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Rapture (band) Rapture is a band formed in 1997 by a group of musicians from Helsinki, Finland. The members of Rapture have played in several bands, including Barathrum, Diablerie, Ensiferum, Finntroll, Fragile Hollow, The Mist and the Morning Dew, Rain Paint, Shape of Despair and Thy Serpent.
Rapture (Battlestar Galactica) "Rapture" is the twelfth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. Aired on January 21, 2007, this episode marks the return of regular broadcasting after the Christmas mid-season hiatus.
Rapture (comics) Rapture (real name Sharona Jackson) is a fictional super heroine created by Erik Larsen for his Image Comics series Savage Dragon, she was inspired by, and named after The Knack's song My Sharona and debuted in a back-up feature in the forth issue of the Savage Dragon ongoing series, she was killed in issue 43.
Rapture TV Rapture TV is a free-to-air satellite television station operated from the United Kingdom, founded in 1997. Focusing mostly on dance music and extreme sports, it is notable for the amount of times it has "failed" financially only to be relaunched.
Raptus The Latin Raptus has some specific meanings not fully captured by its English equivalent "rapture", which currently has accrued among certain Christian millennarian sects additional connotations of End Times transport of redeemed Christians, which are treated at Rapture.
Rapumentary Like its sister, "rockumentary," the term rapumentary is a neologism made up from the combination of the words "rap" and "documentary". The implied meaning of this fictitious word is "a documentary about rap music, or a rap artist, or historical chronicling of the musical genre of rap.
Rapunzel "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales.Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household Tales (English translation by Margaret Hunt), 1884, "Rapunzel" It is one of the best known of fairy tales, and its plot has been used and parodied by many cartoonists and comedians, its best known line ("Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair") having entered popular culture.
Rapunzel (film) Rapunzel is an American animation film scheduled for release in 2009 and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures and to be distributed by Buena Vista Pictures in the United States. The story is based on the fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.
Raqiyah Mays Raqiyah Mays is a hip-hop journalist and a current Sunday personality at New York radio station Hot97. She is also an entertainment reporter for The Kiss Wake Up Club, on Emmis Communications-owned sister station, 98.
Raqs Media Collective Raqs Media Collective is a group of three media practitioners - Jeebesh Bagchi (New Delhi, 1965), Monica Narula (New Delhi, 1969) and Shuddhabrata Sengupta (New Delhi, 1968) - based in New Delhi. Raqs is best known for its contribution to contemporary art, and has presented work at most of the major international shows, from Documenta to the Venice Biennale; but the collective is active in an unusually wide range of domains, and it is perhaps this breadth that gives their work its originality and scope.
Raquel Lee Raquel Lee (born 1986) was a former cast member of The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2000 she also provided the voice of Nubia Gross of The Gross Sisters on The Proud Family from 2001 to 2005. She also co-starred with Tahj Mowry, Mark Curry and Dawnn Lewis in the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie The Poof Point.
Raquel Turner Rachel "Raquel" Turner (born 4 June 1957 in Camberwell , London)See is a fictional character from the BBC television sit-com Only Fools and Horses, in which she was Del Boy's long-term girlfriend. She was portrayed by Tessa Peake-Jones.
Raquim Raquim is a fictional character in Encantadia series, a telefantasya being aired by GMA Network portrayed by Filipino actor Richard Gomez. In Encantadia's prequel Etheria, young Raquim is played by multi-awarded actor Dennis Trillo.
Rara Originating in HaĂŻti, rara music mixes percussion instruments, saxophones, trumpets, and bamboo trumpets called vaksin (which may also be made of metal, often recycled coffee cans), while weaving in funk and reggae basslines.
Rarae Avis Rarae Avis is an indie rock group that formed in Blacksburg, Virginia in the summer of 2002. Hailing from predominantly metal and punk backgrounds, the band formed with the intention of abandoning those roots.
Rare (album) Rare (often known as Bowie Rare) was a compilation album released by RCA to cash in on Bowie for the 1982 Christmas market. The artist's relations with the company were at a low - Bowie had recorded his last music for RCA with the Baal EP, and had already been annoyed by the release of his five-year old duet with Bing Crosby ("Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy") as a single without his consultation.
Rare Air Rare Air, formerly Na Cabarfeidh, was a Canadian band that played an eccentric mix of instruments, including bagpipes, flutes, whistles, bombardes, bass guitar, and keyboards. The group, founded in the late 1970s as a celtic folk music band, was originally led by bagpipe virtuosos Grier Coppins and Pat O'Gorman.
Rare Beasts Rare Beasts is the first book in the Edgar & Ellen series by Charles Ogden. First published in 2003 by Tricycle Press, the series is currently being published by Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, with a 2006 copyright.
Rare Book School The Rare Book School (RBS) is an independent non-profit organization based at the University of Virginia that studies the history of manuscripts, rare books, and special collections. It holds 30 classes per year on these subjects, lasting five days apiece.
Rare disease A rare disease (sometimes known as an orphan disease) has such a low prevalence in a population that a doctor in a busy general practice would not expect to see more than one case a year. Rare diseases, including those of genetic origin, are life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases which are of such low prevalence that special combined efforts are needed to address them.
Rare earth element "Rare earth elements" and "rare earth metals" are trivial names sometimes applied to a collection of sixteen chemical elements in the periodic table, namely scandium, yttrium, and fourteen of the fifteen lanthanides (excluding promethium), which naturally occur on the Earth. The former two are included as they tend to occur with the latter in the same ore deposits.
Rare Earth (band) Rare Earth was an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label (which was named after the band) in the late-1960s and 1970s. Although not the first White band signed to Motown, Rare Earth were the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted entirely of White American members.
Rare Earth hypothesis In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth hypothesis asserts that the emergence of complex multicellular life (metazoa) on Earth required an extremely unlikely combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances. The Rare Earth hypothesis is explained in detail in the book Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, by Peter Ward, a geologist and paleontologist, and Donald Brownlee, an astronomer and astrobiologist.
Rare Entries A Rare Entries Contest is a competition or quiz consisting of a number of questions all which have more than one correct answer. Entries are submitting privately, often by email and entrants receive a score for each question equal to the number of people submitting the same answer.
Rare Flight Rare Flight is a greatest hits compilation released in 1988 during the 40th anniversary of Atlantic Records. This compilation includes Iron Butterfly's most popular songs from their first four albums: Heavy, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Ball, and Metamorphosis.
Rare groove Rare groove is an umbrella term that refers to relatively obscure and hard-to-find jazz-funk, funk and soul, soul-jazz and jazz-fusion tracks from the 1970s.Originally coined by Kiss FM DJ Norman Jay in 1985 through his show The Original Rare Groove Show, 'rare groove' tracks have been influential on the musical genres of hip hop, techno, house, breakbeat, jungle and others.
Rare Isotope Accelerator The Rare Isotope Accelerator, or RIA, is a proposed particle accelerator meant to produce and study short-lived nuclear isotopes. In addition to studying the properties of nuclei with extreme neutron-to-proton ratios, the hope is that RIA will provide a better understanding of the formation of heavy elements in extreme astrophysical environments like the outer layers of an exploding supernova.
Rare mode Rare mode, or formally, cbreak mode is a line discipline in Unix, between raw mode and cooked mode. Unlike cooked mode it works with single characters at a time, rather than forcing a wait for a whole line and then feeding the line in all at once.
Rare Masters Rare Masters is an Elton John compilation released in 1992. Featuring B-sides and outtakes recorded between 1968 and 1976, it is the only place where one can find the soundtrack to the 1971 movie Friends on CD.
Rare species of Penguin As global warming moves on to start the melt of the Antarctic, various forms of wildlife have suffered, namely penguins. Penguins such as the Little Blue Penguin and the Emperor Penguin are under threat for various reasons.
Rare Symmetry Violating Processes The Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) was a physics project terminated by the National Science Foundation, in August, 2005, originally meant for construction in the same year, at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island.
RareĹź Soporan RareĹź Soporan (born June 29, 1983 in Cluj-Napoca) is a Romanian football player, currently under contract at FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara. He is a central Defender but can also take up the role of a defensive midfielder.
Rarey technique The Rarey technique is a method of calming horses that have become vicious and fearful of humans due to abusive handling or other traumatic events. It is named for its inventor, John Solomon Rarey (1827–1866) of Groveport, Ohio, USA, who became famous for taming violent horses with it, and later for teaching it in various countries around the world.
Rarh region Rarh region (Bengali: রাঢ়) of West Bengal is the region that intervenes between the Western plateau and high lands and the Ganges Delta. Parts of the districts Murshidabad, Birbhum, Bankura, Bardhaman and Medinipur constitutes this region.
Raritan (NJT station) Raritan is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Raritan, New Jersey, north of the town center on Thompson St. The station building is south of the tracks in the main parking lot and was built in the early 1890's.
Raritan Bay Drawbridge The Raritan Bay Drawbridge is a railroad bridge on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line connecting South Amboy to the south with Perth Amboy to the north. The bridge is the eastern-most crossing of the Raritan River.
Raritan High School Raritan High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving Hazlet Township, New Jersey, as part of the Hazlet Township Public Schools. The district's first and only High School, named after the former community name, Raritan Township, was opened in September of 1962 with an enrollment of 778 students.
Raritan River The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
Raritan River Railroad The Raritan River Rail Road (RRRR) was a shortline railroad based in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA which ran as far as New Brunswick, New Jersey, approximately twelve miles to the west. It served both passengers and freight in its heyday.
Raritan Valley Community College Raritan Valley Community College is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in North Branch (within Branchburg Township), New Jersey. RVCC offers associate's degree programs leading to an Associate of Arts (A.
Raritan Valley Line The Raritan Valley Line is a commuter rail service operated by New Jersey Transit, running out of Newark Penn Station, with most trains terminating at the Raritan station and some trains continuing further west and terminating at High Bridge during peak periods (rush hour). On weekends, alternating trains offer through service to Hoboken Terminal.
Rarities album A rarities album is a collection of songs from either a single band or an assortment of bands on the same record label. Typically, a rarities album is released after a band or label has reached a certain level of commercial success.
Rarities and B-Sides Rarities and B-Sides is an almost complete compilation of all officially released b-sides, outtakes, and demos by The Smashing Pumpkins. According to EMI, this compilation is 'available as a digital download only and can be found at iTunes or any other digital service provider web-site.
Rary the Traitor Rary the Traitor is a Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook and module for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting written by Anthony Pryor and released by TSR in 1992. The work details the empire of the renegade archmage Rary, known as the Empire of the Bright Lands.
Ras In molecular biology, Ras is the name of a protein, the gene that encodes it, and the family and superfamily of proteins to which it belongs. Proteins in the Ras family are very important molecular switches for a wide variety of signal pathways that control such processes as cytoskeletal integrity, proliferation, cell adhesion, apoptosis, and cell migration.
Ras Al Khaimah Media Free Zone Ras Al Khaimah Media Free Zone and Film City was launched 3 January 2006, by the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAKFTZ) authority competing directly with Dubai Media City. RAKFTZ is banking on the fact that Dubai's cost of living is sky rocketing and Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is the place to go, to avoid all that expensive cost of setting up a business.
Ras Al Khaimah spaceport The Ras Al Khaimah spaceport will be located in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It is a joint venture between Prodea and Space Adventures, and will be used to launch suborbital tourist flights in the Space Adventures Explorer spaceplane.
Ras Al Khaimah Women's College Ras Al Khaimah Women's College (RKW) is one of 12 colleges that constitute the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the largest institution of higher learning in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located in the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates, the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
Ras Al Teen Palace Ras Al–Teen palace, located in Alexandria, Egypt, enjoys an outstanding historical position since it is one of few palaces that witnessed the initiation of Mohamed Aly’s dynasty. It was also where the departure of the ex-monarch Farouk, the family’s last heir, took place.
Ras Burqa Ras Burqa is a resort town on the Red Sea in the district of Nuwaiba, Egypt. In 1985, the town was the scene of the Ras Burqa massacre in which an Egyptian policeman Suleiman Khater killed seven Israeli tourists, mostly women and children.
Ras el hanout Ras el hanout (رأس الحانوت), also called Moroccan seasoning, is a popular blend of herbs and spices that originated in Morocco and used in other parts of North Africa. The name means in Arabic "top of the shop", and refers to a mixture of the best spices a seller has to offer.
Ras Kamboni Ras Kamboni (Somali: Raaskambooni) is a town in the Badhaadhe district of Lower Juba region, Somalia, which lies on a peninsula near the border with Kenya. American officials have said that it has served as a training camp for extremists with connections to Al-Qaeda; al-Sharq al-Awsat reported in May 1999 that al-Qaeda was installing sophisticated communications equipment in the camp.
Ras Kass Presents... Re-Up (The Compilation) The Re-Up Compilation introduced the future label run by Ras Kass to help him record while still dealing with the Priority Records situation. While there isn't too much new Ras Kass on it, original Re-Up affiliates (such as Young Scipio and 40 Glocc) take over a lot of the 21-track mixtape.
Ras Koh Ras Koh (Ras means way or gate and Koh means mountain; Ras Koh literally, "gate of the mountains", or "foothill") is located in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan's first nuclear tests were performed under the 185 metre granite mountain in 1998 May 28.
Ras Kwame Ras Kwame started in the music industry as a club DJ playing hip hop, RnB and reggae in the early nineties. He then moved on to promoting for Kiss 100's groundbreaking Starlight Club night and the Mean Fiddler’s Subterranea club, bringing over talent from the US and promoting local talent.
Ras Lila (dance) Ras Lila is a classical Manipuri dance. The theme of this romantic and graceful dance revolves around the love of Krishna and the milkmaids (gopis) and tells the divine love story of Lord Krishna and Radha, his lover.
Ras malai Ras Malai is a sweet dish found in the Indian subcontinent consisting of sugary, cream to yellow-colored balls (or flattened balls) of cottage or riccotta cheese soaked in sweetened, thickened, creamy milk. The malai originated somewhere in the coastal parts of the Indian state of Orissa.
Ras Makonnen Ras Makonnen (May 8, 1852–March 21, 1906) was a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Makonnen, later known as the Emperor Haile Selassie I. His father was Fitawrari Woldemikael Guddessa.
Ras Mengesha Yohannes Mengesha Yohannes (1868 - 1906) was the natural son of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Ras of Tigray, and as a claimant of the Imperial throne is often given the title of prince. Acknowledged as son and designated as heir by Yohannes IV on his deathbed at the Battle of Metemma.
Ras Shorty I Ras Shorty I (October 6, 1941-July 12, 2000) was a soca musician, known as the Father of Soca and The Love Man. He was born Garfield Blackman in Lengua, Trinidad and Tobago, and rose to fame as Lord Shorty with his 1963 hit "Clock and Dagger".
Ras Tanura Ras Tanura (more accurately Ra's Tannūrah, Arabic: رأس تنورة meaning "top/head of the barbeque spit") is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia located on a peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf. The name Ras Tanura applies both to a gated Saudi Aramco employee compound (also referred to as "Najmah") and to an industrial area further out on the peninsula that serves as a major oil port and oil operations center for Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, and at one time was the largest oil refinery in the world.
Ras Tarkhan Khazar general of the mid 700s, sometimes referred to as As Tarkhan, who led an invasion of Abbasid territories in Armenia, Azerbaijan and northwestern Persia. Scholars have debated over whether Ras Tarkhan is a name or a title.
Rasa Music Rasa Music is a record label based in New York City. It is the sister record label of AMI (Australian Music International) which was formed in 1991 with the intention of nurturing outstanding cultural musicians from Australia and marketing their music internationally.
Rasa Polikevičiūtė Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer (born September 25, 1970 in Panevėžys, Lithuania). She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond.
Rasagiline Rasagiline (trade name Azilect®) is a selective irreversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase B used as a monotherapy in early Parkinson's disease or as an adjunct therapy in more advanced cases. It was developed by Teva Neuroscience.
Rasaq Rasaq Seriki or better known by his stage name Rasaq or Rasaq Boy (born 1981) is a rapper from Houston, Texas, United States, who is also the younger brother of rapper Chamillionaire and part of his label Chamillitary/Universal Records. He was featured on his brother's debut album The Sound of Revenge with Lil Wayne on the song "Fly As The Sky" in 2005, and the album Ghetto Status alongside his brother, Chamillionaire.
Rasayana Rasayana, a Sanskrit word (with literal meaning: Path (ayana) of the Juice (rasa), or Elixir vitae), is used to describe chemistry and alchemy, and chemistry is generally called Rasayan Shastra in Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi and several other languages derived from Sanskrit.
Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American Country band composed of lead vocalist Gary LeVox (real name: Gary Wayne Vernon, Jr.) (born July 10, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio), bassist Jay DeMarcus (real name: Stanley Wayne DeMarcus) (born April 27, 1971, in Columbus, Ohio) and electric guitarist Joe Don Rooney (born September 13, 1975, in Baxter Springs, Kansas).
Rascas de Bagarris Pierre-Antoine Rascas, sieur de Bagarris et du Bourguet (Aix-en-Provence, 15 February 1562 — Aix-en-Provence 14 April 1620), an advocate at the Parlement of Aix, was a founder of the science of historical numismatics and one of the most notable antiquaries of his time. Henri IV recognized his value, and placed him in charge of the royal collection of medals and antiquities kept at Fonmtainebleau, which formed one of the nuclei of the Cabinet des Médailles, now a department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Rascov National Park Râşcov National Park (known by the Russian-speaking population as Rashkov National Park), is the second largest natural landscape preserve in Transnistria. Located in the north, near Camenca and Râşcov (Russian: Rashkov), it spans what is known locally as "the Pridnestrovian Alps".
Rasdaq Rasdaq was the name of the company that operated RASDAQ Market, one of the two Romanian exchanges at the time. Its name derives from the fact the exchange was modelled on the American stock market exchange Nasdaq.
Rasgulla Rasgulla (Bangla: রসগোল্লা Rôshogolla [ˈrɔʃoˌgolːa]; Hindi: Rasgulla; Oriya: Rasagolla) is a dessert from Orissa and Bengal consisting of balls of unripened cheese or cottage cheese (chenna) soaked in a sugary syrup.
Rash guard A rash guard is a type of athletic shirt made of either lycra or nylon and intended to be worn in the water. Rash guards are used for light coverage in warm to moderately warm temperatures for several watersports including surfing, scuba diving, snorkelling, wakeboarding, and kayaking.
Rashad Baker Rashad Baker (born February 22, 1982 in Camden, New Jersey) is a safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He attended the University of Tennessee, and was signed by the Bills as a free agent in 2004.
Rashad Bauman Rashad Bauman (born May 7, 1979) is an American football player currently plays cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals. He attended the University of Oregon and was a third team All-American selection by The NFL Draft Report, as well as an All-Pac 10 Conference second-team choice.
Rashad Evans 'Sugar' Rashad Anton Evans (born September 25, 1979 in Niagara Falls, New York) is an American mixed martial arts fighter, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Evans now trains out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, under the tutelage of noted submission fighting instructor Greg Jackson, as do two of the other fighters who competed as heavyweights on the same season of The Ultimate Fighter (Dan Christison and Keith Jardine) as well as Season 1 middleweight winner and current welterweight contender, Diego Sanchez.
Rashad Jeanty Rashad Jeanty (born April 17, 1983) is an American football linebacker and former Canadian football defensive end. After playing four seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, he signed a two year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League on February 13, 2006.
Rashaida Free Lions The Rashaida Free Lions (Arabic: al-usud al-hurra, الأسود الحُرة) are an armed group of the Rashaida people that was active in the eastern regions of Sudan. The Free Lions were formed in November 1999 by Mabrouk Mubarak Salim.
Rasharkin Rasharkin (in Irish: Ros Earcáin, ie Earcán’s wooded height or Larkin's wood) is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 12 kilometres (7 miles) south of Ballymoney. It is situated near Dunloy and Kilrea.
Rashed Al-Majed Rashed Al-Majed (born July 19, 1970) is a Bahrain based Arabic singer originally from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is known to be one of the region's most popular vocalists alongside Mohammed Abdu, Rabeh Sager and Abdulmajeed Abdullah.
Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (1829-1908) was a well-known Faqeeh (jurist) and mufti of his time, and a disciple of Hadhrat Imadadullah Mahajir Makki. Based in Gangoh, a country town in the Upper Doab area, one hundred miles or so from Delhi, he was one of the founders of the reformist madrasa at Deoband (1867).
Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi Rashid Ahmad Siddique (1894-1977) was a notable writer and a Professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He was one of the distinguished Urdu writers of the twentieth century who are known for a unique style of their own.
Rasheed Marshall Rasheed Marshall (born July 11, 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an NFL player who signed recently for the Pittsburgh Steelers and as a wide receiver and kick returner, he is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 5th round (174th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.
Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently plays power forward for the Detroit Pistons.
Rasher Rasher was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring Dennis the Menace's pet pig Rasher. The strip also featured Rasher's family, like his brother Hamlet, his sister Virginia Ham, Uncle Crackling and Little Piglet.
Rashi Rashi רש"י is a Hebrew acronym for רבי שלמה יצחקי (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi), (February 22, 1040 – July 13, 1105), a rabbi in France, famed as the author of the first comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Tanakh. Acclaimed for his ability to present the basic meaning of the text in a concise yet lucid fashion, Rashi appeals to both learned scholars and beginning students, and his works remain a centerpiece of contemporary Jewish study.
Rashid ad-Din Sinan Rashid Ad-din As-sinan leader of the Syrian branch of the Assassins (an Isma'ili Shi'i Muslim sect) at the time of the Third Crusade. He had his headquarters at a fortress in Masyaf, in northern Syria, and was known to Westerners as the Old Man of the Mountain.
Rashid al-Din Rashid al-Din Tabib also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247 - 1318), was a Persian physician, writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history volume, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language.
Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla Sheikh Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla (الشيخ راشد بن احمد المعلا, born 1930) became the ruler of Umm Al Qawain, part of the United Arab Emirates on 21st February 1981. He succeeded Sheikh Ahmad II ibn Rashid Al Mu'alla.
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912 - October 7, 1990) (Arabic: راشد بن سعيد آل مكتوم ) was the Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates from 1979 to 1990 and Emir (Ruler) of Dubai. He ruled for 11 years, until his death.
Rashid Baz Rashid Baz (1966-) is a Lebanese-born immigrant and convicted murderer who shot and killed 16-year old Ari Halberstam on March 1, 1994 while driving on the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge (re-named the Ari Halberstam ramp in 1995).
Rashid Choudhury Born in 1932 in Faridpur,Bangladesh, Rashid Choudhury completed his five-year course in fine arts from the Charukala Institute in 1954 and attended a teachers' training certificate course at Asutosh Museum of the Calcutta University. He did his post-graduate studies with a scholarship from Spanish government and studied sculpture at the Central Escula des Bellias Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1956-57.
Rashid Jahan Rashid Jahan (1905 – 1952) was an Indian writer who inaugurated a new era of Urdu literature written by women. She wrote short-stories and plays and is perhaps best remembered for her involvement with the explosive Angarey (1931), a collection of pathbreaking and unconventional short stories written by young writers in Urdu like Sajjad Zaheer and Ahmed Ali.
Rashid Karami Rashid Abdul Hamid Karami (December 30 1921 – June 1 1987) (Arabic: رشيد كرامي) was a Lebanese statesman. He was one of the most important political figures in Lebanon for more than 30 years, including during much of Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), and he served as Prime Minister eight times.
Rashid Rauf Rashid Rauf, a dual citizen of Britiain and Pakistan, was arrested in Bhawalpur, Pakistan in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in August 2006, a day before the arrests were made in Britain. The Pakistani Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, claimed that "he is an al Qaeda operative with linkages in Afghanistan".
Rashid Rida Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was a Syrian intellectual of the Islamic modernism tradition pioneered by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Muhammad Abduh. Like his predecessors, he focused on the relative weakness of Muslim societies vis-Ă -vis Western colonialism, blaming Sufi excesses, the blind imitation of the past (taqlid), the stagnation of the ulama, and the resulting failure to achieve progress in science and technology.
Rashid Sidek Rashid Sidek was a Malaysian national badminton player who is a member of the Sidek Brothers, a family who was actively involved in Malaysian badminton. He is from Kancung Darat, Banting, Selangor, July 8, 1968.
Rashid Sunyaev Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Cyrillic: Рашид Алиевич Сюняев, which might be more phonetically transliterated "Syunyayev") was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, on March 1, 1943 and educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow University. He is the head of the High Energy Astrophysics Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and has been chief scientist of the Academy's Space Research Institute since 1992.
Rashid Yasemi Gholamreza Rashid Yasemi (غلامرضا رشید یاسمی), a famous Iranian poet, translator and literary man, was born in 1895, Kermanshah(کرمانشاه), Iran. He finished his primary education there and then moved to Tehran, Iran in 1912 where he resided for the rest of his life.
Rashid Zia Rashid Zia (born 6 April 1974 in Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan) is an American cricketer. Rashid Zia first played for the United States in representative cricket in the 2001 ICC Trophy, and later was part of the team that played America's first two one-day internationals in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England.

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