(Encyclopedia) Khyber PassKhyber Passkīˈbər [key], narrow, steep-sided pass, 28 mi (45 km) long, winding through the Safed Koh Mts., on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; highest point is 3,500 ft (1,…
(Encyclopedia) Selim I (Selim the Grim)Selim Isĕlĭmˈ [key], 1467–1520, Ottoman sultan (1512–20). He ascended the throne of the Ottoman Empire by forcing the abdication of his father, Beyazid II, and…
(Encyclopedia) Shirley or Sherley, Sir Anthony, 1565–1636?, English adventurer. He fought in the Netherlands (1586) under the earl of Leicester and in France (1591) under the earl of Essex, who…
(Encyclopedia) Agra Agra äˈgrə, ăgˈrə [key], former province, N central India. The presidency, or province, of Agra was created in 1833 when the British partitioned the…
(Encyclopedia) Ahmadabad or Ahmedabad Ahmedabad both: äˌmədəbädˈ [key], city (2020 est. pop. 8,059,441), Gujarat state, NW India, on the Sabarmati River; also called…
(Encyclopedia) Indian Mutiny, 1857–58, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in…
(Encyclopedia) ZoroastrianismZoroastrianismzôˌrōăsˈtrēənĭzəm [key], religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions.
The religion's priests, successors to the pre-Zoroastrian Magi,…
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minaretminaretmĭnərĕtˈ [key], tower, used in Islamic architecture, from which the faithful are called to prayer by a muezzin. Most mosques have one or more small towers…
