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Hastings, Warren
(Encyclopedia) Hastings, Warren, 1732–1818, first governor-general of British India. Employed (1750) as a clerk by the East India Company, he soon became manager of a trading post in Bengal. When…Tehran
(Encyclopedia) Tehran or TeheranTehranboth: tāˌəränˈ, –rănˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 6,475,527), capital of Iran and Tehran prov., N Iran, near Mt. Damavand. It is Iran's largest city and its…Muhammad, prophet of Islam
(Encyclopedia) MuhammadMuhammadməhămˈəd [key] [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam, one of the great figures of history, b. Mecca. The traditions concerning Muhammad's…Dubai
(Encyclopedia) Dubai Dubai d&oomacr;bīˈ [key], sheikhdom (2021 pop. 2,921,376), c.1,500 sq mi (3,890 sq km), part…Karnataka
(Encyclopedia) KarnatakaKarnatakakärnäˈtəkə [key], formerly MysoreMysoremīsôrˈ [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 52,733,958), 74,122 sq mi (191,976 sq km), SW India, bordering on the Arabian Sea.…Tamil Nadu
(Encyclopedia) Tamil NaduTamil Nadutămˈəl näˈd&oomacr; [key], formerly MadrasTamil Nadumədrăsˈ, mədräsˈ [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 62,110,839), 50,180 sq mi (129,966 sq km), SE India, on…Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman. His viscountcy, to which he succeeded in 1802, was in the Irish peerage and therefore did not prevent him from…Aleppo
(Encyclopedia) Aleppo Aleppo əlĕpˈō [key] or Alep Alep əlĕpˈ [key], Arabic Haleb, city (2021 est. pop. 1,917,000), capital of Aleppo governorate, NW…Antioch, city, Turkey
(Encyclopedia) Antioch Antioch ănˈtēŏkˌ [key] or Antakya Antakya äntäkˈyä [key], city, capital of Hatay prov., S Turkey, on the Orontes (Asi) River,…Indian literature
(Encyclopedia) Indian literature. Oral literature in the vernacular languages of India is of great antiquity, but it was not until about the 16th cent. that an extensive written literature appeared.…Trending
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