijing No.4 High School (北京市第四中学, BHSF), founded 1907 as Shuntian Middle School, is a top public secondary school in Xicheng, Beijing, known for gaokao results, zhongkao selectivity, and Tsinghua/PKU admissions.