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Bahawalnagar ... Bai Juyi

Bahawalnagar town, east-central Punjab province, Pakistan. The town lies just east of the Sutlej River. It is a market distributing centre connected by road with Multan to the west and Bahawalpur to the southwest and also by rail with the latter. Amenities include several government colleges affiliated with the University of ... Bahawalpur city, southeastern Punjab province, Pakistan. The nawabs of Bahawalpur originally came from Sindh; they formed a princely state and assumed independence in 1802. Bahia estado (state) of eastern Brazil. It is bounded by Piaui and Pernambuco states to the north, by Alagoas and Sergipe states to the northeast, by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, by Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais states to the south, and by Goias and Tocantins states to the west. ... Bahia Blanca city and major port of Argentina, located near Blanca Bay of the Atlantic Ocean in the southwestern part of Buenos Aires provincia (province). The bay forms a natural harbour for the city, which is located 4 miles (6.5 km) upstream on the shallow Naposta Grande River. Bahinabai, Bahini , poet-saint (sant), remembered as a composer of devotional songs (abhangas) in Marathi to the Hindu deity Vitthal. Her work is preserved through oral performance (kirtan), old handwritten manuscripts, and modern printed collections. Bahinabai, in her autobiographical songs, describes herself as a devotee of another Marathi saint, Tukaram (1608-1649 CE), ... Bahmani sultanate Muslim state (1347-1518) in the Deccan in India. The sultanate was founded in 1347 by 'Ala' al-Din Bahman Shah, who was supported by other military leaders in rebellion against the sultan of Delhi, Muhammad ibn Tughluq. The Bahmani capital was Ahsanabad (now Gulbarga) between 1347 and 1425 and Muhammadabad (now ... Bahnaric languages branch of the Mon-Khmer family of languages, itself a part of the Austroasiatic stock. The Bahnaric branch is divided into West, Northwest, North, Central, and South subbranches. North Bahnaric languages, such as Sedang and Halang, are spoken primarily in central Vietnam. Central Bahnaric languages, such as Bahnar itself, are spoken ... Bahonar, Mohammad Javad Iranian politician who was prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1981. In office for less than a month, he was killed by antigovernment forces. Bahr al-'Arab intermittent river of southwestern Sudan, rising northeast of the Tondou (Bongo) Massif, near the border with the Central African Republic. The river flows 500 miles (800 km) east-southeast to join the Bahr al-Ghazal, a tributary of the Nile River, at Ghabat al-'Arab in South Sudan. It is not navigable and ... Bahr al-Ahmar, Al- muhafazah (governorate) of Egypt, comprising much of the Eastern Desert (also called Arabian Desert) east of the Nile River valley to the Red Sea; its name means "red sea." It extends from approximately 29 N latitude southward to the frontier of Sudan. On the west it is bounded from north ... Bahr al-Ghazal river, South Sudan, chief western affluent of the Nile River. It is 445 miles (716 km) long and joins the Mountain Nile (Bahr al-Jabal) through Lake No, from which it flows eastward as the White Nile (Bahr al-Abyad). Vaguely known to early Greek geographers, the river was mapped in 1772 ... Bahr al-Jabal that section of the Nile River between Nimule near the Uganda border and Malakal in South Sudan. Below Nimule the river flows northward over the Fula Rapids, past Juba (the head of navigation), and through Al-Sudd, the enormous papyrus-choked swamp where half its water is lost. It receives the Bahr ... Bahr al-Zaraf river, an arm of the Nile River in Al-Sudd region of South Sudan. It is formed in the swamps north of Shambe, diverting water from the Bahr al-Jabal (Mountain Nile), and flows 150 miles (240 km) north, past Fangak, to join the Bahr al-Jabal, 35 miles (56 km) west of ... Bahr, George German architect who is best known for his design of the Baroque Dresden Frauenkirche (1726-43; destroyed by Allied bombing, 1945; reconstructed 1992-2005). Bahr, Hermann Austrian author and playwright who championed (successively) naturalism, Romanticism, and Symbolism. Bahraich city, east-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, located on a tributary of the Ghaghara River and on a rail line between Lucknow and Nepalganj, Nepal. Bahraich is a centre of trade (agricultural products and timber) with Nepal; there is also some sugar processing. The tomb of Sayyid Salar Mas'ud, an ... Bahrain: Year in Review 1994 The monarchy (emirate) of Bahrain consists of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf between the Qatar Peninsula and Saudi Arabia. Area: 695 sq km (268 sq mi). Pop. (1993 est.): 486,000. Cap.: Manama. Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar, with (Oct. 4, 1993) a free rate of 0.37 dinar to ... Bahrain: Year in Review 1995 The monarchy (emirate) of Bahrain consists of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf between the peninsula of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Area: 694 sq km (268 sq mi). Pop. (1994 est.): 552,000. Cap.: Manama. Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar, with (Oct. 7, 1994) a free rate of 0.38 dinar ... Bahrain: Year in Review 1996 The monarchy (emirate) of Bahrain consists of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf between the peninsula of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Area: 694 sq km (268 sq mi). Pop. (1995 est.): 579,000. Cap.: Manama. Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar, with (Oct. 6, 1995) an official rate of 0.38 dinar ... Bahrain: Year in Review 1997 The monarchy (emirate) of Bahrain consists of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf between the peninsula of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Area: 694 sq km (268 sq mi). Pop. (1996 est.): 598,000. Cap.: Manama. Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar, with (Oct. 11, 1996) an official rate of 0.38 dinar ... Bahrain: Year in Review 1998 Area: 694 sq km (268 sq mi) Bahrain: Year in Review 1999 Area: 694 sq km (268 sq mi) Bahrain: Year in Review 2000 On March 6, 1999, Emir Isa ibn Sulman al-Khalifah, the ruler of Bahrain for 37 years, died unexpectedly of a heart attack. (See Obituaries.) He was immediately succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah, the commander in chief of the Bahrain Defense Force. In a move seen ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2001 In an attempt to decrease tensions between the government and the opposition, Emir Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah announced on Dec. 16, 1999, some steps toward reform. He promised to revive the Municipal Council and to give not only Bahraini men but also women the right to vote for its members. ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2002 In 2001 Emir Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah accelerated the constitutional and political reforms that he had begun the previous year. On February 14-15, Bahrainis approved by referendum the National Action Charter by an overwhelming majority-98.4%. The charter, proposed by the government, promised democratic reforms, including parliamentary elections and a separation ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2003 On Feb. 14, 2002, Bahrain was officially transformed from an emirate into a kingdom as Emir Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah assumed the title of king. The new king immediately announced political reforms, calling for general elections for a municipal council and a new parliament and giving both men and women ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2004 The Bahraini economy was continuing to show strength at the beginning of 2003. The country's gross domestic product had risen from $7.2 billion in 2001 to $7.6 billion in 2002, an increase of 5.1%. Early in the year the government announced a multimillion-dollar plan for the complete renovation of the ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2005 In 2004 Bahrain, lacking important oil resources, continued to establish itself as a centre of trade and finance. During the year efforts were made to attract foreign investment and encourage the establishment of private companies by offering advantages such as nondiscriminatory financial regulations and more efficient procedures for investment. Relations ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2006 The year 2005 in Bahrain was marked by social and political agitation, mainly among the Shi'ites, who composed about 70% of the Muslim population. Shi'ites were protesting the lack of political reforms and the use of force by the government against protesters and political prisoners. The Shi'ites also organized street ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2007 Politically, Bahrain in 2006 was dominated by the debate between Islamic conservatives and liberals over the realm of personal freedoms. Liberal intellectuals, professional associations, and women's groups denounced efforts by Islamic conservatives in the parliament to pass legislation aimed at enforcing strict Shari'ah rules, such as the imposition on society ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2008 Bahrain issued a sharp protest to Iran following the publication on July 9, 2007, of an article in Kayhan, the Iranian government's semiofficial newspaper, in which Hossein Shariat-Madari, a senior adviser to Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, the spiritual leader of Iran, renewed Tehran's claim to Bahrain. (Iran had made such ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2009 Sectarian tension between the Shi'ite majority (some 65% of the population) and the Sunni minority surfaced in Bahrain during 2008. Denunciations and exchanges of grievances between the two sects dominated discourse in the parliament, in the press, and among mosque preachers; the conflict spilled into the streets in political agitation, ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2010 On May 5, 2009, Bahrain announced that it would abolish its sponsorship system for foreign workers. The move was the first of its kind in the Gulf Arab states, where some 12-14 million foreigners worked (an estimated 512,000 of them in Bahrain). The action meant that the workers, mainly poorly ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2011 It was a turbulent year in Bahrain as the Shi'ite opposition struggled with the Sunni-led government and the Sunni Khalifah ruling family for greater power in 2010. The Shi'ite majority asked for important changes in the government and the constitution, including the possibility of nominating a prime minister from outside ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2012 Following the example of popular uprisings in other Arab countries in 2011, the Bahraini Shi'ite opposition, comprising some 60% of the population, rose up against the Sunni-led regime on February 14. Demonstrators' demands ranged from fundamental constitutional reforms to the downfall of the monarchy. This unrest was met by a ... Bahrain: Year in Review 2013 Bahrain in 2012 saw the continuation of protests that had begun in February 2011. Demonstrators, mostly members of Bahrain's marginalized Shi'ite majority, voiced their unhappiness with the country's absolute monarchy, demanding political reforms and increased protections for human rights. They also called for fair recruitment of Shi'ites into the army ... Bahrain small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-bahrayn, meaning "two seas." Bahrain, flag of national flag consisting of a red field (background) with a white, serrated strip at the hoist. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 3 to 5. Bahram (foaled 1932), English racehorse (Thoroughbred), winner in 1935 of the British Triple Crown and never beaten in nine contests. Bahram I Sasanian king (reigned 273-276). Bahram II Sasanian king (reigned 276-293), the son and successor of Bahram I. Bahram IV Sasanian king (reigned 388-399). Bahram V Sasanian king (reigned 420-438). He was celebrated in literature, art, and folklore for his chivalry, romantic adventures, and huntsmanship. Bahram VI Chubin Sasanian king (reigned 590-591). A general and head of the house of Mihran at Rayy (near modern Tehran), he performed, in gaining the throne, a feat exceptional for one not of Sasanian royal blood. Bahrdt, Carl Friedrich German Enlightenment writer, radical theologian, philosopher, and adventurer, best-known for his book Neuesten Offenbarungen Gottes in Briefen und Erzahlungen (1773-74; "Latest Revelations of God in Letters and Stories"). baht monetary unit of Thailand. Each baht is subdivided into 100 satang. The Bank of Thailand has the exclusive authority to issue currency in Thailand; banknotes are issued in amounts ranging from 10 to 1,000 baht. The obverse side of each note is adorned with a picture of the reigning king ... Bahubali According to the traditions of the Indian religion Jainism, the son of the first Tirthankara (Ford-maker, i.e., saviour) Rishabhanatha. He is said to have lived many millions of years ago. Bahuti, al- teacher and the last major exponent in Egypt of the Hanbali school of Islamic law. Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda dayyan-i.e., judge of a rabbinical court-in Muslim Spain and author of a highly influential and popular work of ethical guidance. Bai people of northwestern Yunnan province, southwest China. Minjia is the Chinese (Pinyin) name for them; they call themselves Bai or Bo in their own language, which has been classified within the Yi group of Tibeto-Burman languages. Until recently the language was not written. It contains many words borrowed from Chinese ... Bai Juyi Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (618-907) who used his elegantly simple verse to protest the social evils of his day, including corruption and militarism.