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QarQar was the sixth pharaoh of the Hyksos Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt ..
QaraThe Qara tribes are Arab tribes which descend from their forebear called "Amr Hakli" who came from Kindah, a famous Arab tribe whose area of influence was south central Arabia; from the Yemeni border nearly up to Mecca. The Qara live in Dhofar, which is in the present-day sultanate of Oman. ..
Qara-KelissaQara Kelissa (Turkish for "The Black Church") is a famous historical church of Armenian Orthodox Iranians. It is located in Iranian West Azarbaijan province, near Chaldoran. Also known as St. Thaddeus Church, it is believed by some to have been first built in 66 AD by Saint Jude. Local Armenians be..
QarachiQarachi (Tatar: Qaraçı) was the highest level of noble within Turkic khanates of 14-16 centuries, such as Siberian Khanate and Kazan Khanate. The name could be applied to the member of the four extended families: Shirin (Şirin), Barghen (Barğın), Arghen (Arğın), Qepchaq (Qıpçaq). See also ..
Qaraghandy ProvinceQaraghandy is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda, (also known as Qaraghandy). The population of the province is 1,287,000; that of the city is 437,000. History The province was the site of intense coal mining during the days of the Soviet Union, and is also said to be the site of..
Qarakhanid dynastyThe Qarakhanid dynasty is a Muslim Dynasty of Central Asia. Ali Arslan Khan - Great QaghanAhmad Arslan Qara Khan 998-1017Overthrow of Samanids 1005Mansur Arslan Khan 1017-1024Muhammad Toghan Khan 1024-1026Yusuf Qadir Khan 1026-32Ali Tigin Bughra Khan - Great Qaghan in Samarkand, c.1020-1034Muhammad..
QaranivaluNobility of Fiji Titles Adi - Bulou - Ro - Ratu Institutions Great Council of Chiefs Chairman, Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies: Burebasaga - Kubuna - Tovata The Qaranivalu is a senior Chief of Naitasiri province, Fiji. The Qaranivalu since 1997 is Ratu Inoke Takiveikata, ..
Qaraqum CanalThe Qaraqum Canal (formerly called the Karakumsky Kanal) is the largest irrigation and water supply canal in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375 km length, and carries 13 km³ of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert i..
QaratayQaratays are an ethnic group within Mordvins in Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan around Mordva Qaratay village. They speak Tatar complemented by Mordvin words, sometimes considered as Qaratay Dialect of Kazan Tatar language. Their ancestors were Finno-Ugric tribes who lived on the territory of ..
Qara BaghQara Bagh (Also Kara Bagh or Qarabagh) is a district which is located 50 kilometers north of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and 20 kilometers southeast of Bagram Airbase. This district is the part of Kabul province and is on the route between Kabul and Parwan province. The residents of this di..
Qara HülëgüQara Hülëgü (d. 1252) was head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1242 - 1246, 1252). He was the son of Mö'etüken, and a grandson of Chagatai Khan. Qara Hülëgü was nominated by Chagatai Khan, as well as Ögedei Khan, to become khan. In order to ensure his power, however, the Grand Khan G..
QardahaQardaha is village in northwestern Syria, in the mountains overlooking the coastal town of Latakia. It is a mainly Alawite town and traditional home of the Assad family, that has ruled Syria since 1970. During the reign of Hafez al-Assad (in power 1970-2000) the government poured massive investmen..
QardhoQardho is a small, historic city in Somalia. It is the capital of Qardho District in the Bari Region. It is largely inhabited by the Osman Mahamoud sub-clan of Majeerteen, as well as the Ali Saleebaan and Dashiisle sub-clans. The self-proclaimed states of Puntland and Somaliland both claim jurisdi..
Qardho DistrictSome of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. Qardho District is the third-largest district in the Bari region of Somalia, and has a popu..
QareenQareens (قرين, also spelled Kareen or Qarin) according to Islamic literature are evil spirits, analogous to a personal demon, intent on tricking people into acts of sin. Qareens are unique to each individual, according to sorcery books, they can be summoned by psychics after a person's death, su..
Qaria Qari in the Islamic tradition is a reciter of the Qur'an, the holy text of Islam. The word roughly means reciter. Many Islamic societies have competitions based on recitation of the Qur'an. ..
Qari'Qari' (plural qurra'), literally meaning "reader", is a person who recites the Qur'an with the proper rules of recitation (tajweed). See also Hafiz External Links [Qur'an recitation by an excellent Hafiz]..
Qari AhmadullahQari Ahmadullah (deceased) was the Taliban's first interior minister after Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Islamic militia's forces in 1996. He was also responsible for bribing anti-Taliban commanders to desert the ranks of the Afghan Northern Alliance opposition. Ahmadullah also commanded troops fi..
Qari EsmhatullaQari Esmhatulla is a citizen of Afghanistan or Pakistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, May 15 2006[Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] from Qari Esmhatulla's Administr..
Qari Hasan Ulla PeerzaiQari Hasan Ulla Peerzai is a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, April 20 2006 His detainee ID number is 562. Contents 1 Combatant Status Review Tribun..
Qari Saifullah AkhtarQari Saifullah Akhtar is a member of Al-Qaeda currently in Pakistani custody. Previously, Akhtar was the leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), a jihadi organization. When HUJI merged with Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) around 1990 to form Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), Akhtar acted as deputy to former H..
QarluqThe Qarluq or Karluk (}; }) were originally a nomadic Turkic tribe based at the eastern foot of Altay Mountains in Central Asia. They were closely related and for a time allied with the Orkhon Uyghurs. It was also recorded that they were at one time allied with the Oghuz who lived on their western f..
QarmatiansThe Qarmatians, Arabic qarāmita قرامطة (also spelled "Carmathians", "Qarmathians", "Karmathians" etc.) were an extremist (ghulāt) Ismā'īlī Muslim sect centered in eastern Arabia, particularly Bahrain, where they established a utopian community in 899 CE. They are most famed for their revo..
QarnaQarna (or Qarnê) is a village around Naghadeh city in northwest Iran. The inhabitants of the village who were Kurds were massacred by Islamic Republic of Iran in early 1980s. See also Anti-Kurdism External links [The names of some of the Qarna victims (persian)] ..
QarshiQarshi (Uzbek: ; Persian: , UniPers: Naxšab) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Province and has a population of 197,600 (1999 census estimate). It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is loc..
Qartam of IberiaQartam was the king of Caucasian Iberia from 58 to 72 during the Nimrodids, or Second Pharnavazian dynasty. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Qaruh IslandQaruh Island (Arabic: ) is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait which received its name from the large amounts of petroleum sediments in the area (known as Qar in Arabic). It is the smallest of the nine islands, and also the furthest island from the Kuwaiti mainland. It is located 37...
Qarun TreasureThe Qârun Treasure (the treasure of Croesus) is a mythical treasure in the Persian literature belonging to the proverbial wealthy King Croesus of Lydia. It is said to be in perpetual motion under the ground. Ganj-e-Qarun (Croesus Treasure) is also an Iranian movie made in 1965 by Siamak Yasami. Th..
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