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Bijapur conquest of the Karnataka
The Bijapur conquest of the Karnataka (فتح کرناٹک) was the Adil Shahi sultanate's southward expansion from 1637 to 1650, capturing Bangalore, Sira, and Vellore under generals Randaula Khan and Mustafa Khan.
Bijapur naval administration
Bijapur naval administration (عادل شاہی بحریہ) was the coastal fleet and port administration of the Adil Shahi Sultanate, run chiefly through Siddi admirals until 1686.
Bijay Singh of Marwar
Bijay Singh (बिजय सिंह), also written Vijai Singh, was the Rathor king of Marwar from 1752 to 1793, whose armies were repeatedly defeated by Mahadji Sindhia's Marathas.
Bijendra Prasad Yadav
Bijendra Prasad Yadav is an Indian Janata Dal (United) politician serving as Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, first elected from Supaul in 1990 and a minister since 2005.
Bijendra Singh
Bijendra Singh is an Indian politician who represented Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Bijolia inscription
The Bijolia inscription (बिजोलिया शिलालेख) is a rock inscription of 1170 found at Bijolia in Rajasthan, recording the genealogy of the Chahamana dynasty up to Someshvara's coronation.
Bijoy Krishna Goswami
Bijoy Krishna Goswami (বিজয়কৃষ্ণ গোস্বামী, 1841–1899) was a Bengali religious leader, a descendant of Advaita Acharya who joined the Brahmo Samaj before returning wholly to Vaishnavism in 1888.
Biju Janata Dal (ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳ)
Biju Janata Dal (ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳ, BJD), Odisha regional party founded December 1997 by Naveen Patnaik, named for Biju Patnaik; conch symbol; governed Odisha 2000-2024 before losing to BJP in 2024 despite a 40.22% vote share.
Biju Patnaik
Biju Patnaik, born Bijayananda Patnaik (1916–1997), was an Indian aviator, freedom fighter, and politician who twice served as Chief Minister of Odisha and flew Indonesian leaders to safety in 1947.
Bijuli Kalita Medhi
Bijuli Kalita Medhi, born in 1978 in Guwahati, is an Indian BJP politician who has represented Guwahati in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after leading the party's Assam women's wing.
Bikaner Camel Corps
The Bikaner Camel Corps, also called the Ganga Risala, was the camel-mounted force of Bikaner, founded by Maharaja Ganga Singh in 1889 and serving the British in China, Somaliland, Egypt, and the Middle East.
Bikash Debbarma
Bikash Debbarma is an Indian politician from Tripura, a BJP minister holding Tribal Welfare, Handloom, Handicrafts & Sericulture, and Statistics portfolios since March 2023 after winning the Krishnapur constituency.
Bikheris
Bikheris, Greek Bicheris, is a possible pharaoh of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, placed between Djedefre and Shepseskaf in Manetho's king list and credited with a 22-year reign, though no contemporary Egyptian evidence preserves his name.
Bikram Choudhury (বিক্রম চৌধুরী)
Bikram Choudhury (বিক্রম চৌধুরী) is an Indian-born yoga teacher who created Bikram Yoga, 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises in 105°F heat, and left the United States in 2016.
Bilad al-Sham (بلاد الشام)
Bilad al-Sham (بلاد الشام), Greater Syria or the Levant, is the historic Arabic name for the region covering Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and parts of southern Turkey, organized in early Islam into the ajnad provinces of Damascus, Filastin, al-Urdun, Hims, and Qinnasrin.
Bilal Bin Saqib
Bilal Bin Saqib is a British-Pakistani social entrepreneur and MBE recipient who in 2025 became Pakistan's crypto adviser and chairman of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.
Bilal Erdoğan
Bilal Erdoğan, full name Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, is a Turkish businessman and foundation executive, the son of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, active in youth foundations and family-linked companies.
Bilal ibn Rabah
Bilal ibn Rabah, also known as Bilal al-Habashi, was an Abyssinian companion of Muhammad, a former slave in Mecca who became the first person to give the adhan, dying in Damascus in 641.
Bilal Mobarik
Bilal Mobarik is a London-born, London School of Economics graduate who joined Accel London as an investor in 2025, focusing on AI and enterprise software after Goldman Sachs Growth Equity.
Bilal Philips
Bilal Philips, also known as Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, is a Jamaican-Canadian Sunni Islamic scholar and author who converted to Islam in 1972 and founded the accredited online International Open University.
Bilalama
Bilalama was a ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state of Eshnunna in the Diyala region around 2000 BC, known from his seal inscription and the rebuilt Palace of the Rulers at Tell Asmar.
Bilaṅgika-Bhāradvāja
Bilaṅgika-Bhāradvāja (बिलङ्गिकभारद्वाज), also known as Piṅgala, is a brahmin of Rājagaha who confronted the Buddha, took refuge after hearing a single verse, and soon became an arahant.
Bilarab bin Haitham
Bilarab bin Haitham (Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham bin Tarik Al Said) is an Omani royal, son of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, serving as Minister of State and Governor of Muscat and founder of the Bilarab bin Haitham Initiatives and its architectural design award.
Bilateral divorce and recognition treaties
Bilateral divorce and recognition treaties are agreements between two states governing whether, and on what conditions, a divorce granted by one state's courts is recognized in the other.
Bilateral investment treaty
A bilateral investment treaty (BIT) is an agreement between two countries to protect investments each country's investors make in the other, with binding treatment standards and investor-state arbitration.
Bilateral monopoly
A bilateral monopoly is a market with a single seller, a monopolist, facing a single buyer, a monopsonist, where price is indeterminate and outcomes depend on bargaining power.
Bilateral treaties of Australia
Bilateral treaties of Australia: two-party international agreements concluded under the Constitution's section 61 executive power, covering FTAs, BITs, defense alliances (ANZUS, PNG, Fiji), and social security and extradition treaties.
Bilateral treaties of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Bilateral treaties of the Hawaiian Kingdom: nineteenth-century friendship, commerce, navigation, and reciprocity agreements with the United States, Britain, France, Japan, and others, concluded 1826–1893 and terminated or disputed after the 1898 U.S. annexation.
Bilateral treaty
Bilateral treaty: an international agreement between two subjects of international law with treaty-making capacity, also called a two-party treaty or accord. Most UN-registered treaties are bilateral; governed by the 1969 Vienna Convention, usually a signed instrument or exchange of notes.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (بلاول بھٹو زرداری)
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (بلاول بھٹو زرداری), born 1988, chairs the Pakistan Peoples Party and was Pakistan's youngest foreign minister (2022–2024); he led PPP's 54-seat 2024 result and its coalition with PML-N.