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Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海南藏族自治州; pinyin: HÇŽinán ZĂ ngzĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu; Tibetan: ŕ˝ŕ˝šŕ˝ĽŕĽ‹ŕ˝Łŕľ·ŕ˝ĽŕĽ‹ŕ˝–ོད་རིགས་རང་སŕľŕľ±ŕ˝Ľŕ˝„་ŕ˝ŕ˝´ŕ˝ŁŕĽ‹; Wylie: Mtsho-lho Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province in China. The prefecture has an area of 45,895 km² and its capital is Gonghe county.
Hainanese chicken rice Hainanese chicken rice () is a Chinese rice dish most commonly associated with Malaysian cuisine or Singaporean cuisine, although it is also commonly sold in neighbouring Thailand, and found in Hainan, China itself. So-called due to its roots in Hainan cuisine and its adoption by the Hainanese overseas Chinese population in the Nanyang area, the version found in Malaysia/Singapore combines elements of Hainanese and Cantonese cuisines along with culinary preferences in the Southeast Asian region.
Hainaut (province) Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) in Belgium on the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant (Flanders) and those of Walloon Brabant and Namur (Wallonia), and on France.
Haines Highway The Haines Highway or Haines Cut-Off (and still often called the Haines "Road") is a highway that connects Haines, Alaska, in the United States, with Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, passing through the province of British Columbia. It follows the route of the old Dalton Trail from the port of Haines inland for about 180 km (110 miles) to Klukshu, Yukon, and then continues to Haines Junction.
Haines Mountains The Haines Mountains () is a range of ice-capped mountains trending NW-SE for about 40 km (25 mi) and forming the SW wall of Hammond Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named for William C.
Hainesport Township School District The Hainesport Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Hainesport Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Hainesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia Hainesville is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. Hainesville is located southwest of Slanesville at the crossroads of Old Martinsburg Road (County Route 45/9) and Kedron Road (County Route 45/11).
Hainosaurus Hainosaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It was one of the largest mosasaurs, reaching lengths of about 15 m (50 ft) which made it the top predator of the Late Cretaceous seas.
Hainuwele Hainuwele, 'The Coconut Girl', is a figure from the folklore of the island of Seram in the Maluku Islands. While hunting one day on Seram, a man named Ameta found a coconut, something never before seen on Seram.
Haiqing class submarine chaser Unlike western navies, the People's Liberation Army Navy did not have dedicated patrol boats / craft in its inventory, instead, a variety of naval vessels ranged from minesweepers to fast attack craft are deployed for patrol duties. 20 Haiqing class submarine chaser / patrol boat is one of such Chinese designs and it is a cross between gunboats and the submarine chaser based on Type 037 (Hainan class).
Hair Hair is a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin, found only in mammals. Although many other life forms, especially insects, show filamentous outgrowths, these are not considered "hair" regarding the accepted meaning of the term.
Hair (musical) Hair, subtitled The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical, is a musical about hippies and was a significant part of the drug, music and peace-love culture of the 1960s. It is famous, among other things, for a scene where the majority of the cast appear naked, and especially for its popular score, which spawned several pop radio hits.
Hair analysis Hair analysis is the chemical analysis of a hair sample. Hair may be considered for retrospective purposes when blood and urine are no longer expected to contain a particular contaminant, typically a year or less.
Hair cell Hair cells are the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in all vertebrates. In mammals, the auditory hair cells are located within the organ of Corti on a thin basilar membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear.
Hair colouring Hair colouring products generally fall into four categories: temporary, semipermanent, deposit only/demi, and permanent. All these hair colour products, except for temporary colour, require a patch test before application to determine if the client is allergic to the product.
Hair crimping Hair crimping is a method of styling usually straight, long hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a sawtooth fashion. This is usually achieved by treating the hair with heat from a crimping iron or by braiding the hair then undoing the braids.
Hair follicle A hair follicle is part of the skin that grows hair by packing old cells together. Attached to the follicle is a sebaceous gland, a tiny sebum-producing gland found everywhere except on the palms, lips and soles of the feet.
Hair gel Hair gel is a hairstyling product that is used to stiffen hair into a particular hairstyle. The results it produces are usually similar to but stronger than those of hair spray and weaker than those of hair glue or hair wax.
Hair hang The hair hang is an aerial circus act where performers (usually young women) are suspended by their hair, and perform acrobatic poses and/or manipulation. Some believe the act originated in South America; others claim the act hails from China.
Hair iron A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the structure of the hair with the help of heat. There are two general kinds: Straightening irons, used to straighten the hair, and curling irons, used to make the hair curly.
Hair Nation Hair Nation is a Hair Metal radio station on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 23 and DISH Network channel 6023. Unlike other rock stations, Hair Nation focuses on '70s and '80s Hair Metal performed by bands such as Def Leppard, KISS, Poison, Van Halen and Mötley Crüe.
Hair of the dog Hair of the dog is a colloquial English expression predominantly used to refer to ingestion of alcohol as treatment for a hangover. It is occasionally used with respect to dealing with the aftereffects of use of other recreational drugs.
Hair of the Hound The Hair of the Hound is a Kate Bush videotape and laserdisc originally released in 1986 as a companion to her Hounds of Love album. The tape has four music videos, and is superseded by her 1987 video release The Whole Story.
Hair prosthesis Prosthesis, an artificial appliance used to replace a lost natural structure; provided, however, that prosthesis shall include, but not be limited to, artificial arms, legs, breasts, scalp hair or glass eyes. The plural for prosthesis is prostheses.
Hair Police Hair Police is an American noise band based out of Lexington, Kentucky formed in 2001. They have released records through records labels such as Troubleman Unlimited, Hanson Records, Gods of Tundra, Freedom From, and Hospital Productions.
Hair rig The Hair Rig is piece of fishing tackle allowing you to present baits without them sitting directly on your hook, therefore improving its efficiency. They are mainly associated with boilies but also work effectively with most other baits.
Hair spray Hair spray (or hair lacquer) is a common household aqueous solution that is used to keep hair stiff or in a certain style. Weaker than hair gel, hair wax, or glue, it is sprayed using a pump or aerosol spray nozzle.
Hair transplantation Hair transplantation involves relocating (transplanting) bald resistant hair follicles from the back and sides of the head (the donor areas) to a person’s bald or thinning areas. The transplanted hair follicles will typically grow hair for a lifetime because they are genetically resistant to going bald.
Hair Wars Hair Wars is an annual event which has become one of the biggest Black hair shows in the US. It is a showcase for artists and salons to create unconventional, elaborate, vibrant hair styles and fashion using primarily human hair.
Hairball A hairball is a small collection of hair or fur formed in the stomach of animals that is occasionally vomited up when it becomes too big. Cats are especially prone to hairball formation since they groom themselves by licking their fur leading to hair going into the stomach.
Hairbrush A hairbrush is a small brush with rigid bristles used in hair care for brushing, styling, and detangling human hair, or for brushing a domestic animal's fur. It was patented on November 15th, 1898 by an African-American woman named Lydia O.
Haircloth Haircloth is a stiff, unsupple fabric typically made from horsehair and/or from the wooly hair of a camel. Although horsehair generally refers to the hair of a horse's mane or tail, haircloth itself is sometimes called horsehair.
Haircut (finance) In finance, a haircut is a percentage that is subtracted from the market value of the assets that are being used as collateral. The size of the haircut reflects the perceived riskiness associated with the assets.
Haircuts That Kill Haircuts That Kill was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay area. The band included singer Chuck Mosley, who later recorded two albums with Faith No More (We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself ) and lesser-known band, Cement (albums Cement and Man With The Action Hair).
Hairdresser A hairdresser is someone whose occupation is to cut or style hair, in order to change or maintain a person's image as they desire. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, hair cut and hair texture techniques.
Hairmyres Hospital Hairmyres Hospital is a private finance initiative (PFI) hospital located in East Kilbride, Scotland. Services include Accident and Emergency, General Medicine, Oncology, Psychiatry, Care of the Elderly, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Hairpin lace Hairpin lace is a type of crocheted fabric formed by using a crochet hook and a hairpin, which consists of two parallel metal rods held at the top and the bottom by removable bars. Historically, a metal U-shaped hairpin was used, from which the name originates.
Hairpin turn A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc.), named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn almost 180Âş to continue on the road.
Hairspray (2007 film) Hairspray is a film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. The Broadway musical was made after the 1988 film; thus the 2007 film is not technically a direct remake of the 1988 film but rather is an adaptation of the Broadway musical, which, in turn, was an adaptation of the 1988 film.
Hairspray (film) The American movie Hairspray (1988) (also known by its code title, White Lipstick) was written & directed by John Waters. It is a cult classic known for an unusual portrayal of racial issues through Waters' characteristic edgy humor.
Hairspray (musical) Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray. The story is of a girl named Tracy Turnblad whose dream is to dance on the Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Dean Show in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Hairspray Queen "Hairspray Queen" is a song by Nirvana, the grunge band and it appears on Incesticide. "Hairspray Queen" has lyrics describing a relationship gone all wrong, Kurt uses very distorted vocals on this track.
Hairy ball theorem The hairy ball theorem of algebraic topology states that, in layman's terms, "one cannot comb the hair on a ball in a smooth manner". One way to understand this theorem is to picture the hairs on a tennis ball: any attempt to make them "smooth" in a mathematical sense will leave a spot where two hairs point in "drastically" different directions.
Hairy hands The Hairy Hands is a ghost story/legend that built up around a stretch of road in Dartmoor, United Kingdom, which was purported to have seen an unusually high number of motor vehicle accidents during the early 20th century.
Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy "Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy" first published in 1983 is the first and most well-known of a series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd featuring Hairy Maclary. His adventures are usually in the company of his other animal friends who include the dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm, and tomcat Scarface Claw.
Hairy Moccasin Hairy Moccasin (also known as Esh-sup-pee-me-shish) was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was a survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Hairy-footed flying squirrel The hairy-footed flying squirrel (belomys pearsoni) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, and southern China till the island of Taiwan. It lives at altitudes between 1500 and 2400 m above sea level.
Haish Memorial Library The Haish Memorial Library (also known as the DeKalb Public Library) was built in the art deco style of the 1930s with funds left to the library by Jacob Haish in his 1928 will. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Haisla The Haisla (also Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islak̕ala, X̌à ʔislak̕ala, X̄a’islak’ala, X̣aʔislak’ala, Xa'islak'ala) are a First Nations people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their indigenous Haisla language is named after them.
Haisla language The Haisla language is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120km fjord that serves as a waterway for the Haisla as well as for the aluminum smelter and accompanying port of the town of Kitimat. The Haisla and their language, along with that of the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples, were in the past incorrectly called "Northern Kwakiutl".
Haisla Nation The Haisla Nation is a First Nations government in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the community of Kitimat, British Columbia. The Haisla people speak the Haisla language, and were like their language and along with the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples incorrectly known in the past as the "Northern Kwakiutl".
Haitham al-Yemeni Haitham al-Yemeni (Arabic: هيثم أليمنى ) (?? - May 2005) was an al Qaeda explosives expert from Yemen killed in northwest Pakistan (near the Afghanistan border) in early March of 2005 by an unmanned CIA-operated RQ-1 Predator aircraft (probably using a Hellfire missile), according to ABC News.
Haitham El Shoumali Haitham El Shoumali (Arabic: هيثم الشŮŮ…Ů„ŮŠ) (born October 22 1986 in Palestine, currently living in Los Angeles, USA) is a singer who rose to popularity around the world after placing seventh in Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol.
Haiti at the 1900 Summer Olympics One fencer of Haitian nationality competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, thereby making him the first Olympic competitor for Haiti. It would not be until the 1924 Summer Olympics until the nation sent a team to compete at the Olympic Games.
Haiti at the Summer Olympics Haiti made its first official appearance at the Summer Olympic Games at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. However, some sources consider Léon Thiércelin, a fencer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, of Haitian nationality, and therefore, Haiti's first Olympic competitor.
Haiti Partnership The HaĂŻti Partnership is a group of Methodist volunteer missionaries from the New York and Pennsylvania region Originally founded in 1995, the partnership has conducted numerous missions in remote Haitian villages and towns, including: Bainet, Hermitage, Bois Neuf Malor, Jeremie, Golbotine, and others. A mission consists of up to fourteen volunteers traveling by plane to Port au Prince] making a brief stop at a VIM (Volunteer in Mission) guest house.
Haitian American Sugar Company The Haitian American Sugar Company (HASCO) was an American business venture which sought to produce and sell sugar and other goods in Haiti and the United States. The company was founded with a capital of five million dollars on 5 August 1912 in Wilmington, Delaware, by Charles Steinheim, John A.
Haitian Campaign Medal The Haitian Campaign Medal was a military decoration of the United States Navy which was issued in the year 1917 and again in the year 1921. The decoration was intended for service members of both the Navy and Marine Corps who had participated in Haitian peacekeeping actions between the years of 1915 and 1920.
Haitian general election, 1990–1991 The presidential election in Haïti in 1990 is often cited as the first democratic election in the country's history. It was won by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was sworn in as President of Haïti on 1991-02-07; he was deposed in a coup d'état just eight months later.
Haitian general election, 2000 Haiti's general elections of 2000 featured a presidential race, as well as elections for the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. These elections were widely dismissed by the international community as fraudulent.
Haitian general election, 2006 The 2006 Elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gerard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006.
Haitian mythology Vodou (also known as Voodoo) is a religion that first appeared in Haiti. It is a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholic rituals introduced during the French colonial period, and African tribal beliefs, with roots in the Yoruba, Kongo and Dahomey mythology.
Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was the most successful of the many African slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere and established Haiti as a free, black republic, the first of its kind. At the time of the revolution, Haiti was a colony of France known as Saint-Domingue.
Haitian Times The Haitian Times is a weekly newspaper for Haitians living in the wider area of New York City, New York, United States. The newspaper is printed in English, as opposed to French or Haitian Creole, and is based in Brooklyn.
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州; pinyin: HÇŽixÄ« MÄ›nggÇ”zĂş ZĂ ngzĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu; Tibetan: ŕ˝ŕ˝šŕ˝ĽŕĽ‹ŕ˝“ུབ་སོག་རིགས་ཆ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སŕľŕľ±ŕ˝Ľŕ˝„་ŕ˝ŕ˝´ŕ˝ŁŕĽ‹; Wylie:
Haixia Zheng Haixia Zheng (Simplified Chinese: é‘ćµ·éśž, Traditional Chinese: é„ćµ·éśž) (born March 7, 1967 in Tuocheng, Henan Province, China) was a professional women's basketball player in China and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Haiya-Te Haiya-Te is a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by the legendary warrior Iesada Gensai and famous lieutenant Kuroyama Norikazu. Haiya-Te is mainly known for the single-sword, katana, kenjutsu techniques Iesada called ashi dageki ("leg strike") and shi kageki("extreme death").
Haizhu Haizhu District (ćµ·çŹ ĺŚş) is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Along with Liwan, Yuexiu and Dongshan Districts, it was the largest in area and the least dense of the four old districts in Guangzhou before the city expanded its size to include districts such as Tianhe to the east and Baiyun to the north.
Haizum In the Abrahamic religions, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel. It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse which has a pair of wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second.
Haj-Ali Razmara General Ali Razmara was a prime minister of Iran during the early 1950s. In June, 1950, the Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) appointed him prime minister in an attempt to resolve the growing crisis over the issue of oil nationalization.
HajĂ ĂkhĂşnd ḤájĂ Mullá `AlĂ-Akbar ShahmĂrzádĂ (), known as ḤájĂ ĂkhĂşnd (1842-1910) was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'Ă Faith, a global religion of Persian origin. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
Hajdú-Bihar Hajdú-Bihar is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés.
Hajdúböszörmény Hajdúböszörmény (Romanian: Sântgheorghe) is a town in North Eastern Hungary with a population of approximately 30,000 people. It has a unique circular plan (like Paris) to the streets that is supposed to have originated as a defense from invasion or attack.
Hajdu-Cheney syndrome Hadju-Cheney syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by severe and excessive bone resorption leading to osteoporosis and a wide range of other potential symptoms. Approximately 50 cases have been reported worldwide.
HajduÄŤica monastery The HajduÄŤica Monastery (Serbian: МанаŃтир ĐĄĐ°ŃĐ´Ńчица / Manastir HajduÄŤica) is a Serb Orthodox monastery located in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is situated in the municipality of Plandište.
Hajduk Hajduk (or haiduk, haiduc, hayduck, hayduk) is a term most commonly referring to outlaws, highwaymen or freedom fighters in the Balkans. Forms of the word in various languages include haiduc (Romanian) hajdĂşk (Hungarian) hajduk (Albanian), Ń…Đ°ŃĐ´ŃĐş/hajduk (Serbian), hajduk (Croatian), Đ°ŃĐ´ŃĐş (ayduk) (Macedonian), хайдŃŃ‚ (haydut) (Bulgarian), aiducco (Italian), haĂŻdouk (French), haydut (Turkish), hajduk (Bosnian).
Hajdukovo Hajdukovo (Serbian Cyrillic: ĐĄĐ°ŃĐ´Ńково, Hungarian: HajdĂşjárás) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North BaÄŤka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
Haji Ali Dargah The Haji Ali Dargah () is a mosque and dargah (tomb) located on an islet off the coast of Worli in Mumbai. Lying as it does in the heart of the city, the dargah is one of the most recognizable landmarks of Mumbai.
Haji Baba Sheikh Haji Baba Sheikh (Hacî Baba Şêx in Kurdish) was the prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad. After the republic was conquered by the Iranian army in 1947 he was the only one who wasn't hanged together with president Qazi Muhammad at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad in 1947.
Haji Mastan Haji Mastan Mirza popularly known as Haji Mastan was an infamous Mumbai (Bombay) gangster and smuggler of the 1960s and 70s. Mastan became the first celebrity gangster of the city, expanding his clout into Bollywood film industry.
Haji Mohammad Chamkani Haji Mohammad Chamkani is an Afghan politician who held the interim President of Afghanistan of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Previously, he served as Vice-President under Babrak Karmal's Government.
Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq is a high-ranking official of the Hizb-e-Wahdat political party of Afghanistan. He came to prominence during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Afghan Civil War, becoming one of the two most prominent Hazara warlords during the 1990s alongside Ustad Abdul Ali Mazari.
Haji of Banten Haji was the sultan of Banten from 1682 to 1687, who was largely responsible for subjugating Banten to the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He had considerable political power as a crown prince, and from the 1650s the court was divided into factions in support of his father Ageng and him.
Hajile Hajile was one of a number of highly experimental projects, including the Hedgehog and Panjandrum, that were developed by the British Admiralty's Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (DMWD) during the final years of World War II. The project was initiated by a request from the Army for a method of dropping heavy equipment and vehicles from aircraft at high speed, retaining the materiel's terminal velocity for as long as possible in order to minimise drift and damage from anti-aircraft batteries.
Hajim al-Hassani Hajim al-Hassani (born 1954, Kirkuk) is an Iraqi politician and was the speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government. A moderate Sunni Arab and relative outsider, having spent much of his life in the United States, al-Hassani was tapped as a compromise candidate for the speaker's post after weeks of deadlock between Iraqi political parties.
Hajime Hirasawa Hajime Hirasawa was the music composer of the SNES/Super Famicom video game Star Fox in 1993. He left Nintendo immediately after the development of Star Fox, and formed his own company called Faith Corporation that produced MIDI music on demand.
Hajime Hosokawa was director of the company hospital attached to the Chisso corporation's chemical factory in Minamata, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. He was the first doctor to discover and treat patients of the massive outbreak of mercury poisoning that occurred in the town which became known as Minamata disease.
Hajime Sorayama Hajime Sorayama is a Japanese illustrator, famous for his vivid hyper illustrated style. He does ASFR drawings of female pin ups and erotic art that are super realistic and also draws robot women, cyborgs and other illustrations of humans and animals.
Hajime Ueda is a manga artist who created a two-volume adaptation of the Japanese animated OVA series FLCL, and the original manga Q-Ko-Chan: The Earth Invader Girl. He started his career as a DĹŤjinshi artist, gaining a reputation for his quirky and unique style of art.
Hajj Amin Elahi Hajj Amin Elahi (birth name Aminollah Nemati, legal name Aminollah Elahi) was born on March 2, 1919 in a small village in western Persia called Jeyhounabad, into a family of great spiritual lineage. Born into a Kurdish/Persian family he was the first son of Nur Ali Elahi and Khunoom Shawase.
Hajj Nematollah Hajj Nematollah (aka Hajj Nemat, Hajj Ne'mat, Saint Nemat, Hazrat-e Hajji, Hajj Ne'matullah) Born: 1871, Jeyhounabad, Persia (renamed Iran, March 21, 1935) Died: February 28, 1919, Jeyhounabad, Persia. Hajj Nematollah is considered one of the greatest leaders and mystics in Kurdish / Ahl-e Haqq history.
Hajji Hajji ( , , pilgrim) is an honorific title given by some non-Arab communities to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, and is often used to refer to an elder, since it takes time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel. The title is placed before a person's name.
Hajji Bektash Wali Hajji Bektash Wali (Arabic/ ḤÄjÄ« BaktÄš WÄlÄ«; Turkish: Hacı BektaĹź Veli) was a Muslim mystic, humanist and philosopher from Khorasan, who lived approximately from 1209-1271 in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). His name can be translated as "The Pilgrim Saint Bektasch"
Hajji Hadi Sabzevari Hajji Hadi Sabzevari (1797/98, Sabzevar, Iran – 1878, Sabzevar, Iran) was a famous scholar and teacher in the hikmah school of Islamic philosophy. He wrote on the subjects of gnosis, philosophy, and revelation to further the works of Mulla Sadra.
HajnĂłwka HajnĂłwka (Belarusian: Гайнаўка, HajnaĹka) is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland (Podlasie Voivodeship) with 23,804 inhabitants (2004). It is a notable centre of Belarusian culture (26% in town) in Poland and one of the centres of Orthodox faith.
Hajrudin Varešanović Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović (born January 16, 1961 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a famous and popular singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Varešanović is best known as the vocal soloist, composer, and leader of the musical group Hari Mata Hari.
Haka A haka is a MÄori posture dance accompanied by chanted vocals. Haka actions may include facial gesticulations such as showing the whites of the eyes and poking out tongues and a wide variety of body actions including slapping the hands against the body and stamping feet.
Haka Bowl The Haka Bowl was a proposed American college football game that was going to be the first post-season bowl game to be played outside the United States since the Bacardi Bowl in Cuba. The game was to have been played at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
Haka of the All Blacks The All Blacks, the international rugby union team of New Zealand, perform a haka (MÄori war dance) immediately prior to international matches In their 2006 test match against Wales, the All Blacks opted to perform the Haka Ka Mate within their dressing room prior to the match. This was the result of the Welsh rugby union's decision that the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau would be played after the Haka, not before as is traditional.
Hakainde Hichilema Hakainde Hichilema (born June 4, 1962) is the President of Zambia's United Party for National Development (UPND). He replaced Anderson Mazoka after an interparty election, organized by functioning party president Sakwiba Sikota, after Mazoka's death.
Hainanese chicken rice Hainanese chicken rice () is a Chinese rice dish most commonly associated with Malaysian cuisine or Singaporean cuisine, although it is also commonly sold in neighbouring Thailand, and found in Hainan, China itself. So-called due to its roots in Hainan cuisine and its adoption by the Hainanese overseas Chinese population in the Nanyang area, the version found in Malaysia/Singapore combines elements of Hainanese and Cantonese cuisines along with culinary preferences in the Southeast Asian region.
Hainaut (province) Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) in Belgium on the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant (Flanders) and those of Walloon Brabant and Namur (Wallonia), and on France.
Haines Highway The Haines Highway or Haines Cut-Off (and still often called the Haines "Road") is a highway that connects Haines, Alaska, in the United States, with Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, passing through the province of British Columbia. It follows the route of the old Dalton Trail from the port of Haines inland for about 180 km (110 miles) to Klukshu, Yukon, and then continues to Haines Junction.
Haines Mountains The Haines Mountains () is a range of ice-capped mountains trending NW-SE for about 40 km (25 mi) and forming the SW wall of Hammond Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934, and named for William C.
Hainesport Township School District The Hainesport Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Hainesport Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Hainesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia Hainesville is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. Hainesville is located southwest of Slanesville at the crossroads of Old Martinsburg Road (County Route 45/9) and Kedron Road (County Route 45/11).
Hainosaurus Hainosaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It was one of the largest mosasaurs, reaching lengths of about 15 m (50 ft) which made it the top predator of the Late Cretaceous seas.
Hainuwele Hainuwele, 'The Coconut Girl', is a figure from the folklore of the island of Seram in the Maluku Islands. While hunting one day on Seram, a man named Ameta found a coconut, something never before seen on Seram.
Haiqing class submarine chaser Unlike western navies, the People's Liberation Army Navy did not have dedicated patrol boats / craft in its inventory, instead, a variety of naval vessels ranged from minesweepers to fast attack craft are deployed for patrol duties. 20 Haiqing class submarine chaser / patrol boat is one of such Chinese designs and it is a cross between gunboats and the submarine chaser based on Type 037 (Hainan class).
Hair Hair is a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin, found only in mammals. Although many other life forms, especially insects, show filamentous outgrowths, these are not considered "hair" regarding the accepted meaning of the term.
Hair (musical) Hair, subtitled The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical, is a musical about hippies and was a significant part of the drug, music and peace-love culture of the 1960s. It is famous, among other things, for a scene where the majority of the cast appear naked, and especially for its popular score, which spawned several pop radio hits.
Hair analysis Hair analysis is the chemical analysis of a hair sample. Hair may be considered for retrospective purposes when blood and urine are no longer expected to contain a particular contaminant, typically a year or less.
Hair cell Hair cells are the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in all vertebrates. In mammals, the auditory hair cells are located within the organ of Corti on a thin basilar membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear.
Hair colouring Hair colouring products generally fall into four categories: temporary, semipermanent, deposit only/demi, and permanent. All these hair colour products, except for temporary colour, require a patch test before application to determine if the client is allergic to the product.
Hair crimping Hair crimping is a method of styling usually straight, long hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a sawtooth fashion. This is usually achieved by treating the hair with heat from a crimping iron or by braiding the hair then undoing the braids.
Hair follicle A hair follicle is part of the skin that grows hair by packing old cells together. Attached to the follicle is a sebaceous gland, a tiny sebum-producing gland found everywhere except on the palms, lips and soles of the feet.
Hair gel Hair gel is a hairstyling product that is used to stiffen hair into a particular hairstyle. The results it produces are usually similar to but stronger than those of hair spray and weaker than those of hair glue or hair wax.
Hair hang The hair hang is an aerial circus act where performers (usually young women) are suspended by their hair, and perform acrobatic poses and/or manipulation. Some believe the act originated in South America; others claim the act hails from China.
Hair iron A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the structure of the hair with the help of heat. There are two general kinds: Straightening irons, used to straighten the hair, and curling irons, used to make the hair curly.
Hair Nation Hair Nation is a Hair Metal radio station on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 23 and DISH Network channel 6023. Unlike other rock stations, Hair Nation focuses on '70s and '80s Hair Metal performed by bands such as Def Leppard, KISS, Poison, Van Halen and Mötley Crüe.
Hair of the dog Hair of the dog is a colloquial English expression predominantly used to refer to ingestion of alcohol as treatment for a hangover. It is occasionally used with respect to dealing with the aftereffects of use of other recreational drugs.
Hair of the Hound The Hair of the Hound is a Kate Bush videotape and laserdisc originally released in 1986 as a companion to her Hounds of Love album. The tape has four music videos, and is superseded by her 1987 video release The Whole Story.
Hair prosthesis Prosthesis, an artificial appliance used to replace a lost natural structure; provided, however, that prosthesis shall include, but not be limited to, artificial arms, legs, breasts, scalp hair or glass eyes. The plural for prosthesis is prostheses.
Hair Police Hair Police is an American noise band based out of Lexington, Kentucky formed in 2001. They have released records through records labels such as Troubleman Unlimited, Hanson Records, Gods of Tundra, Freedom From, and Hospital Productions.
Hair rig The Hair Rig is piece of fishing tackle allowing you to present baits without them sitting directly on your hook, therefore improving its efficiency. They are mainly associated with boilies but also work effectively with most other baits.
Hair spray Hair spray (or hair lacquer) is a common household aqueous solution that is used to keep hair stiff or in a certain style. Weaker than hair gel, hair wax, or glue, it is sprayed using a pump or aerosol spray nozzle.
Hair transplantation Hair transplantation involves relocating (transplanting) bald resistant hair follicles from the back and sides of the head (the donor areas) to a person’s bald or thinning areas. The transplanted hair follicles will typically grow hair for a lifetime because they are genetically resistant to going bald.
Hair Wars Hair Wars is an annual event which has become one of the biggest Black hair shows in the US. It is a showcase for artists and salons to create unconventional, elaborate, vibrant hair styles and fashion using primarily human hair.
Hairball A hairball is a small collection of hair or fur formed in the stomach of animals that is occasionally vomited up when it becomes too big. Cats are especially prone to hairball formation since they groom themselves by licking their fur leading to hair going into the stomach.
Hairbrush A hairbrush is a small brush with rigid bristles used in hair care for brushing, styling, and detangling human hair, or for brushing a domestic animal's fur. It was patented on November 15th, 1898 by an African-American woman named Lydia O.
Haircloth Haircloth is a stiff, unsupple fabric typically made from horsehair and/or from the wooly hair of a camel. Although horsehair generally refers to the hair of a horse's mane or tail, haircloth itself is sometimes called horsehair.
Haircut (finance) In finance, a haircut is a percentage that is subtracted from the market value of the assets that are being used as collateral. The size of the haircut reflects the perceived riskiness associated with the assets.
Haircuts That Kill Haircuts That Kill was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay area. The band included singer Chuck Mosley, who later recorded two albums with Faith No More (We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself ) and lesser-known band, Cement (albums Cement and Man With The Action Hair).
Hairdresser A hairdresser is someone whose occupation is to cut or style hair, in order to change or maintain a person's image as they desire. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, hair cut and hair texture techniques.
Hairmyres Hospital Hairmyres Hospital is a private finance initiative (PFI) hospital located in East Kilbride, Scotland. Services include Accident and Emergency, General Medicine, Oncology, Psychiatry, Care of the Elderly, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Hairpin lace Hairpin lace is a type of crocheted fabric formed by using a crochet hook and a hairpin, which consists of two parallel metal rods held at the top and the bottom by removable bars. Historically, a metal U-shaped hairpin was used, from which the name originates.
Hairpin turn A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc.), named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn almost 180Âş to continue on the road.
Hairspray (2007 film) Hairspray is a film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. The Broadway musical was made after the 1988 film; thus the 2007 film is not technically a direct remake of the 1988 film but rather is an adaptation of the Broadway musical, which, in turn, was an adaptation of the 1988 film.
Hairspray (film) The American movie Hairspray (1988) (also known by its code title, White Lipstick) was written & directed by John Waters. It is a cult classic known for an unusual portrayal of racial issues through Waters' characteristic edgy humor.
Hairspray (musical) Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray. The story is of a girl named Tracy Turnblad whose dream is to dance on the Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Dean Show in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Hairspray Queen "Hairspray Queen" is a song by Nirvana, the grunge band and it appears on Incesticide. "Hairspray Queen" has lyrics describing a relationship gone all wrong, Kurt uses very distorted vocals on this track.
Hairy ball theorem The hairy ball theorem of algebraic topology states that, in layman's terms, "one cannot comb the hair on a ball in a smooth manner". One way to understand this theorem is to picture the hairs on a tennis ball: any attempt to make them "smooth" in a mathematical sense will leave a spot where two hairs point in "drastically" different directions.
Hairy hands The Hairy Hands is a ghost story/legend that built up around a stretch of road in Dartmoor, United Kingdom, which was purported to have seen an unusually high number of motor vehicle accidents during the early 20th century.
Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy "Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy" first published in 1983 is the first and most well-known of a series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd featuring Hairy Maclary. His adventures are usually in the company of his other animal friends who include the dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm, and tomcat Scarface Claw.
Hairy Moccasin Hairy Moccasin (also known as Esh-sup-pee-me-shish) was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was a survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Hairy-footed flying squirrel The hairy-footed flying squirrel (belomys pearsoni) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, and southern China till the island of Taiwan. It lives at altitudes between 1500 and 2400 m above sea level.
Haish Memorial Library The Haish Memorial Library (also known as the DeKalb Public Library) was built in the art deco style of the 1930s with funds left to the library by Jacob Haish in his 1928 will. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Haisla The Haisla (also Xa’islak’ala, X̄a’islak̕ala, X̌à ʔislak̕ala, X̄a’islak’ala, X̣aʔislak’ala, Xa'islak'ala) are a First Nations people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their indigenous Haisla language is named after them.
Haisla language The Haisla language is a First Nations language spoken by the Haisla people of the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, who are based in the town of Kitimat at the head of the Douglas Channel, a 120km fjord that serves as a waterway for the Haisla as well as for the aluminum smelter and accompanying port of the town of Kitimat. The Haisla and their language, along with that of the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples, were in the past incorrectly called "Northern Kwakiutl".
Haisla Nation The Haisla Nation is a First Nations government in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the community of Kitimat, British Columbia. The Haisla people speak the Haisla language, and were like their language and along with the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples incorrectly known in the past as the "Northern Kwakiutl".
Haitham al-Yemeni Haitham al-Yemeni (Arabic: هيثم أليمنى ) (?? - May 2005) was an al Qaeda explosives expert from Yemen killed in northwest Pakistan (near the Afghanistan border) in early March of 2005 by an unmanned CIA-operated RQ-1 Predator aircraft (probably using a Hellfire missile), according to ABC News.
Haitham El Shoumali Haitham El Shoumali (Arabic: هيثم الشŮŮ…Ů„ŮŠ) (born October 22 1986 in Palestine, currently living in Los Angeles, USA) is a singer who rose to popularity around the world after placing seventh in Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol.
Haiti at the 1900 Summer Olympics One fencer of Haitian nationality competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, thereby making him the first Olympic competitor for Haiti. It would not be until the 1924 Summer Olympics until the nation sent a team to compete at the Olympic Games.
Haiti at the Summer Olympics Haiti made its first official appearance at the Summer Olympic Games at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. However, some sources consider Léon Thiércelin, a fencer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, of Haitian nationality, and therefore, Haiti's first Olympic competitor.
Haiti Partnership The HaĂŻti Partnership is a group of Methodist volunteer missionaries from the New York and Pennsylvania region Originally founded in 1995, the partnership has conducted numerous missions in remote Haitian villages and towns, including: Bainet, Hermitage, Bois Neuf Malor, Jeremie, Golbotine, and others. A mission consists of up to fourteen volunteers traveling by plane to Port au Prince] making a brief stop at a VIM (Volunteer in Mission) guest house.
Haitian American Sugar Company The Haitian American Sugar Company (HASCO) was an American business venture which sought to produce and sell sugar and other goods in Haiti and the United States. The company was founded with a capital of five million dollars on 5 August 1912 in Wilmington, Delaware, by Charles Steinheim, John A.
Haitian Campaign Medal The Haitian Campaign Medal was a military decoration of the United States Navy which was issued in the year 1917 and again in the year 1921. The decoration was intended for service members of both the Navy and Marine Corps who had participated in Haitian peacekeeping actions between the years of 1915 and 1920.
Haitian general election, 1990–1991 The presidential election in Haïti in 1990 is often cited as the first democratic election in the country's history. It was won by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was sworn in as President of Haïti on 1991-02-07; he was deposed in a coup d'état just eight months later.
Haitian general election, 2000 Haiti's general elections of 2000 featured a presidential race, as well as elections for the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. These elections were widely dismissed by the international community as fraudulent.
Haitian general election, 2006 The 2006 Elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gerard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006.
Haitian mythology Vodou (also known as Voodoo) is a religion that first appeared in Haiti. It is a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholic rituals introduced during the French colonial period, and African tribal beliefs, with roots in the Yoruba, Kongo and Dahomey mythology.
Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was the most successful of the many African slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere and established Haiti as a free, black republic, the first of its kind. At the time of the revolution, Haiti was a colony of France known as Saint-Domingue.
Haitian Times The Haitian Times is a weekly newspaper for Haitians living in the wider area of New York City, New York, United States. The newspaper is printed in English, as opposed to French or Haitian Creole, and is based in Brooklyn.
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 海西蒙古族藏族自治州; pinyin: HÇŽixÄ« MÄ›nggÇ”zĂş ZĂ ngzĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu; Tibetan: ŕ˝ŕ˝šŕ˝ĽŕĽ‹ŕ˝“ུབ་སོག་རིགས་ཆ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སŕľŕľ±ŕ˝Ľŕ˝„་ŕ˝ŕ˝´ŕ˝ŁŕĽ‹; Wylie:
Haixia Zheng Haixia Zheng (Simplified Chinese: é‘ćµ·éśž, Traditional Chinese: é„ćµ·éśž) (born March 7, 1967 in Tuocheng, Henan Province, China) was a professional women's basketball player in China and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Haiya-Te Haiya-Te is a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by the legendary warrior Iesada Gensai and famous lieutenant Kuroyama Norikazu. Haiya-Te is mainly known for the single-sword, katana, kenjutsu techniques Iesada called ashi dageki ("leg strike") and shi kageki("extreme death").
Haizhu Haizhu District (ćµ·çŹ ĺŚş) is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Along with Liwan, Yuexiu and Dongshan Districts, it was the largest in area and the least dense of the four old districts in Guangzhou before the city expanded its size to include districts such as Tianhe to the east and Baiyun to the north.
Haizum In the Abrahamic religions, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel. It is a white, flaming, spiritual horse which has a pair of wings like that of a pegasus and can fly swiftly from one cosmic plane to another in a second.
Haj-Ali Razmara General Ali Razmara was a prime minister of Iran during the early 1950s. In June, 1950, the Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) appointed him prime minister in an attempt to resolve the growing crisis over the issue of oil nationalization.
HajĂ ĂkhĂşnd ḤájĂ Mullá `AlĂ-Akbar ShahmĂrzádĂ (), known as ḤájĂ ĂkhĂşnd (1842-1910) was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'Ă Faith, a global religion of Persian origin. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
Hajdú-Bihar Hajdú-Bihar is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés.
Hajdúböszörmény Hajdúböszörmény (Romanian: Sântgheorghe) is a town in North Eastern Hungary with a population of approximately 30,000 people. It has a unique circular plan (like Paris) to the streets that is supposed to have originated as a defense from invasion or attack.
Hajdu-Cheney syndrome Hadju-Cheney syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by severe and excessive bone resorption leading to osteoporosis and a wide range of other potential symptoms. Approximately 50 cases have been reported worldwide.
HajduÄŤica monastery The HajduÄŤica Monastery (Serbian: МанаŃтир ĐĄĐ°ŃĐ´Ńчица / Manastir HajduÄŤica) is a Serb Orthodox monastery located in the Banat region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is situated in the municipality of Plandište.
Hajduk Hajduk (or haiduk, haiduc, hayduck, hayduk) is a term most commonly referring to outlaws, highwaymen or freedom fighters in the Balkans. Forms of the word in various languages include haiduc (Romanian) hajdĂşk (Hungarian) hajduk (Albanian), Ń…Đ°ŃĐ´ŃĐş/hajduk (Serbian), hajduk (Croatian), Đ°ŃĐ´ŃĐş (ayduk) (Macedonian), хайдŃŃ‚ (haydut) (Bulgarian), aiducco (Italian), haĂŻdouk (French), haydut (Turkish), hajduk (Bosnian).
Hajdukovo Hajdukovo (Serbian Cyrillic: ĐĄĐ°ŃĐ´Ńково, Hungarian: HajdĂşjárás) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North BaÄŤka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
Haji Ali Dargah The Haji Ali Dargah () is a mosque and dargah (tomb) located on an islet off the coast of Worli in Mumbai. Lying as it does in the heart of the city, the dargah is one of the most recognizable landmarks of Mumbai.
Haji Baba Sheikh Haji Baba Sheikh (Hacî Baba Şêx in Kurdish) was the prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad. After the republic was conquered by the Iranian army in 1947 he was the only one who wasn't hanged together with president Qazi Muhammad at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad in 1947.
Haji Mastan Haji Mastan Mirza popularly known as Haji Mastan was an infamous Mumbai (Bombay) gangster and smuggler of the 1960s and 70s. Mastan became the first celebrity gangster of the city, expanding his clout into Bollywood film industry.
Haji Mohammad Chamkani Haji Mohammad Chamkani is an Afghan politician who held the interim President of Afghanistan of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Previously, he served as Vice-President under Babrak Karmal's Government.
Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq is a high-ranking official of the Hizb-e-Wahdat political party of Afghanistan. He came to prominence during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Afghan Civil War, becoming one of the two most prominent Hazara warlords during the 1990s alongside Ustad Abdul Ali Mazari.
Haji of Banten Haji was the sultan of Banten from 1682 to 1687, who was largely responsible for subjugating Banten to the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He had considerable political power as a crown prince, and from the 1650s the court was divided into factions in support of his father Ageng and him.
Hajile Hajile was one of a number of highly experimental projects, including the Hedgehog and Panjandrum, that were developed by the British Admiralty's Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (DMWD) during the final years of World War II. The project was initiated by a request from the Army for a method of dropping heavy equipment and vehicles from aircraft at high speed, retaining the materiel's terminal velocity for as long as possible in order to minimise drift and damage from anti-aircraft batteries.
Hajim al-Hassani Hajim al-Hassani (born 1954, Kirkuk) is an Iraqi politician and was the speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government. A moderate Sunni Arab and relative outsider, having spent much of his life in the United States, al-Hassani was tapped as a compromise candidate for the speaker's post after weeks of deadlock between Iraqi political parties.
Hajime Hirasawa Hajime Hirasawa was the music composer of the SNES/Super Famicom video game Star Fox in 1993. He left Nintendo immediately after the development of Star Fox, and formed his own company called Faith Corporation that produced MIDI music on demand.
Hajime Hosokawa was director of the company hospital attached to the Chisso corporation's chemical factory in Minamata, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. He was the first doctor to discover and treat patients of the massive outbreak of mercury poisoning that occurred in the town which became known as Minamata disease.
Hajime Sorayama Hajime Sorayama is a Japanese illustrator, famous for his vivid hyper illustrated style. He does ASFR drawings of female pin ups and erotic art that are super realistic and also draws robot women, cyborgs and other illustrations of humans and animals.
Hajime Ueda is a manga artist who created a two-volume adaptation of the Japanese animated OVA series FLCL, and the original manga Q-Ko-Chan: The Earth Invader Girl. He started his career as a DĹŤjinshi artist, gaining a reputation for his quirky and unique style of art.
Hajj Amin Elahi Hajj Amin Elahi (birth name Aminollah Nemati, legal name Aminollah Elahi) was born on March 2, 1919 in a small village in western Persia called Jeyhounabad, into a family of great spiritual lineage. Born into a Kurdish/Persian family he was the first son of Nur Ali Elahi and Khunoom Shawase.
Hajj Nematollah Hajj Nematollah (aka Hajj Nemat, Hajj Ne'mat, Saint Nemat, Hazrat-e Hajji, Hajj Ne'matullah) Born: 1871, Jeyhounabad, Persia (renamed Iran, March 21, 1935) Died: February 28, 1919, Jeyhounabad, Persia. Hajj Nematollah is considered one of the greatest leaders and mystics in Kurdish / Ahl-e Haqq history.
Hajji Hajji ( , , pilgrim) is an honorific title given by some non-Arab communities to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, and is often used to refer to an elder, since it takes time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel. The title is placed before a person's name.
Hajji Bektash Wali Hajji Bektash Wali (Arabic/ ḤÄjÄ« BaktÄš WÄlÄ«; Turkish: Hacı BektaĹź Veli) was a Muslim mystic, humanist and philosopher from Khorasan, who lived approximately from 1209-1271 in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). His name can be translated as "The Pilgrim Saint Bektasch"
Hajji Hadi Sabzevari Hajji Hadi Sabzevari (1797/98, Sabzevar, Iran – 1878, Sabzevar, Iran) was a famous scholar and teacher in the hikmah school of Islamic philosophy. He wrote on the subjects of gnosis, philosophy, and revelation to further the works of Mulla Sadra.
HajnĂłwka HajnĂłwka (Belarusian: Гайнаўка, HajnaĹka) is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland (Podlasie Voivodeship) with 23,804 inhabitants (2004). It is a notable centre of Belarusian culture (26% in town) in Poland and one of the centres of Orthodox faith.
Hajrudin Varešanović Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović (born January 16, 1961 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a famous and popular singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Varešanović is best known as the vocal soloist, composer, and leader of the musical group Hari Mata Hari.
Haka A haka is a MÄori posture dance accompanied by chanted vocals. Haka actions may include facial gesticulations such as showing the whites of the eyes and poking out tongues and a wide variety of body actions including slapping the hands against the body and stamping feet.
Haka Bowl The Haka Bowl was a proposed American college football game that was going to be the first post-season bowl game to be played outside the United States since the Bacardi Bowl in Cuba. The game was to have been played at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
Haka of the All Blacks The All Blacks, the international rugby union team of New Zealand, perform a haka (MÄori war dance) immediately prior to international matches In their 2006 test match against Wales, the All Blacks opted to perform the Haka Ka Mate within their dressing room prior to the match. This was the result of the Welsh rugby union's decision that the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau would be played after the Haka, not before as is traditional.
Hakainde Hichilema Hakainde Hichilema (born June 4, 1962) is the President of Zambia's United Party for National Development (UPND). He replaced Anderson Mazoka after an interparty election, organized by functioning party president Sakwiba Sikota, after Mazoka's death.
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