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Zagato Raptor The Zagato Raptor, sometimes referred to as the Lamborghini Raptor, is a concept car design, created in 1996 by Zagato in partnership with Alain Wicki for Lamborghini. The body features the Zagato "double bubble" design and an innovative door design where the whole middle section of the car swivels up and forward.
Zagato Zele 1000 The Zagato Zele 1000 was an electric microcar with a polyester body. It was made in 1976 by the Italian design company Zagato, which had long been known for beautiful and light weight exotic sports car bodies.
Zagavory The zagavory or zagowory (from Eastern Slavic govor: - speech), in Slavic mythology are the verbal spells that were used the most effectively by folk magicians in their methods of spell work. They also used the whispers that were said to enchant objects.
Zaghawa Zaghawa is an African ethnic group, mainly living in eastern Chad and western Sudan, including the Darfur province of Sudan. They are semi-nomadic and obtain much of their livelihood through herding cattle, camels and sheep, and harvesting wild grains.
Zagipa Baliyeva Zagipa Yakhyanovna Baliyeva (; born in 1959) has served as the Minister of Justice of Kazakhstan since 13 April 2006.New Election Chief Pledges Fairness and Transparency Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada
Zagłębie Dąbrowskie Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (literally Coal Fields of Dąbrowa; ) is a historical and geographical region in Poland. It forms a part of the Lesser Poland, though it shares many cultural and historical features of the neighbouring Silesia.
Zagmuk Zagmuk is a Mesopotamian festival celebrated around the vernal equinox, which literally means "beginning of the year". It celebrates the triumph of Marduk, the patron deity of Babylon, over the forces of chaos, symbolized in later times by Tiamet.
Zagore Beach Zagore Beach (Zagorski Bryag za-'gor-ski 'bryag) faces False Bay on Livingston Island, Antarctica and extends for 4km on the Rozhen Peninsula between Charity Glacier and the Ruen Icefall. The beach is surmounted by Canetti Peak (400m) and MacKay Peak (approx 700m) and is named after the historic region of Zagore situated south of the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria.
Zagori Zagori is an area in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwest Greece. It has an area of some 1,000 square kilometers and 45 villages known as Zagoria or the Zagorohoria, and is in the shape of an upturned equilateral triangle.
Zagorka [Zagorka brand (), produced by a brewery of the same name, is one of the most popular brands of lager] in [[Bulgaria. Named after the city of Stara Zagora, Zagorka is a full bodied mildly hopped Pilsener with 10% alcohol by volume.
Zagreb Zagreb (pronounced: ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic, political and administrative center of the Republic of Zambia with the houses of Parliament, President and Government of the country.
Zagreb (former county) Zagreb (in Croatian) or Zágráb (in Hungarian) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Croatia.
Zagreb Pride Zagreb Pride is the annual gay pride festival of Zagreb, Croatia, which first took place in 2002 and now occurs in June (the Saturday closest to June 27) of each year, lasting for a few days. It is organised by (Zagreb) Pride Committee that is formed in January of the new Pride year.
Zagreus (Doctor Who audio) Zagreus is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was presented on three Compact discs, as opposed to the usual two.
Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains (Persian: رشته ŮŮه زاگرس), (Kurdish: ÇîyayĂŞn ZagrosĂŞ), make up Iraq's and Iran largest mountain range. They have a total length of 1500 km from western Iran, specifically the Kurdistan region on the border with Iraq to the southern parts of the Persian Gulf.
Zagros Mouse-like Hamster The Zagros Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus bailwardi) is a relatively little-known rodent which was the first species of mouse-like hamster to be described. The species is distributed throughout much of southern Iran, particularly in the Zagros mountains.
Zagut (crater) Zagut is a lunar crater located in the heavily impacted southeast sector of the Moon. The feature is almost surrounded by named craters, with Wilkins to the northwest, Lindenau to the east, Rabbi Levi in the southeast, and in the southwest is Celsius crater.
Zagwe dynasty The Zagwe dynasty ruled Ethiopia from the end of the Kingdom of Axum to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. It is thought to derive its name from the Agaw people, meaning "Agaw" (adj.
Zagyg In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Zagyg (fomerly known as "Zagig Yragerne") is the god of Humor, Eccentricity, Occult Lore, and Unpredictability. His symbol is the rune of insanity.
Zahara de la Sierra Zahara de la Sierra is a small town in Southern Spain, in the province of Cádiz in the hills of Andalusia. It is perched on a mountain, overlooking a valley and a man-made lake formed by the dam that must be driven over to access the town.
Zahari Stoyanov Zahariy Stoyanov () (1850 – September 2, 1889), born Dzhendo Stoyanov Dzhendov (), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, and historian. A participant in the April Uprising of 1876, he became its first historiographer with his book Memoirs of the Bulgarian Uprisings.
Zahari Zograf Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov () (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) is arguably the most famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work.
Zahediyeh The Zahediyeh Sufi Order was founded by Sheikh Zahed Gilani (Zahid Guilani) of Lahijan. As a precursor to the Safaviyeh Order, which was yet to culminate in the Safavid Dynasty, the Zahediyeh Order and its Murshid, Sheikh Zahed Gilani, reserve a distinct place in the history of Iran.
Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer (left-arm fast-medium bowler) and a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000, besides playing for the Baroda first-class team. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka and ODI debut against Kenya at Nairobi in the same year.
Zahhak ZahhÄk or ZohhÄk (in ) is a figure of Persian mythology, evident in ancient Iranian folklore as AĹľi DahÄka, the name by which he also appears in the texts of the Avesta. In Middle Persian he is called DahÄg or BÄ“var-Asp, the latter meaning "[he who has] 10,000 horses".
Zahi Armeli Zahi Armeli (Hebrew: ×–××”×™ ×רמלי), (born October 25, 1957) is a former Israeli footballer and holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa. He is regarded as one of the Israel's greatest strikers, having scored close to a hundred goals for Maccabi Haifa during the 1990s.
Zahid Mubarek Zahid Mubarek was an Asian teenager who was brutally murdered by his cellmate on March 21, 2000, at the Feltham Young Offenders' Institution in southwest London. He was already inside Feltham when his killer, 19-year-old Robert Stewart - a known racist and psychopath - was transferred to his cell.
Zahir o-dowleh Zahir o-dowleh cemetery (in Persian ظهيرالدŮله) is located in Darband, close to Tajrish, Shemiran (now a neighbourhood inside Tehran's city limits) and many Iranian giants of art and culture, such as Iraj Mirza, Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Forough Farrokhzad, Rahi Moayeri, Ruhollah Khaleghi, Abolhasan Saba, and Darvish-khan are buried there.
Zahirul Islam Abbasi Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi is a former commander and officer of the Pakistani Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency of the military of Pakistan. Serving in the Siachen region of the disputed territory of Kashmir, Abbasi planned and executed a renegade assault on posts held by the Indian Army.
Zahle and Forzol Zahle and Forzol is a Greco-Melchite diocese. In the seventeenth, or perhaps in the sixteenth, century the diocese of Seleucia Pieria was for greater safety transferred by the Patriarch of Antioch to Maaloula in the Lebanon.
Zahm Hall (University of Notre Dame) Zahm Hall is one of the 27 residence halls and one of the 14 male dorms on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Zahm is situated between Cavanaugh Hall and its rival hall Keenan Hall on the North Quad, just East of the famous Golden Dome.
Zahna Zahna is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany not far from Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2 and about 11 km east of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Elbaue-Fläming whose seat is in Zahna.
Zahorski theorem In mathematics, Zahorski's theorem is a theorem of real analysis. It states that a necessary and sufficient condition for a subset of the real line to be the set of points of non-differentiability of a continuous real-valued function, is that it be the union of a Gδ set and a {G_delta}_sigma set of zero measure.
Zahra Eshraghi Zahra Eshraghi (Persian: زهرا اشراقی) is an Iranian feminist and human rights activist. She is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini, and wife of Mohammad Reza Khatami (since 1983), former head of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the main reformist party in Iran.
Zahra Kazemi Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (زهرا کاظمی اŘمدآبادی in Persian)‎ (1949 - July 11, 2003) was an Iranian (Persian)-born freelance photographer, residing in Montreal (Canada), who died in the custody of Iranian officials following her arrest.
Zahrah the Windseeker Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin, Sept 2005), written by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, is one of a very small handful of young adult fantasy novels that incorporate the myths and folklore and culture of West Africa. Okorafor-Mbachu was born in the United States to two Nigerian (Igbo) parents.
Zahrâ Xânum Zahrâ Xânum (also Zahra Khanoum/Khanum/Khanoom- in Persian, ”Miss Zahrâ”) was a leading character of a Moral Gang who clashed with the masses before, during and right after the Islamic Revolution in Iran. She forced young girls to practise a strict Islamic dress-code and practically imposed the use of the Hejab in Modern Iran.
Zahumlje Zahumlje (Serbian: Đ—Đ°Ń…Ńмље, Latin: Zachlumia), also known as the Land of the Hum and Chelm, was a medieval Serbian principality located in today's Herzegovina (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina), and southern Dalmatia (modern day Republic of Croatia).
Zach Bronson Zach Bronson was a safety in the NFL. He played and started for the San Francisco 49ers in the late 1990s and early in the new millennium, but suffered a neck injury that hampered his performance and eventually led to his retirement.
Zach Day Stephen Zachary Day (born June 15, 1978 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a sinker-ball pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently on the Kansas City Royals. He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1996, where he played basketball, baseball and golf and was prep player of the year in Cincinnati in 1995 and also went on to attend the University of Cincinnati, while studying pre-business.
Zach Gowen Zach Gowen, (born Zachary Mark Gowen on March 30, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional wrestler. Gowen has worked for all three of the top US promotions: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their SmackDown!
Zach Helm Zach Helm (born January 21, 1975) is an American writer and film director, dubbed "the new Charlie Kaufman" and one of the "brightest" screenwriters working today, according to Variety, Empire and Esquire magazines.
Zach Hill Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups including Team Sleep (featuring members of Deftones and Helium), Goon Moon, and The Ladies (a duo consisting of Zach on drums and Rob Crow of Pinback on guitar).
Zach Lund Zach Lund (born March 22, 1979) is an American male skeleton racer, who took part in the 2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup but will not compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics due to disqualification for using finasteride. He was stripped of his 2nd place finish in the Calgary World Cup event after testing positive for this medication, and a one year suspension was issued on February 10th 2006.
Zach Wamp Zachary Paul "Zach" Wamp (born October 28, 1957) is a conservative Republican politician representing the 3rd Congressional district of Tennessee (map) since 1995. The district is based in Chattanooga and includes large parts of East Tennessee, including Oak Ridge.
Zach Weiner Zach Weiner is the author and illustrator of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, also called SMBC. He also produces Chason, another webcomic that grew out of SMBC, and writes Captain Excelsior, which is illustrated by Chris Jones.
Zach Wiegert Zach Wiegert (born August 16, 1972 in Fremont, Nebraska) is an American football player who currently plays tackle for the Houston Texans. He started 37 consecutive games at right tackle for the Cornhuskers, helping the University of Nebraska to a national championship as a senior.
Zachariah (1971 film) Zachariah is a 1971 film starring John Rubinstein as Zachariah and Don Johnson as his best friend Matthew. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western.
Zachariah Allen Zachariah Allen (September 15, 1795 – March 17, 1882) was an American scientist and inventor, born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated at Brown University where he graduated in 1813. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815.
Zachariah Blanton Zachariah Blanton (born 1989) is an American from the state of Indiana who allegedly killed a man following a series of shootings near Seymour, south of Indianapolis in July 2006; another man was shot and seriously injured as he got out of his pick-up truck. Shots where later fired at a tractor-trailer and a parked SUV on a road in Delaware County, though no-one was hurt in these second shootings.
Zacharias (klepht) Zacharias Barbitsiotis or as he was more commonly known Zacharias (22 October 1759 - July 20, 1804, Greek: ΖαχαĎίας ΜπαĎμπιτĎιότης) was a Greek klepht in the Peloponnese operating during the Ottoman domination of Greece. He is described by Kyriakos Kassis as the best thief of Taygetus.
Zacharias Kunuk Zacharias Kunuk (born 1957) is a Canadian Inuit producer and director most notable for his film Atanarjuat, the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced completely in Inuktitut. He is the co-founding president of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first independent Inuit production company.
Zacharias Ursinus Zacharias Ursinus (July 18, 1534, Breslau—May 6, 1583, Neustadt), a sixteenth century German theologian, born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). Like all young scholars of that era he gave himself a Latin name from ursus, meaning bear.
Zacharie Astruc Zacharie Astruc (Angers, 1835- Paris, 1907) was a sculptor, painter and art critic. He was interested in the cultural life of the second half f the 19th century, and participated in the first Impressionist exhibition and also in the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
Zacharie Mayani Zacharie or Zecharia Mayani (1899 - ) is a French author who has put forth a thesis according to which Albanian had ancient pre-Indo-European connections with the Etruscan language in The Etruscans Begin to Speak (1961, translated by Patrick Evans 1962). Mayani's thesis, relying chiefly on Albanian, claimed to have established some of the grammar, and enlarged the known vocabulary, of ancient Etruscan, taking as his starting-point that Etruscan was based on Illyrian, and that an Illyrian core survives in modern Albanian, quite apart from Albanian's borrowings from Latin and modern languages.
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue Zacharie Robutel de La Noue (June 4, 1665 – 1733) was a French lieutenant and captain in the colonial regular troops, and seigneur of Châteauguay. Robutel de La Noue was a Canadian, born in Montreal, son of Claude Robutel de La Noue, seigneur of Île Saint-Paul, and Suzanne de Gabrielle.
Zacharo Zacharo (Greek: ΖαχάĎω), also Zaharo or Zakharo is a community and a municipality located in the southwestern part of the Ilia Prefecture in the middle of a highway named GR-9/E55 linking Pyrgos and GR-9A along with Kyparissia. Distance from Athens is 280 km (old: 320 km SW), about 30 km SE of Pyrgos and about 9 km S of Krestena, 13 km SW of Olympia, and about 30 km north of Kyparissia and NW of Kalamata.
Zachary Burton Zachary Paul "Zach" Burton (December 11, 1981) is the co-coordinator of the Graduation Pledge Alliance at Manchester College. In 2006 he served as assistant political strategist to David Sanders in his bid for United States Congress.
Zachary Carrettin Zachary Carrettin is an American violinist. He completed his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, Texas, where he studied classical violin with Kenneth Goldsmith.
Zachary D. Massey Zachary David Massey was a American politician that represented the 1st congressional district of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born on November 14, 1864 in Marshall, North Carolina.
Zachary Fisher Zachary Fisher (Sept 26, 1910 - June 4, 1999) was a Russian American philanthropist who is notable for his charity work toward members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. He has constructed several "Fisher Houses", placed near Veterans Administrations hospitals, that host families of admitted service members that cannot afford temporary lodging while visiting.
Zachary Foxx Zachary Foxx is a fictional character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, a 1980s animated science-fiction western. Zachary is a member of the Galaxy Rangers, an Earth-based interstellar law enforcement organization.
Zachary Gray Zachary Gray (spelled "Grey" in The Moon by Night, but "Gray" thereafter) is a fictional character in the young adult novels of Madeleine L'Engle. He appears in four novels, and is mentioned in at least one more.
Zachary Hietala Zachary Hietala (born as Sakari in 1962 in Finland) is a Finnish Heavy Metal musician. Hietala formed Tarot (formerly Purgatory) in early 80's, together with his younger brother Marco Hietala, who joined Nightwish in 2002.
Zachary Isaiah Williams Zachary Isaiah Williams (born 1994) is an American Child actor, who currently co-stars in the Nickelodeon series Romeo!. Prior to working with Lil' Romeo in the series, they co-starred with Jessica Alba in the 2003 film Honey.
Zachary Levenson Zachary Levenson is a prominent biostatistician, formerly with the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University. He recently signed a letter supporting an anti-poverty initiative, joining luminaries such as Herbert Gans and William Julius Wilson.
Zachary Richard Zachary Richard is a Louisiana singer, songwriter, and poet who works in both French and English. Born in Louisiana on September 8, 1950, Richard is a direct descendant of the original Acadian refugees and was heavily influenced by the styles of Zydeco, Cajun music, and New Orleans rhythm and blues found in Louisiana.
Zachary Stevens Zachary "Zak" Stevens (born 1966), is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. He is of Bosnian descent and a few Savatage songs such as "Watching You Fall" from Handful of Rain and "Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24" from Dead Winter Dead were dedicated to Yugoslavia.
Zachary Taylor Davis Zachary Taylor Davis (May 26 1872, Aurora, Illinois –December 16 1946, Chicago, Illinois) was the architect of several major Chicago buildings, including Old Comiskey Park (1910), Wrigley Field (1914), and St. James Chapel of Quigley Prepartory Seminary (1918).
Zachary Taylor House The Zachary Taylor House was the boyhood home of the twelfth President of the United States Zachary Taylor. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Taylor lived there from 1790 to 1808, held his marriage there in 1810, and returned there periodically the rest of his life.
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY) is a national cemetery where President Zachary Taylor and first lady Margaret Taylor are buried. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Zachary's Pizza Zachary's Pizza is a Chicago-style pizzeria in California with three locations in the East Bay (one location on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, one in the Rockridge District of Oakland, and one new location in San Ramon). It was ranked in the 2007 Michelin San Francisco restaurant guide among the best pizzerias in the San Francisco Bay Area], and as one of the 13 best pizzas in America by AOL CityGuide.
Zachman framework The Zachman Framework is a framework for enterprise architecture which provides a formal and highly structured way of defining an enterprise's systems architecture. It uses a grid model based around 6 basic questions (What, How, Where, Who, When, and Why) asked of 5 nominated stakeholder groups (Planner, Owner, Designer, Builder and Subcontractor) to give an holistic view of the enterprise which is being modeled.
Zai sheng yuan "Zhai Sheng Yuan" is a Mandarin phrase that means to be reborn close to someone in the next life because of a fierce, inter-soul connection between the two of you that was formed in the life before. The word "Yuan" literally means a spiritual bond between two individuals, and "Zai Sheng" means to be born again.
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah Begum Zaib-un-Nissa (Zeb-un-Nissa, Zaibunnissa, Zaibun Nisa, Zaibunisa, Zaib-un-Nisa, Zebunnissa, Zeb-un-Nisa) Hamidullah (Urdu: زیب النساء ŘŮ…ŰŚŘŻ اللŰ) (December 25, 1921 - September 10, 2000) was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also a pioneer of feminism in Pakistan. She was Pakistan's first female columnist, editor and political commentator.
Zaibatsu is a Japanese term referring to the "financial cliques," or business conglomerates, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant parts of the Japanese economy throughout the Edo and Meiji periods. The term was commonly used up until the end of the Asia-Pacific War (World War II).
Zaid al-Rifai Zaid al-Rifai served as Prime Minister of Jordan twice (May 26, 1973 - July 13, 1976) and (April 4, 1985 and April 27, 1989). His Second Prime Minstery is the longest in Jordanian History, he held the title for 4 years and 23 days.
Zaid ibn Shaker Field Marshal Prince Zaid Ibn Shaker (1934 - 30 August, 2002) (Arabic: الأمير زيد بن شاŮر) served as commander in chief of the Jordanian Military for more than twelve years and Prime Minister of Jordan three times.
Zaid Shakir Imam Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he has brought both sensitivity about race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work.
Zaidiyyah Zaidiyya, Zaidism or Zaydism (Arabic: الزيدية az-zaydiyya, adjective form Zaidi or Zaydi) is a ShÄ«'a maĂ°hab (sect, school) named after the ImÄm Zayd ibn ˤAlÄ«. Followers of the Zaidi fiqh are called Zaidis (or are occasionally called Fivers in the West).
Zaifeng, 2nd Prince Chun The 2nd Prince Chun (Chinese: 醇親王) (February 12, 1883 - February 3, 1951) was born Zaifeng (Chinese: 載沣; Wade-Giles: Tsai-feng), of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro clan (the Qing imperial family ruling over China). He was the leader of China between 1908 and 1911, serving as the regent for his young son Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor.
Zaigham Zaidi Syed Zaigham Hussain Zaidi, had all along been a photographer after migrating to Pakistan in 1947 from his home town of Muzaffarnagar in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. He made his mark during his stints with the Daily Jang in Rawalpindi and later with the Pakistan Times and daily Musawat.
Zaiko Langa Langa Zaiko Langa Langa has been one of the hottest and most popular bands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its formation in the early seventies (when Congo was still called Zaire), through the eighties and the nineties and into the new millennium. Such famous names as Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Dindo Yogo, Evolocko Jocker and Nyoka Longo started with Zaiko and went on to establish successful careers.
Zaim Imamović (musician) Zaim Imamović (born 26 August 1920 in Mrkonjić Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, died 2 February 1994 in Sarajevo) was a very popular sevdalinka performer and was many considered him the best sevdalinka performer ever.
Zaim Imamović (soldier) Zaim Imamović (born c. 1961 in Ilovača, Goražde died October 9, 1995 on Treskavica) was a Bosniak soldier who commanded the ARBiH forces in the Goražde enclave during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zaimukhts The Zaimukhts are a Pashtun tribe living on the northwest frontier of Pakistan, to the south of the Orakzais. Zaimukhts are a small Pathan tribe on the Kohat border of the North-West Frontier Province of India.
Zain Verjee Zain Verjee (born February 11, 1974) is a State Department correspondent for CNN and is based in Washington DC. Previously, she served as a newsreader for The Situation Room and a co-anchor of CNN International's Your World Today.
Zain Wright Zain Wright (born April 18, 1979 in Tasmania) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Team just after the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He made his international senior debut in 2001, in the Manning Cup against New Zealand.
Zainab bint Muhammad While Sunnis and some Shi'a view Zainab as the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, some Shia and non-Muslim argue she is the daughter of Khadijah's assumed previous husband, see Genealogy of Khadijas daughters.
Zaini Mohamad Said Zaini Mohamad Said is a retired Leftenan Jeneral of the Malaysian Army, most famous for his role in the surrender of Mohamed Amin Mohamed Razali, the leader of the Al-Mau'nah group that staged the arms heist at Battalion 304 Rejimen Askar Wataniah and the subsequent siege of the group at Bukit Jenalik, Sauk in Perak. Zaini was awarded the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa, Malaysia's highest gallantry award for his role during the Al Mau'nah siege.
Zainul Abedin Zainul Abedin (Bangla: জয়নŕ§ŕ¦˛ আবেদিন) (1914-1976) was an artist from Bangladesh. Like many of his contemporaries, he was born in undivided India, and lived through the creation of Pakistan and finally the emergence of independent Bangladesh.
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here Zaion: I Wish You Were Here is a Science Fiction anime OVA about the spread of a deadly virus called M34 brought to Earth by a meteorite. The Virus manifests itself by mutating humans into powerful and deadly monsters.
Zaisan Memorial The Zaisan Memorial is a memorial south of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar that honors Russian soldiers killed in World War II. Located on a hill south of the city, the memorial features a Russian tank paid for by the Mongolian people and a circular memorial painting that depicts scenes of friendship between the peoples of Russia and Mongolia.
Zaisu A is a unique form of Japanese chair which has no legs, but has a normal chair back. It is generally used by people who require more back support than the traditional kneeling that method most Japanese people use for sitting.
Zaitsev's rule Zaitsev's rule, Saytzeff's rule or Saytsev's rule named after Alexander Mikhailovich Zaitsev (number of different spellings due to name being transliterated from Russian) is a rule in chemistry that states that if more than one alkene can be formed by an elimination reaction, the more stable alkene is the major product. In general, the compound that has a more highly substituted C=C double bond is more stable due to the electron donating properties of the alkyl group.
Zaiyuan, 6th Prince Yi Zaiyuan (Chinese: 載垣), 6th Prince Yi (died 1861), of the Manchu imperial Aisin-Gioro clan. He became one of eight regents after the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, along with Sushun and Duanhua and plotted against Empress Dowager Cixi during a power struggle in the Qing Dynasty and was sentenced to commit suicide.
Zak Baney Along with a TB 303, a TR 808 and an Akai S900, Zak Baney (real name Ralph Baney) produced the very first track in 1987 which would start a new genre, called acid breaks. Chicago's acid sound combined with Florida's breakbeat, it was something completely different.
Zak Buys Zak Buys is a rollerblader and skateboarder currently resident in Fife, Scotland. Having actively skated for 9 years he is now sponsored by the Route One Company and has participated in various competitions, such as Winterclash 2006.
Zak Keith Zak Keith (not to be confused with Australian musician "Keith Zak") is a British multi-genred guitarist, based in Stockholm, Sweden since 1988. He was band leader for Bob Manning's Soul Enterprise from 1992-2001.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphical adventure game, originally released in 1988, published by LucasArts (known at the time as Lucasfilm Games). It was the second game to use the SCUMM engine, after Maniac Mansion.
Zagato Zele 1000 The Zagato Zele 1000 was an electric microcar with a polyester body. It was made in 1976 by the Italian design company Zagato, which had long been known for beautiful and light weight exotic sports car bodies.
Zagavory The zagavory or zagowory (from Eastern Slavic govor: - speech), in Slavic mythology are the verbal spells that were used the most effectively by folk magicians in their methods of spell work. They also used the whispers that were said to enchant objects.
Zaghawa Zaghawa is an African ethnic group, mainly living in eastern Chad and western Sudan, including the Darfur province of Sudan. They are semi-nomadic and obtain much of their livelihood through herding cattle, camels and sheep, and harvesting wild grains.
Zagipa Baliyeva Zagipa Yakhyanovna Baliyeva (; born in 1959) has served as the Minister of Justice of Kazakhstan since 13 April 2006.New Election Chief Pledges Fairness and Transparency Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada
Zagłębie Dąbrowskie Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (literally Coal Fields of Dąbrowa; ) is a historical and geographical region in Poland. It forms a part of the Lesser Poland, though it shares many cultural and historical features of the neighbouring Silesia.
Zagmuk Zagmuk is a Mesopotamian festival celebrated around the vernal equinox, which literally means "beginning of the year". It celebrates the triumph of Marduk, the patron deity of Babylon, over the forces of chaos, symbolized in later times by Tiamet.
Zagore Beach Zagore Beach (Zagorski Bryag za-'gor-ski 'bryag) faces False Bay on Livingston Island, Antarctica and extends for 4km on the Rozhen Peninsula between Charity Glacier and the Ruen Icefall. The beach is surmounted by Canetti Peak (400m) and MacKay Peak (approx 700m) and is named after the historic region of Zagore situated south of the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria.
Zagori Zagori is an area in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwest Greece. It has an area of some 1,000 square kilometers and 45 villages known as Zagoria or the Zagorohoria, and is in the shape of an upturned equilateral triangle.
Zagorka [Zagorka brand (), produced by a brewery of the same name, is one of the most popular brands of lager] in [[Bulgaria. Named after the city of Stara Zagora, Zagorka is a full bodied mildly hopped Pilsener with 10% alcohol by volume.
Zagreb Zagreb (pronounced: ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific, economic, political and administrative center of the Republic of Zambia with the houses of Parliament, President and Government of the country.
Zagreb (former county) Zagreb (in Croatian) or Zágráb (in Hungarian) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Croatia.
Zagreb Pride Zagreb Pride is the annual gay pride festival of Zagreb, Croatia, which first took place in 2002 and now occurs in June (the Saturday closest to June 27) of each year, lasting for a few days. It is organised by (Zagreb) Pride Committee that is formed in January of the new Pride year.
Zagreus (Doctor Who audio) Zagreus is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This audio drama was presented on three Compact discs, as opposed to the usual two.
Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains (Persian: رشته ŮŮه زاگرس), (Kurdish: ÇîyayĂŞn ZagrosĂŞ), make up Iraq's and Iran largest mountain range. They have a total length of 1500 km from western Iran, specifically the Kurdistan region on the border with Iraq to the southern parts of the Persian Gulf.
Zagros Mouse-like Hamster The Zagros Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus bailwardi) is a relatively little-known rodent which was the first species of mouse-like hamster to be described. The species is distributed throughout much of southern Iran, particularly in the Zagros mountains.
Zagut (crater) Zagut is a lunar crater located in the heavily impacted southeast sector of the Moon. The feature is almost surrounded by named craters, with Wilkins to the northwest, Lindenau to the east, Rabbi Levi in the southeast, and in the southwest is Celsius crater.
Zagwe dynasty The Zagwe dynasty ruled Ethiopia from the end of the Kingdom of Axum to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. It is thought to derive its name from the Agaw people, meaning "Agaw" (adj.
Zagyg In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Zagyg (fomerly known as "Zagig Yragerne") is the god of Humor, Eccentricity, Occult Lore, and Unpredictability. His symbol is the rune of insanity.
Zahara de la Sierra Zahara de la Sierra is a small town in Southern Spain, in the province of Cádiz in the hills of Andalusia. It is perched on a mountain, overlooking a valley and a man-made lake formed by the dam that must be driven over to access the town.
Zahari Stoyanov Zahariy Stoyanov () (1850 – September 2, 1889), born Dzhendo Stoyanov Dzhendov (), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, and historian. A participant in the April Uprising of 1876, he became its first historiographer with his book Memoirs of the Bulgarian Uprisings.
Zahari Zograf Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov () (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) is arguably the most famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work.
Zahediyeh The Zahediyeh Sufi Order was founded by Sheikh Zahed Gilani (Zahid Guilani) of Lahijan. As a precursor to the Safaviyeh Order, which was yet to culminate in the Safavid Dynasty, the Zahediyeh Order and its Murshid, Sheikh Zahed Gilani, reserve a distinct place in the history of Iran.
Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer (left-arm fast-medium bowler) and a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000, besides playing for the Baroda first-class team. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka and ODI debut against Kenya at Nairobi in the same year.
Zahhak ZahhÄk or ZohhÄk (in ) is a figure of Persian mythology, evident in ancient Iranian folklore as AĹľi DahÄka, the name by which he also appears in the texts of the Avesta. In Middle Persian he is called DahÄg or BÄ“var-Asp, the latter meaning "[he who has] 10,000 horses".
Zahi Armeli Zahi Armeli (Hebrew: ×–××”×™ ×רמלי), (born October 25, 1957) is a former Israeli footballer and holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa. He is regarded as one of the Israel's greatest strikers, having scored close to a hundred goals for Maccabi Haifa during the 1990s.
Zahid Mubarek Zahid Mubarek was an Asian teenager who was brutally murdered by his cellmate on March 21, 2000, at the Feltham Young Offenders' Institution in southwest London. He was already inside Feltham when his killer, 19-year-old Robert Stewart - a known racist and psychopath - was transferred to his cell.
Zahir o-dowleh Zahir o-dowleh cemetery (in Persian ظهيرالدŮله) is located in Darband, close to Tajrish, Shemiran (now a neighbourhood inside Tehran's city limits) and many Iranian giants of art and culture, such as Iraj Mirza, Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Forough Farrokhzad, Rahi Moayeri, Ruhollah Khaleghi, Abolhasan Saba, and Darvish-khan are buried there.
Zahirul Islam Abbasi Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi is a former commander and officer of the Pakistani Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency of the military of Pakistan. Serving in the Siachen region of the disputed territory of Kashmir, Abbasi planned and executed a renegade assault on posts held by the Indian Army.
Zahle and Forzol Zahle and Forzol is a Greco-Melchite diocese. In the seventeenth, or perhaps in the sixteenth, century the diocese of Seleucia Pieria was for greater safety transferred by the Patriarch of Antioch to Maaloula in the Lebanon.
Zahm Hall (University of Notre Dame) Zahm Hall is one of the 27 residence halls and one of the 14 male dorms on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Zahm is situated between Cavanaugh Hall and its rival hall Keenan Hall on the North Quad, just East of the famous Golden Dome.
Zahna Zahna is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany not far from Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2 and about 11 km east of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Elbaue-Fläming whose seat is in Zahna.
Zahorski theorem In mathematics, Zahorski's theorem is a theorem of real analysis. It states that a necessary and sufficient condition for a subset of the real line to be the set of points of non-differentiability of a continuous real-valued function, is that it be the union of a Gδ set and a {G_delta}_sigma set of zero measure.
Zahra Eshraghi Zahra Eshraghi (Persian: زهرا اشراقی) is an Iranian feminist and human rights activist. She is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini, and wife of Mohammad Reza Khatami (since 1983), former head of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the main reformist party in Iran.
Zahra Kazemi Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (زهرا کاظمی اŘمدآبادی in Persian)‎ (1949 - July 11, 2003) was an Iranian (Persian)-born freelance photographer, residing in Montreal (Canada), who died in the custody of Iranian officials following her arrest.
Zahrah the Windseeker Zahrah the Windseeker (Houghton Mifflin, Sept 2005), written by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, is one of a very small handful of young adult fantasy novels that incorporate the myths and folklore and culture of West Africa. Okorafor-Mbachu was born in the United States to two Nigerian (Igbo) parents.
Zahrâ Xânum Zahrâ Xânum (also Zahra Khanoum/Khanum/Khanoom- in Persian, ”Miss Zahrâ”) was a leading character of a Moral Gang who clashed with the masses before, during and right after the Islamic Revolution in Iran. She forced young girls to practise a strict Islamic dress-code and practically imposed the use of the Hejab in Modern Iran.
Zahumlje Zahumlje (Serbian: Đ—Đ°Ń…Ńмље, Latin: Zachlumia), also known as the Land of the Hum and Chelm, was a medieval Serbian principality located in today's Herzegovina (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina), and southern Dalmatia (modern day Republic of Croatia).
Zach Bronson Zach Bronson was a safety in the NFL. He played and started for the San Francisco 49ers in the late 1990s and early in the new millennium, but suffered a neck injury that hampered his performance and eventually led to his retirement.
Zach Day Stephen Zachary Day (born June 15, 1978 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a sinker-ball pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently on the Kansas City Royals. He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1996, where he played basketball, baseball and golf and was prep player of the year in Cincinnati in 1995 and also went on to attend the University of Cincinnati, while studying pre-business.
Zach Gowen Zach Gowen, (born Zachary Mark Gowen on March 30, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional wrestler. Gowen has worked for all three of the top US promotions: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their SmackDown!
Zach Helm Zach Helm (born January 21, 1975) is an American writer and film director, dubbed "the new Charlie Kaufman" and one of the "brightest" screenwriters working today, according to Variety, Empire and Esquire magazines.
Zach Hill Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups including Team Sleep (featuring members of Deftones and Helium), Goon Moon, and The Ladies (a duo consisting of Zach on drums and Rob Crow of Pinback on guitar).
Zach Lund Zach Lund (born March 22, 1979) is an American male skeleton racer, who took part in the 2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup but will not compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics due to disqualification for using finasteride. He was stripped of his 2nd place finish in the Calgary World Cup event after testing positive for this medication, and a one year suspension was issued on February 10th 2006.
Zach Wamp Zachary Paul "Zach" Wamp (born October 28, 1957) is a conservative Republican politician representing the 3rd Congressional district of Tennessee (map) since 1995. The district is based in Chattanooga and includes large parts of East Tennessee, including Oak Ridge.
Zach Weiner Zach Weiner is the author and illustrator of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, also called SMBC. He also produces Chason, another webcomic that grew out of SMBC, and writes Captain Excelsior, which is illustrated by Chris Jones.
Zach Wiegert Zach Wiegert (born August 16, 1972 in Fremont, Nebraska) is an American football player who currently plays tackle for the Houston Texans. He started 37 consecutive games at right tackle for the Cornhuskers, helping the University of Nebraska to a national championship as a senior.
Zachariah (1971 film) Zachariah is a 1971 film starring John Rubinstein as Zachariah and Don Johnson as his best friend Matthew. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western.
Zachariah Allen Zachariah Allen (September 15, 1795 – March 17, 1882) was an American scientist and inventor, born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated at Brown University where he graduated in 1813. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815.
Zachariah Blanton Zachariah Blanton (born 1989) is an American from the state of Indiana who allegedly killed a man following a series of shootings near Seymour, south of Indianapolis in July 2006; another man was shot and seriously injured as he got out of his pick-up truck. Shots where later fired at a tractor-trailer and a parked SUV on a road in Delaware County, though no-one was hurt in these second shootings.
Zacharias (klepht) Zacharias Barbitsiotis or as he was more commonly known Zacharias (22 October 1759 - July 20, 1804, Greek: ΖαχαĎίας ΜπαĎμπιτĎιότης) was a Greek klepht in the Peloponnese operating during the Ottoman domination of Greece. He is described by Kyriakos Kassis as the best thief of Taygetus.
Zacharias Kunuk Zacharias Kunuk (born 1957) is a Canadian Inuit producer and director most notable for his film Atanarjuat, the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced completely in Inuktitut. He is the co-founding president of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first independent Inuit production company.
Zacharias Ursinus Zacharias Ursinus (July 18, 1534, Breslau—May 6, 1583, Neustadt), a sixteenth century German theologian, born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). Like all young scholars of that era he gave himself a Latin name from ursus, meaning bear.
Zacharie Astruc Zacharie Astruc (Angers, 1835- Paris, 1907) was a sculptor, painter and art critic. He was interested in the cultural life of the second half f the 19th century, and participated in the first Impressionist exhibition and also in the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
Zacharie Mayani Zacharie or Zecharia Mayani (1899 - ) is a French author who has put forth a thesis according to which Albanian had ancient pre-Indo-European connections with the Etruscan language in The Etruscans Begin to Speak (1961, translated by Patrick Evans 1962). Mayani's thesis, relying chiefly on Albanian, claimed to have established some of the grammar, and enlarged the known vocabulary, of ancient Etruscan, taking as his starting-point that Etruscan was based on Illyrian, and that an Illyrian core survives in modern Albanian, quite apart from Albanian's borrowings from Latin and modern languages.
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue Zacharie Robutel de La Noue (June 4, 1665 – 1733) was a French lieutenant and captain in the colonial regular troops, and seigneur of Châteauguay. Robutel de La Noue was a Canadian, born in Montreal, son of Claude Robutel de La Noue, seigneur of Île Saint-Paul, and Suzanne de Gabrielle.
Zacharo Zacharo (Greek: ΖαχάĎω), also Zaharo or Zakharo is a community and a municipality located in the southwestern part of the Ilia Prefecture in the middle of a highway named GR-9/E55 linking Pyrgos and GR-9A along with Kyparissia. Distance from Athens is 280 km (old: 320 km SW), about 30 km SE of Pyrgos and about 9 km S of Krestena, 13 km SW of Olympia, and about 30 km north of Kyparissia and NW of Kalamata.
Zachary Burton Zachary Paul "Zach" Burton (December 11, 1981) is the co-coordinator of the Graduation Pledge Alliance at Manchester College. In 2006 he served as assistant political strategist to David Sanders in his bid for United States Congress.
Zachary Carrettin Zachary Carrettin is an American violinist. He completed his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, Texas, where he studied classical violin with Kenneth Goldsmith.
Zachary D. Massey Zachary David Massey was a American politician that represented the 1st congressional district of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born on November 14, 1864 in Marshall, North Carolina.
Zachary Fisher Zachary Fisher (Sept 26, 1910 - June 4, 1999) was a Russian American philanthropist who is notable for his charity work toward members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. He has constructed several "Fisher Houses", placed near Veterans Administrations hospitals, that host families of admitted service members that cannot afford temporary lodging while visiting.
Zachary Foxx Zachary Foxx is a fictional character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, a 1980s animated science-fiction western. Zachary is a member of the Galaxy Rangers, an Earth-based interstellar law enforcement organization.
Zachary Gray Zachary Gray (spelled "Grey" in The Moon by Night, but "Gray" thereafter) is a fictional character in the young adult novels of Madeleine L'Engle. He appears in four novels, and is mentioned in at least one more.
Zachary Hietala Zachary Hietala (born as Sakari in 1962 in Finland) is a Finnish Heavy Metal musician. Hietala formed Tarot (formerly Purgatory) in early 80's, together with his younger brother Marco Hietala, who joined Nightwish in 2002.
Zachary Isaiah Williams Zachary Isaiah Williams (born 1994) is an American Child actor, who currently co-stars in the Nickelodeon series Romeo!. Prior to working with Lil' Romeo in the series, they co-starred with Jessica Alba in the 2003 film Honey.
Zachary Levenson Zachary Levenson is a prominent biostatistician, formerly with the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University. He recently signed a letter supporting an anti-poverty initiative, joining luminaries such as Herbert Gans and William Julius Wilson.
Zachary Richard Zachary Richard is a Louisiana singer, songwriter, and poet who works in both French and English. Born in Louisiana on September 8, 1950, Richard is a direct descendant of the original Acadian refugees and was heavily influenced by the styles of Zydeco, Cajun music, and New Orleans rhythm and blues found in Louisiana.
Zachary Stevens Zachary "Zak" Stevens (born 1966), is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. He is of Bosnian descent and a few Savatage songs such as "Watching You Fall" from Handful of Rain and "Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24" from Dead Winter Dead were dedicated to Yugoslavia.
Zachary Taylor Davis Zachary Taylor Davis (May 26 1872, Aurora, Illinois –December 16 1946, Chicago, Illinois) was the architect of several major Chicago buildings, including Old Comiskey Park (1910), Wrigley Field (1914), and St. James Chapel of Quigley Prepartory Seminary (1918).
Zachary Taylor House The Zachary Taylor House was the boyhood home of the twelfth President of the United States Zachary Taylor. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Taylor lived there from 1790 to 1808, held his marriage there in 1810, and returned there periodically the rest of his life.
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY) is a national cemetery where President Zachary Taylor and first lady Margaret Taylor are buried. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Zachary's Pizza Zachary's Pizza is a Chicago-style pizzeria in California with three locations in the East Bay (one location on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, one in the Rockridge District of Oakland, and one new location in San Ramon). It was ranked in the 2007 Michelin San Francisco restaurant guide among the best pizzerias in the San Francisco Bay Area], and as one of the 13 best pizzas in America by AOL CityGuide.
Zachman framework The Zachman Framework is a framework for enterprise architecture which provides a formal and highly structured way of defining an enterprise's systems architecture. It uses a grid model based around 6 basic questions (What, How, Where, Who, When, and Why) asked of 5 nominated stakeholder groups (Planner, Owner, Designer, Builder and Subcontractor) to give an holistic view of the enterprise which is being modeled.
Zai sheng yuan "Zhai Sheng Yuan" is a Mandarin phrase that means to be reborn close to someone in the next life because of a fierce, inter-soul connection between the two of you that was formed in the life before. The word "Yuan" literally means a spiritual bond between two individuals, and "Zai Sheng" means to be born again.
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah Begum Zaib-un-Nissa (Zeb-un-Nissa, Zaibunnissa, Zaibun Nisa, Zaibunisa, Zaib-un-Nisa, Zebunnissa, Zeb-un-Nisa) Hamidullah (Urdu: زیب النساء ŘŮ…ŰŚŘŻ اللŰ) (December 25, 1921 - September 10, 2000) was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also a pioneer of feminism in Pakistan. She was Pakistan's first female columnist, editor and political commentator.
Zaibatsu is a Japanese term referring to the "financial cliques," or business conglomerates, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant parts of the Japanese economy throughout the Edo and Meiji periods. The term was commonly used up until the end of the Asia-Pacific War (World War II).
Zaid al-Rifai Zaid al-Rifai served as Prime Minister of Jordan twice (May 26, 1973 - July 13, 1976) and (April 4, 1985 and April 27, 1989). His Second Prime Minstery is the longest in Jordanian History, he held the title for 4 years and 23 days.
Zaid ibn Shaker Field Marshal Prince Zaid Ibn Shaker (1934 - 30 August, 2002) (Arabic: الأمير زيد بن شاŮر) served as commander in chief of the Jordanian Military for more than twelve years and Prime Minister of Jordan three times.
Zaid Shakir Imam Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he has brought both sensitivity about race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work.
Zaidiyyah Zaidiyya, Zaidism or Zaydism (Arabic: الزيدية az-zaydiyya, adjective form Zaidi or Zaydi) is a ShÄ«'a maĂ°hab (sect, school) named after the ImÄm Zayd ibn ˤAlÄ«. Followers of the Zaidi fiqh are called Zaidis (or are occasionally called Fivers in the West).
Zaifeng, 2nd Prince Chun The 2nd Prince Chun (Chinese: 醇親王) (February 12, 1883 - February 3, 1951) was born Zaifeng (Chinese: 載沣; Wade-Giles: Tsai-feng), of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro clan (the Qing imperial family ruling over China). He was the leader of China between 1908 and 1911, serving as the regent for his young son Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor.
Zaigham Zaidi Syed Zaigham Hussain Zaidi, had all along been a photographer after migrating to Pakistan in 1947 from his home town of Muzaffarnagar in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. He made his mark during his stints with the Daily Jang in Rawalpindi and later with the Pakistan Times and daily Musawat.
Zaiko Langa Langa Zaiko Langa Langa has been one of the hottest and most popular bands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its formation in the early seventies (when Congo was still called Zaire), through the eighties and the nineties and into the new millennium. Such famous names as Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Dindo Yogo, Evolocko Jocker and Nyoka Longo started with Zaiko and went on to establish successful careers.
Zaim Imamović (musician) Zaim Imamović (born 26 August 1920 in Mrkonjić Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, died 2 February 1994 in Sarajevo) was a very popular sevdalinka performer and was many considered him the best sevdalinka performer ever.
Zaim Imamović (soldier) Zaim Imamović (born c. 1961 in Ilovača, Goražde died October 9, 1995 on Treskavica) was a Bosniak soldier who commanded the ARBiH forces in the Goražde enclave during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zaimukhts The Zaimukhts are a Pashtun tribe living on the northwest frontier of Pakistan, to the south of the Orakzais. Zaimukhts are a small Pathan tribe on the Kohat border of the North-West Frontier Province of India.
Zain Verjee Zain Verjee (born February 11, 1974) is a State Department correspondent for CNN and is based in Washington DC. Previously, she served as a newsreader for The Situation Room and a co-anchor of CNN International's Your World Today.
Zain Wright Zain Wright (born April 18, 1979 in Tasmania) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Team just after the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He made his international senior debut in 2001, in the Manning Cup against New Zealand.
Zainab bint Muhammad While Sunnis and some Shi'a view Zainab as the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, some Shia and non-Muslim argue she is the daughter of Khadijah's assumed previous husband, see Genealogy of Khadijas daughters.
Zaini Mohamad Said Zaini Mohamad Said is a retired Leftenan Jeneral of the Malaysian Army, most famous for his role in the surrender of Mohamed Amin Mohamed Razali, the leader of the Al-Mau'nah group that staged the arms heist at Battalion 304 Rejimen Askar Wataniah and the subsequent siege of the group at Bukit Jenalik, Sauk in Perak. Zaini was awarded the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa, Malaysia's highest gallantry award for his role during the Al Mau'nah siege.
Zainul Abedin Zainul Abedin (Bangla: জয়নŕ§ŕ¦˛ আবেদিন) (1914-1976) was an artist from Bangladesh. Like many of his contemporaries, he was born in undivided India, and lived through the creation of Pakistan and finally the emergence of independent Bangladesh.
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here Zaion: I Wish You Were Here is a Science Fiction anime OVA about the spread of a deadly virus called M34 brought to Earth by a meteorite. The Virus manifests itself by mutating humans into powerful and deadly monsters.
Zaisan Memorial The Zaisan Memorial is a memorial south of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar that honors Russian soldiers killed in World War II. Located on a hill south of the city, the memorial features a Russian tank paid for by the Mongolian people and a circular memorial painting that depicts scenes of friendship between the peoples of Russia and Mongolia.
Zaisu A is a unique form of Japanese chair which has no legs, but has a normal chair back. It is generally used by people who require more back support than the traditional kneeling that method most Japanese people use for sitting.
Zaitsev's rule Zaitsev's rule, Saytzeff's rule or Saytsev's rule named after Alexander Mikhailovich Zaitsev (number of different spellings due to name being transliterated from Russian) is a rule in chemistry that states that if more than one alkene can be formed by an elimination reaction, the more stable alkene is the major product. In general, the compound that has a more highly substituted C=C double bond is more stable due to the electron donating properties of the alkyl group.
Zaiyuan, 6th Prince Yi Zaiyuan (Chinese: 載垣), 6th Prince Yi (died 1861), of the Manchu imperial Aisin-Gioro clan. He became one of eight regents after the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, along with Sushun and Duanhua and plotted against Empress Dowager Cixi during a power struggle in the Qing Dynasty and was sentenced to commit suicide.
Zak Baney Along with a TB 303, a TR 808 and an Akai S900, Zak Baney (real name Ralph Baney) produced the very first track in 1987 which would start a new genre, called acid breaks. Chicago's acid sound combined with Florida's breakbeat, it was something completely different.
Zak Buys Zak Buys is a rollerblader and skateboarder currently resident in Fife, Scotland. Having actively skated for 9 years he is now sponsored by the Route One Company and has participated in various competitions, such as Winterclash 2006.
Zak Keith Zak Keith (not to be confused with Australian musician "Keith Zak") is a British multi-genred guitarist, based in Stockholm, Sweden since 1988. He was band leader for Bob Manning's Soul Enterprise from 1992-2001.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphical adventure game, originally released in 1988, published by LucasArts (known at the time as Lucasfilm Games). It was the second game to use the SCUMM engine, after Maniac Mansion.
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