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Boni Robertson
Boni may refer to: Places * Bone state, a vassal state of the government of Celebes, Dutch East Indies * Boni MRT Station, a train station in Manila, Philippines * Boni, Benin, an arrondissement in the Collines department of Benin state * Boni (department), a department or commune of Tuy Province in Burkina Faso * Boni National Reserve, Garissa County, Kenya * Boni, an old name for a state on the island of Borneo, possibly Brunei Iran * Boni, Ramhormoz, a village in Howmeh-ye Gharbi Rural District * Now Boni, a village in Ganjabad Rural District * Seh Boni, a village in Jolgeh-ye Chah Hashem Rural District * Shahrak-e Shahid Mohasan Boni Najar, a village in Kiyaras Rural District Mali * Boni, Korarou, a village and seat of the commune of Korarou * Boni, Mali, a village Other uses * Aluku people, also known as Boni, French Guiana * Aweer people, also known as Boni, Kenya ** Boni (Kenyan language), a language of the Aweer * ''Boni'' (film), a 2009 Telugu film * ''Boni Homines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bone State
Bone (also ''Boni'', or ''Bone Saoraja'') was a sultanate in the south-west peninsula of what is now Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), a province of modern-day Indonesia. It came under Dutch rule in 1905, and was succeeded by the Bone Regency. Covering an area of , Bone's chief town Boni, lay northeast of the city of Makassar, home to the Bugis people. History Bone was an '' adat''-based Bugis kingdom whose origins can be traced back to the early 15th century. Its chronicle (as yet unpublished) provides detailed information on its rulers, starting from La Umasa, who ruled in the early 15th century, through to La Tenrtatta, who died in 1699. Under La Umasa and his nephew La Saliu (Kerrépelua) who succeeded him, Bone expanded from a handful of settlements around the modern capital Watampone to a small kingdom roughly one-third the size of kabupaten Bone. In the early 16th century the kingdom expanded northwards, fighting with Luwu for control of the mouth of the River Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Homines
The name Boni Homines ('Good men' in Latin) or Bonshommes (the same in French) was popularly given to at least three religious orders in the Catholic Church: Grandmontines The Order of Grandmont, were an austere order founded by St. Stephen of Muret. By the end of the twelfth century they had more than sixty monasteries, principally in Acquitaine, Anjou and Normandy. The rules of the order were relaxed to a great extent after 1643. In the Eighteenth Century they had three convents of nuns. The order was suppressed in the French Revolution. The Fratres Saccati, or Brothers of Penitence The Fratres Saccati, or Brothers of Penitence, were an order that were active in Spain, France and England. It is said that they controlled Ashridge Priory and Edington Priory in England, but this has been completely repudiated in an article by Richard Emory in the journal ''Speculum'' (1943), who attributes the original connection to Helyot's ''Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux'', which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Boni
Aldo Boni (11 March 1895 – 1982) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. References 1895 births 1982 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Boni
Albert Boni (October 29, 1892, New York City – July 31, 1981, Ormond Beach, Florida) was co-founder of the publishing company Boni & Liveright and a pioneering publisher in paperbacks and book clubs. Biography Born in 1892 to a Jewish family in New York City, Albert Boni moved, at an early age, with his family to Newark and completed his secondary school education there at Barringer High School. He completed two years of college at Cornell University and one year at Harvard University. Instead of starting his senior year at Harvard, Boni convinced his father to finance the establishment (originally at 95 Fifth Avenue and then at 135 MacDougal Street) of the Washington Square Bookshop with Albert's brother Charles as a partner. The Boni brothers' book store became a meeting place for leftist, Greenwich Village writers and intellectuals. The Boni brothers, with two other partners, created the Little Leather Library of pocket-sized editions of literary classics bound in imitation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwa Boni
Akwa Boni (died c. 1790), was a sovereign Queen of the Baoulé people. The niece of Queen Pokou Queen Pokou, or Awura, Aura, or Abla Pokou (reigned c. 1750 - c. 1760) was Queen and founder of the Baoule ethnic group in West Africa, now Ivory Coast. She ruled over a branch of the powerful Ashanti Empire as it expanded westward. A subgroup of ..., she inherited the throne in around 1760 and ruled until her death in about 1790. She expanded the territory of the Baoulé, crossing the Bandama River and into the central Ivory Coast. In order to cross the river, one story has it that she needed to sacrifice her son to the river god; in doing so she gave her people their name, ''bauli'', meaning 'the son is dead'. (Other versions of the story associate the incident with her aunt Queen Pokou.) References History of Ivory Coast 18th-century women rulers 1708 births 1790 deaths Year of death uncertain Queens regnant in Africa {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Bin Ali Al-boni
upShams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra, a manuscript copy, beginning of 17th century Sharaf al-Din or Shihab al-Din or Muḥyi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Aḥmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Qurashi al-Sufi, better known as Ahmad al-Buni ( ar, أحمد البوني), born in Buna, in present-day Annaba, Algeria, died 1225, was a mathematician and philosopher and a well known Sufi and writer on the esoteric value of letters and topics relating to mathematics, ''sihr'' ( sorcery) and spirituality, but very little is known about him. Al-Buni lived in Egypt and learned from many eminent Sufi masters of his time. A contemporary of Ibn Arabi, he is best known for writing one of the most important books of his era; the ''Shams al-Ma'arif'', a book that is still regarded as the foremost occult text on talismans and divination. Contributions Theurgy Instead of ''sihr'' (Sorcery), this kind of magic was called ''Ilm al-Hikmah'' (Knowledge of the Wisdom), ''Ilm al-simiyah'' (Study of the Divine Names) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Petcoff
Boni Eli Petcoff (February 1, 1900 – August 5, 1965) was an American football tackle and coach. He was born in Bulgaria and came to the United States at age six. He played college football at Ohio State University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Columbus Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He was selected as a first-team tackle on the 1924 All-Pro Team. Petcoff served as the head football coach at the University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of T ... from 1926 to 1929, compiling a record of 13–15–1. After retiring from football, he was a physician. He died in 1965 at age 65. Head coaching record References External links * * 1900 births 1965 deaths 20th-century American physicians American football tackles C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Haruna
Boni Haruna (born 12 June, 1957) is the former Nigerian Minister for Youth Development. He was governor of Adamawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He was a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Background Boni Haruna was born on 12 June 1957. He studied Political Science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Governor of Adamawa State Boni Haruna was elected Adamawa state governor in April 1999, and reelected in April 2003. The 2003 result was contested by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), which claimed massive electoral fraud. An electoral tribunal declared the election invalid. However, an appeal court upturned the judgement of the Tribunal and reinstated Haruna. In March 2006, Boni Haruna spoke against a third term for president Olusegun Obasanjo, saying most of the pro-third term governors were supporting it because they had something to hide. He repeated his opposition during an April 2006 meeting of 20 state governors. In September 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni David
Boni David (born 4 August 1978) is a Papua New Guinean woman cricketer. She played for Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ... at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. References External links * {{PapuaNewGuinea-cricket-bio-stub 1978 births Living people Papua New Guinean women cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni Boyer
Boni Boyer (July 28, 1958 – December 4, 1996) was an American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer. She was best known for her work with Prince in the late 1980s. Biography Boyer was playing keyboards and singing backing vocals with Sheila E.’s group when Prince was forming a new touring band after the break-up of The Revolution, in 1986. When Sheila E. became the drummer in the new band, she also brought Boyer and her bassist Levi Seacer, Jr. with her. Boyer performed as keyboardist and vocalist on the concert tours for ''Sign o' the Times'' and on the albums and concert tours for ''Lovesexy'' and '' Graffiti Bridge''. Technically Boni Boyer left Prince's band for Australia after the Lovesexy tour was over. The same goes for Cat, but Sheila E who protested the changing of the band, suffered back issues/collapsed lung after she parted ways with Prince when she did not agree with the direction of Prince's 4th album for her. When Prince formed The New Power Generatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boni (guerrilla Leader)
Bokilifu Boni (usually just Boni) (c. 1730 – 19 February 1793) was a freedom fighter and guerrilla leader in Suriname, when it was under Dutch colonial rule. Born in Cottica to an enslaved African mother who escaped from her Dutch master, he grew up with her among the Maroons in the forest. He was such a powerful leader that his followers were known as Boni's people after him (they later became known as the Aluku). They built a fort in the lowlands and conducted raids against Dutch plantations along the coast. Under pressure from Dutch regular army and hundreds of freedmen, they went east across the river into French Guiana. Boni continued to conduct raids from there, but was ultimately killed in warfare. Biography According to legend, Boni was born into slavery as the mixed-race son of a Dutchman and his mistress, an African slave. While pregnant, she fled into the forest, to the Cottica-Maroons. There, Boni was born about 1730. He learned hunting and fishing skills from eld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendille–Boni Languages
The Rendille–Boni languages is a proposed subgroup of the Macro-Somali languages, belonging to the Cushitic family. The languages are spoken in Kenya.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. The hypothesis has been by now rejected, in favor of grouping Aweer as a member of the Somali languages The Somali languages form a group that are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They are spoken as a mother tongue by ethnic Somalis in Horn of Africa and the Somali diaspora. Even with linguistic differences, Somalis collectively view the ..., closely related to Garre. Notes Languages of Kenya East Cushitic languages {{Kenya-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
