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Humayun
Humayun or Homayun , 1507-56, second Mughal emperor of India (1530-56), son and successor of Babur . In 1535, pressed by enemy incursions into Rajasthan, Humayun defeated the formidable Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. However military opposition, particularly that of Sher Khan in Bihar, grew in stre... Read more
Gaur
Gaur , ruined city, West Bengal state, India. Known also as Lakhnauti, the city was an ancient Hindu capital of Bengal. It was captured (c.1200) by the Islamic rulers of Delhi and remained a center of their culture until its abandonment in the late 16th cent. In 1537-38 Gaur was besieged and burnt b... Read more
Mughal
Mughal or Mogul , Muslim empire in India, 1526-1857. The dynasty was founded by Babur , a Turkish chieftain who had his base in Afghanistan. Babur's invasion of India culminated in the battle of Panipat (1526) and the occupation of Delhi and Agra. Babur was succeeded by his son, Humayun , who ... Read more
Indian art and architecture
Indian art and architecture works of art and architecture produced on the Indian subcontinent, which is now divided among India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In the Western world, notable collections of Indian art can be seen in the British Museum, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and in the Museum ... Read more
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 29,929,000), 249,999 sq mi (647,497 sq km), S central Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Iran on the west, by Pakistan on the east and south, and by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan on the north; a narrow strip,... Read more
Nepal
Nepal , independent nation (2005 est. pop. 27,677,000), c.54,000 sq mi (139,860 sq km), central Asia. Landlocked and isolated by the Himalayas, Nepal is bordered on the west, south, and east by India, and on the N by the Tibet region of China. Katmandu is the capital. Land and People Geo... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Sher"

Sher Khan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sher Khan or Sher Shah , 1486-1545, Afghan ruler in N India. He enlisted in the service...was elsewhere engaged, he overran Bengal. A brilliant strategist, Sher Khan routed the army of Humayun in 1539, and a year later decisively defeated...
Sher Ali
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sher Ali or Shere Ali , 1825-79, emir of Afghanistan...members of his family, notably his brothers. Sher Ali turned from his friendship with the British...brought on the second of the Afghan Wars. Sher Ali's forces were defeated by the British...
Sher Shah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sher Shah see Sher Khan .
Sher, Antony
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Sher, Antony (1949– ), South African-born actor, who trained in London and then worked at the Everyman...
hunchback
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...Richard the Third.’ When Anthony Sher was preparing to play this role, he did...deformity. Seeking alternative models, Sher visited a number of patients suffering...forward. It was the latter condition that Sher felt was most convincing for Shakespeare...
Jahan, Nur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...named Ali Quli Istunjuloo, who was renamed Sher Akfan after he killed a lion with his word. Sher Akfan secured an administrative post serving...imperial court upon her own family. Her father, Sher Akfan, was promoted to chief minister for Jahangir...
Humayun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...However military opposition, particularly that of Sher Khan in Bihar, grew in strength. Sher Khan overran Bengal in 1537, and Humayun was...Tahmasp of Persia in 1544. After the death of Sher Khan's son, Humayun, with Persian support...
Chakmas
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Buddhist religion. The last king of this dynasty was a ruler named Sher Daulat. He was credited with supernatural powers and was supposed...of curiosity, hid herself and watched him do this one day. Sher Daulat found her spying on him and, in a fit of rage, killed...
India
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...French efforts to establish a position in the Indian trade was the coastal town of Pondicherry, which La Haye received from Sher Khan Lodi in late 1672 in the midst of his campaigning on the Coromandel Coast of India. From 1674 to 1763, French efforts...
Winfrey, Oprah
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...ins, during Good Morning, America, and soon she was moved to the morning talk show Baltimore Is Talking with cohost Richard Sher. After seven years on the show, the general manager of WLS-TV, American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) Chicago affiliate...

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Sher-Gil, Amrita
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Sher-Gil, Amrita (1913–1941...Hungarian professional family. From 1921 to 1929 Sher-Gil lived in Simla. She showed a talent...rest of her short life was spent in India. Sher-Gil declared that it was her artistic mission...
Sher Shah Suri
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Sher Shah Suri ( c. 1486–1545) Emperor of northern India (1540–45). His short-lived seizure of power...
sheriff
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sher·iff / ˈ sh erif / • n. (in the U.S.) an elected officer...in some English towns. ∎  (in Scotland) a judge. DERIVATIVES: sher·iff·dom / -dəm / n.
flexure
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing flexure ( flek -sher) n. a bend in an organ or part, such as the hepatic and splenic flexures of the colon.
sherry
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sher·ry / ˈ sh erē / • n. ( pl. -ries ) a fortified wine originally and mainly from southern Spain, often drunk as an aperitif.
Sherpa
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Sher·pa / ˈ sh ərpə / • n. ( pl. same or -pas ) a member of a Himalayan people living...
sherbet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sher·bet / ˈ sh ərbit / • n. a frozen dessert made with fruit juice added to milk or cream...
sherardize
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sher·ard·ize / ˈ sh erərˌdīz / • v. [ tr. ] coat (iron or steel) with zinc by heating it in contact with zinc dust.
Shane
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Producer: George Stevens; associate producer: Ivan Moffat; screenplay: A. B. Guthrie, Jr. with additional dialogue by Jack Sher, from the novel by Jack Schaefer; photography: Loyal Griggs; editors: William Hornbeck and Tom McAdoo; sound recordists...
Hudson, Rock
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Michael Parker); Written on the Wind (Sirk) (as Mitch Wayne); Giant (Stevens) (as Bick Benedict); Four Girls in Town (Sher) 1957 Battle Hymn (Sirk) (as Col. Dean Hess); Something of Value (Richard Brooks) (as Peter McKenzie); The Tarnished...

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SHER TOUCH
Magazine article from: Opera News; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Piazza and Awake and Sing!. Bartlett Sher makes his Met debut this month staging...year, in San Francisco, Barden "Bart" Sher attended his first of many Grateful Dead...brunch in late July 2006 in New York, Sher arrived wearing black jeans and a black...
George Sher's theory of deserved punishment, and the victimized wrongdoer.
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; 1. Introduction George Sher's theory of deserved punishment is an...gains through her act. I shall argue that Sher's theory fails because it does not account...it fails to meet our intuitions. 2. Sher's Justification of Deserved Punishment...
Sher Brings Levi's Auschwitz Book to Stage
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/4/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Richard III to Adolf Hitler. But Antony Sher believes some things cannot be represented...So it's something of a surprise to Sher that he's the author and star of "Primo...Britain's most acclaimed stage actors, Sher first read Levi's book while performing...
Sher Mohamed's stripes of glory
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/10/2000; ; 700+ words ; Rafique Sher Mohamed New Straits Times 04-10-2000 Sher Mohamed's stripes of glory Byline: Rafique Sher Mohamed Edition: Life and Times; 2* Section: Heritage Memo: (STF) - In recognition of his 35 years of exemplary performance and...
Arts: SHER JOY TO SEE; For a man with a reputation of being difficult, Richard Edmonds finds Antony Sher a pleasure to meet and a revelation to watch on stage. Sher is impossible to categorise, being at once an actor at the top of his profession, a highly-rated novelist and an exhibited painter.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/16/1999; ; 700+ words ; To watch Antony Sher hold an audience in the palm of his hand...most enigmatic character into a tyrant. Sher sweeps across the stag e like a demonic...nothing, my wife i s nothing." Then, Sher twists suddenly and in an astonishing move...
Antony Sher brings Primo Levi's harrowing Holocaust vision to Broadway
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Richard III to Adolf Hitler. But Antony Sher believes some things cannot be represented...So it's something of a surprise to Sher that he's the author and star of "Primo...Britain's most acclaimed stage actors, Sher first read Levi's book while performing...
Books: Sher determination; Sir Antony Sher is impossible to categorise: he is a painter, a playwright, an actor at the top of his profession and now a writer. Richard Edmonds met him.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/16/2005; 700+ words ; ...Richard Edmonds Somebody once said of Sher that he was an actor who had the capacity...petty pace,' was delivered quietly with Sher sitting on the edge of the stage delivering...on Primo Levi's book This is A Man, Sher worked in a small, starkly bare space...
The long haul: Bartlett Sher and Craig Lucas have a good thing going.(CURRENTS)(Interview)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Intiman Theatre artistic head Bartlett Sher and playwright-director Craig Lucas got...In the past six years at the Intiman, Sher has produced two new plays and a new musical...associate artistic director, he has been Sher's constant creative advisor. There have...
sHER-2/neu status predictive indicator for benefit from paclitaxel chemotherapy.
Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly; 7/30/2004; 700+ words ; ...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- sHER-2/neu status predictive indicator for...extracellular domain of HER-2/neu in serum (sHER-2/neu) have been shown to be of prognostic...by correlating the outcome of therapy to sHER-2/neu levels." "Paclitaxel (90...
Sher looks forward to new job, new pace
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/12/1997; ; 700+ words ; Susan Sher will never forget the day she was too busy protecting...restaurant Marche, 833 W. Randolph, and joked that Sher, his corporation counsel, was in Minnesota. Sometime before midnight, Sher breezed in to blow out the 46 candles. Tucked...