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- (from the article "seneschal") ...for organizing the journeys of king or emperor and, by 1071, was the chief officer-steward of the household, head of the army, and administrator of the royal demesne. With the title dapifer he headed the names of those witnessing royal ...
- Dapitan
- chartered city and port, western Mindanao, Philippines, situated on Dapitan Bay of the Sulu Sea. One of the principal cities located on the Zamboanga Peninsula, it lies 8 miles (12 km) northwest of Dipolog, the largest settlement of the region. ... [1 Related Articles]
- dapping
- (from the article "fishing") ...trout on artificial flies and described how each fly was dressed (made). The rod they used was only 6 feet (1.8 metres) long and the line the same length, so that the method used was probably dapping, gently laying the ...
- dapsone
- (from the article "leprosy") For patients with localized forms of leprosy and relatively few leprosy bacilli in their bodies, two drugs, dapsone and rifampicin, are given for a total of six months. For patients with more widespread disease and relatively large numbers of bacilli, ...
- Daqahliyyah, Al-
- muhafazah (governorate), northeastern Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. Its triangular area, with the "point" to the south, is traversed by the Damietta branch of the Nile. Its name, an Arabicized form of ...
- Daqing
- oil field and new city, western Heilongjiang sheng (province), northeastern China, one of the country's most important sources of oil. It is situated in the northern part of the Northeast (Manchurian) Plain east of the Nen River, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Daqing River
- (from the article "Hai River system") ...tributaries are the Chao River, rising in the mountains north and northeast of Beijing; the Yongding River, flowing southeastward from the Guanting Reservoir through Beijing to Tianjin; the Daqing River, flowing eastward from the Taihang Mountains to join the Hai ...
- Daqiqi
- poet, one of the most important figures in early Persian poetry. [2 Related Articles]
- Daquin, Louis-Claude
- French harpsichordist, organist, and composer of keyboard music whose playing was noted for its neatness and precision and whose music was admired for its gentle charm.
- Dar al-'ulum
- (from the article "Mubarak, 'Ali Pasha") ...for the beautification of Cairo. In his next post as assistant director of education (1867) he separated the military schools from the government-operated civilian schools. In 1870 he created the Dar al-'ulum ("The Abode of Learning"), a teacher training college ...
- dar al-hikmah
- (from the article "Islam") ...("house of wisdom") at Baghdad, which was officially sponsored by the caliph al-Ma'mun. The Fatimid caliph al-Hakim set up a dar alhikmah ("hall of wisdom") in Cairo in the 10th-11th centuries. With the advent of the Seljuq Turks, the famous ...
- Dar al-Murabitin
- (from the article "North Africa") ...was a Sanhajah religious scholar from southern Morocco. Before joining the Sanhajah tribes, Ibn Yasin was attached to a centre of religious learning, Dar al-Murabitin, in Sus (southern Morocco), then headed by a scholar who had studied previously in Kairouan. ...
- Dar es Salaam
- seat of government, largest city, industrial centre, and major port of Tanzania, eastern Africa. Its climate is hot and humid, with an annual rainfall of 43 inches (1,100 mm). Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by the sultan of ... [9 Related Articles]
- Dar es Salaam, University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...of government finance. As a result, private secondary schools sponsored by religious institutions and, most notably, by parents themselves have expanded in number. There are two universities, the University of Dar es Salaam (1961), formerly part of the University of ...
- Dar'a
- town, southwestern Syria. Dar'a, which is the chief town of the Hawran (a region of southwestern Syria), is a road and rail junction located less than 6 miles (10 km) from the Jordanian border on the Wadi Jride. It is ...
- Dara Shikoh
- (from the article "Aurangzeb") ...He early showed signs of military and administrative ability; and these qualities, combined with a taste for power, brought him into rivalry with his eldest brother, the brilliant and volatile Dara Shikoh, who was designated by their father as his ...
- Dara Viravong
- (from the article "Lao literature") ...in Vientiane during this period include three children of Maha Sila Viravong, an important scholar of traditional Lao literature, history, and culture: Pakian Viravong, Duangdeuan Viravong, and Dara Viravong (pseudonyms Pa Nai, Dauk Ket, and Duang Champa, respectively). An equally ...
- Darab
- town, southwestern Iran, at an elevation of about 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) in a well-watered basin just south of some high ranges. The winter climate is mild, and fruits, cereals, cotton, and tobacco are grown, though the lower lands are ...
- Darabjird
- (from the article "Darab") Modern Darab lies just northeast of the ruined ancient city of Darabjird. Though reputedly Achaemenid in origin, the main ruins of the town are Sasanian. The layout of the Sasanian town was circular, 1 mile (1.6 km) in diameter, with ...
- darabukka
- goblet-shaped small drum that is widely played in Islamic classical and folk music throughout North Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East. The darabukka is a single-headed drum usually made of clay or wood and is held upright, upside down, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Daranyi, Kalman
- Hungarian statesman under whose premiership (1936-38) right-wing political elements gained increased influence in pre-World War II Hungary. [1 Related Articles]
- Darapti
- (from the article "logic, history of") Third figure:Darapti, Disamis, Datisi, Felapton,
- Darazi, Muhammad ibn Isma'il ad-
- propagandist for the Isma'ili sect of Islam and the man for whom the religion of the Druze sect is named. [1 Related Articles]
- Darbhanga
- town, northern Bihar state, northeastern India. It is situated just to the east of the Baghmati River, a tributary of the Ganges. The town was the capital of the Darbhanga raj, an estate established in the 16th century, and contains ...
- Darboe, Ousainu
- (from the article "Gambia, The") ...poll was organized, and pressures from the National Intelligence Agency were widely applied. The president gained 67% of the ballots, but only 59% of the registered voters turned out. Ousainu Darboe, leader of the opposition United Democratic Party, pulled out ...
- Darboux, Jean-Gaston
- French mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and analysis and after whom the Darboux integral is named.
- Darby, Abraham
- British ironmaster who first successfully smelted iron ore with coke. [4 Related Articles]
- Darby, John Nelson
- (from the article "fundamentalism, Christian") As the theologians at Princeton developed their new approach, John Nelson Darby, one of the earliest leaders of the Plymouth Brethren (a British free church movement emphasizing biblical prophecy and the Second Coming of Christ), introduced a very different theological ...
- Darby, Ken
- (from the article "1956: Other Winners") ...Color: John DeCuir and Lyle R. Wheeler for The King and IMusic Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Victor Young for Around the World in 80 DaysScoring of a Musical Picture: Ken Darby and Alfred Newman for The King ...
- Darby, Sir Clifford
- (from the article "geography") Another British geographer who influenced the discipline considerably through his own work and that of collaborators and graduate students was Henry Clifford (later Sir Clifford) Darby. The first to obtain a Ph.D. in geography at Cambridge, he pioneered work in ...
- Darcet's alloy
- (from the article "alloy") Many fusible alloys are formulated to melt at 90-100° C (194-212° F); for example, Darcet's alloy (50 parts bismuth, 25 lead, 25 tin) melts at 98° C. By replacing half the tin in Darcet's alloy with cadmium, the alloy Wood's ...
- darcy
- (from the article "permeability") The standard unit of permeability is the darcy, equivalent to the passage of one cubic centimetre of fluid (having a viscosity of one centipoise) per second through a sample one square centimetre in cross-sectional area under a pressure of one ...
- Darcy's law
- mathematical relationship discovered (1856) by the French engineer Henri Darcy that governs the flow of groundwater through granular media or the flow of other fluids through permeable material, such as petroleum through sandstone or limestone. As the basic relationship from ... [3 Related Articles]
- Darcy, Henri-Philibert-Gaspard
- French hydraulic engineer who first derived the equation (now known as Darcy's law) that governs the laminar (nonturbulent) flow of fluids in homogeneous, porous media and who thereby established the theoretical foundation of groundwater hydrology. [2 Related Articles]
- Darcy, Thomas Darcy, Lord
- powerful English nobleman who, disliking the separation of England from papal jurisdiction, was implicated in the rebellion in 1536, in the north, against the ecclesiastical policy of Henry VIII.
- Dard
- (from the article "Himalayas") The Champa, Ladakhi, Balti, and Dard peoples live to the north of the Great Himalayan Range in the Kashmir Himalayas. The Dard are Indo-European, while the others are Tibeto-Burman. The Champa lead a nomadic pastoral life in the upper Indus ...
- Dard, Frederic Charles Antoine
- French novelist (b. June 29, 1921, Bourgoin-Jallieu, France-d. June 6, 2000, Bonnefontaine, Switz.), wrote mainly "hard-boiled" detective novels, notable for their ribald humour and their inventive, often racy, vocabulary. Although Dard wrote under several pseudonyms, more than half of his ...
- Dardanelles
- narrow strait in northwestern Turkey, 38 mi (61 km) long, linking the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. It is 34 to 4 mi wide and lies between the peninsula of Gallipoli in Europe (northwest) and the mainland of ... [7 Related Articles]
- Dardanelles Campaign
- (February 1915-January 1916), in World War I, an Anglo-French operation against Turkey, intended to force the 38-mile- (61-km-) long Dardanelles channel and to occupy Constantinople. Plans for such a venture were considered by the British authorities between 1904 and 1911, ... [9 Related Articles]
- Dardanelles, Battle of the
- (from the article "Adelaer") ...service, where he was known as Curzio Suffrido Adelborst. He soon distinguished himself and in 1650 was sent to patrol the Dardanelles. On May 16, 1654, his Venetian squadron took part in the Battle of the Dardanelles, when his ship ...
- Dardanus
- in Greek legend, the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra, mythical founder of Dardania on the Hellespont. He was the ancestor of the Dardanians of the Troad and, through Aeneas, of the Romans.
- Dardanus, Treaty of
- (from the article "Mithradates VI Eupator") ...murders, freeing of slaves. But this reign of terror could not prevent the cities from deserting to the victorious side. In 85, when the war was clearly lost, he made peace with Sulla in the Treaty of Dardanus, abandoning his ...
- Dardenne, Jean-Pierre and Luc
- In 2005, with their film L'Enfant, the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for the second time in six years won the Cannes Festival's Palme d'Or for best film. Only filmmakers Emir Kusturica and Imamura Shohei had previously won twice. ...
- Dardenne, Jean-Pierre and Luc
- In 2005, with their film L'Enfant, the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for the second time in six years won the Cannes Festival's Palme d'Or for best film. Only filmmakers Emir Kusturica and Imamura Shohei had previously won twice. ...
- Dardenne, Jean-Pierre and Luc
- In 2005, with their film L'Enfant, the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for the second time in six years won the Cannes Festival's Palme d'Or for best film. Only filmmakers Emir Kusturica and Imamura Shohei had previously won twice. ...
- Dardic languages
- group of closely related Indo-Iranian languages spoken in Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan. They are often divided into three subgroups: Kafiri, or Western; Khowari, or Central (spoken in the Chitral district of northwestern Pakistan); and the Eastern group, which includes Shina ... [2 Related Articles]
- Dardistan
- region inhabited by the so-called Dard peoples in the north of Pakistan and northern Kashmir. It includes Chitral, the upper reaches of the Panjkora River, the Kohistan (highland) of Swat, and the upper portions of the Gilgit Agency. Mentioned by ...
- Dare, Virginia
- the first English child born in the Americas. She was given the name Virginia because she was the first Christian born in Virginia.
- darekh
- (from the article "Van, Lake") ...BC. Roughly triangular in shape, the lake lies in an enclosed basin; its brackish waters are unsuitable for either drinking or irrigation. The salt water allows for no animal life save the darekh (related to the European bleak, a small ...
- Dares Phrygius
- Trojan priest of Hephaestus who appears as one of the characters in Homer's Iliad, Book V, and is the reputed author of a lost pre-Homeric "eyewitness" account of the Trojan War. The Daretis Phrygii de Excidio Trojae historia, a Latin ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dareste de la Chavanne, Antoine
- French historian whose reputation rests on his authoritative major work, Histoire de France, 9 vol. (1865-79).
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