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I think RuneScape is a game that would be adopted in the English-speaking Indian world and the local-speaking Indian world. We're looking at all those markets individually." [78] RuneScape later launched in India through the gaming portal Zapak on 8 October 2009, [79] and in France and Germany through Bigpoint Games on 27 May 2010. [80]
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Al-Khidr (/ ˈ x ɪ d ə r /, Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر, romanized: al-Khaḍir; also Romanized as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kezr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr) is a figure not mentioned by name in the Quran. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic ...
In 1739, Persian ruler Nader Shah seized the gem during his occupation of Delhi. Nader took the Peacock Throne as part of his treasure, but removed the Timur ruby and the Koh-i-Noor diamond to wear on an armband. [8] He called the Timur ruby the "Ayn al-Hur" ("Eye of the Houri), and added to its inscription. [9] In 1747, Nader Shah was ...
A geode of chalcedony richly colored by hematite that gives it its rusty hues and marks it as Akik [contradictory]. Aqeeq, akik or aqiq (Arabic: العقيق) means quartz in Arabic, and agate in Turkish, however in the context of rings usually refers to a ring set with a chalcedony stone.
Kara-Khanid monarchs adopted Tamghaj Khan (Turkic for "Khan of China"; 桃花石汗) or Malik al-Mashriq wa-l’Sin (Arabic for "King of the East and China"; 東方與秦之主) as their title, and minted coins bearing these titles. [89] [90] Another title they used was Sulṭān al-Sharq wa al-Ṣīn (Sultan of the East and China). [91]
Al Bashir ibn Salim al-Harthi (Arabic: البشير بن سالم الحارثي) (c.1840 - 15 December 1889), was a wealthy merchant and slave-owning plantation owner of Omani Arab parentage who is known for the Abushiri Revolt against the German East Africa Company in present-day Tanzania. [1]
The jade trade in Myanmar consists of the mining, distribution, and manufacture of jadeite—a variety of jade—in the nation of Myanmar (Burma). The jadeite deposits found in Myanmar's northern regions are the source of the highest quality jadeite in the world, noted by sources in China going as far back as the 10th century.