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Darra Souf
Darra may refer to: Places *Darra, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia * Darra, Swabi, a village in Swabi District, Pakistan *Darra Adam Khel, a town in Kohat District, Pakistan *Darra Pezu, a town in Lakki Marwat District, Pakistan Other uses * ''Darra'' (film), a 2016 Indian Punjabi-language film * Darra Goldstein (born 1951), American professor * ''Darra'' (clipper), a tea-clipper, part of the ships' graveyard on Quail Island, New Zealand See also * Battle of Ain Darra, fought at Ain Dara, Lebanon * ''Darra Khaibar ''Darra Khaibar'' is a Pollywood film of 1971, starring Asif Khan and Surayya Khan. Cast *Asif Khan *Surayya Khan References 1971 films Pakistani black-and-white films Pakistani drama films Pashto-language films {{Pakistani-Pashto ...'', a Pakistani film * Dara (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra, Queensland
Darra is a south-western Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Darra had a population of 4,343 people. Geography Darra is located by road south-west of the Brisbane GPO. The suburb features the cross over of the Ipswich Motorway (M7) and Centenary Motorway (M5). Brisbane Technology Park Westlink Green is located at Westlink Court, next to Darra railway station. Surrounding suburbs include Seventeen Mile Rocks, Queensland, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Oxley, Queensland, Oxley, Sumner, Queensland, Sumner, Richlands, Queensland, Richlands, and Jamboree Heights, Queensland, Jamboree Heights. History The first subdivisions in the area occurred in 1864. Wolston Estate was the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named. The name ''Darra'' comes from the Darra railway station, which in turn was named in mid-1876 by the Queensland Railways Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra, Swabi
Darra ( ps, درہ،; ur, درہ) is a village and village council located in Tehsil and District Swabi, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The village is situated at a distance of around 100 kilometers from both Peshawar and Islamabad, and can be reached via the recently built Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (M-I). The closest access point is the Swabi Interchange, which is located near Ambar village on the right side of the Indus River. Its population in 2017 was 8,692. Climate Darra, a village located in the district of Swabi, has a humid subtropical climate, classified under the Köppen Cwa system. This climate is characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters, with moderate rainfall throughout the year. The average temperature in Darra is 22.2 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 639 mm. The driest month is November, with an average rainfall of 12 mm, while August is the wettest month, with an average 137 mm of precipitation. June is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra Adam Khel
Darra Adam Khel ( ps, درہ آدم خیل) is the main town of Kohat Subdivision (formerly known as "Frontier Region Kohat") in the Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It has gained fame and notoriety for its bazaars packed with gunsmiths and weapons merchants. The town consists of one main street lined with multiple shops, while side-alleys and streets contain workshops. Economy A wide variety of firearms are produced in the town, ranging from anti-aircraft guns to pen guns. Weapons are handmade by individual craftsmen using traditional manufacturing techniques, which are usually handed down from father-to-son. Guns are regularly tested by test-firing into the air. Darra is controlled by the local tribesmen. The town has certain special laws compared to the rest of Pakistan. Most of the people here make or sell just one thing, i.e., guns, while the second largest business of the inhabitants is transport. Manufacturing of heavy ammunition, however, has been closed d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra Pezu
Darra Pezu is a town and union council of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°19'22N 70°44'4E. Darra Pezu is home to Sheikh Badin, a famous hill station and tourist resort. The Sheikh Badin National Park View of Sheikh Budeen from Picnic Hill (1864) by Henry Brabazon Urmston Sheikh Badin National Park (also spelled Sheikh Badddin National Park) is located near Darra Pezu in the Dera Ismail Khan and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ... is also located here. References Union councils of Lakki Marwat District Populated places in Lakki Marwat District {{LakkiMarwat-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra (film)
''Darra'' is a 2016 Punjabi film directed by Parveen Kumar, produced by Dalwinder Guraya and starring Gurpreet Ghuggi, Manveer Rai, Happy Raikoti, Kartar Cheema, Shivendra Mahal and Sardar Sohi as the lead cast of the film and was released worldwide on 2 September 2016. Cast * Gurpreet Ghuggi - Darra Singh * Happy Raikoti - Happy * Kartar Cheema - Kartar Singh * Shivendra Mahal - Sarpanch Joginder Singh * Sardar Sohi - Subedar Surjit Singh * Karamjit Anmol - Common village person * Rana Ranbir - Village shopkeeper * Pammi Bai Paramjit Singh Sidhu, professionally known as Pami Bai, is an Indian singer, songwriter and Bhangra (dance), Bhangra dancer from Patiala. He is considered one of the most notable figures in the world of Punjabi music specialising in the traditio ... - Paramjit Singh a.k.a. Pammi * Nirmal Rishi - Mother of Darra, Pammi, and Kartar * Manpreet Saggu * Manveer Rai * Raj Dhaliwal Soundtrack Music by Kuljit Singh. Reception Jasmine Singh of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra Goldstein
Darra Goldstein (born April 28, 1951) is an American author and food scholar who is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita at Williams College. She is the founding editor of ''Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture'', which won the 2012 James Beard award for Publication of the Year, and she served as its editor-in-chief from 2001 to 2012. She also served as editor-in-chief of the short-lived magazine ''CURED'' from Zero Point Zero Production. Goldstein is the author of six award-winning cookbooks, most recently ''Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore'', which topped the list of Best Summer Cookbooks 2020 in ''The New York Times Book Review''. Goldstein is also the founding series editor foCalifornia Studies in Food and Cultureand from 2002 to 2016 was the food editor for Russian Life magazine. She has served on a number of culinary diplomacy programs including as Cultural Envoy from the U.S. Department of State to the Republic of Georgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra (clipper)
''Darra'' was a barque-rigged clipper, built at Aberdeen and launched in 1865. Construction ''Darra's'' hull was of a Composite ship, composite construction, wooden planking on a wrought iron frame. It was built by Alexander Hall and Sons, Hall and Company, Aberdeen. Its Displacement (ship), displacement was 999 tons, length 190 feet, beam 33 feet, and draft 21 feet. Voyages and notable incidents Early voyages ''Darra'' was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Orient Line. Its maiden voyage was between Aberdeen and India in 1866. ''Darra'' seems to have made only one voyage to India. As early as October 1866, one year after being launched, ''Darra'' was reported in London loading passengers for Australia. This was the first of many voyages between London and Adelaide, with passengers being taken to Australia, and goods from the colony being carried on the return voyage to London. In 1887, ''Darra'' broke the record for a passage between London and Adelaide, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Ain Darra
The Battle of Ain Dara took place in the town of Ain Dara in 1711 between the Qaysi and Yamani tribo-political factions. The Qays were led by Emir Haydar of the Shihab dynasty and consisted of the Druze clans of Jumblatt, Talhuq, Imad and Abd al-Malik and the Maronite clan of Khazen. The Yamani faction was led by Mahmoud Abu Harmoush and consisted of the Druze Alam al-Din, Arslan and Sawaf clans. The Yamani faction also had backing from the Ottoman provincial authorities of Sidon and Damascus. The battle ended in a rout of the Yamani faction and resulted in the consolidation of Qaysi political and fiscal domination over Mount Lebanon. The battle's outcome also precipitated a mass migration of pro-Yamani Druze nobility and peasants from Mount Lebanon to the eastern Hauran, in a mountainous area today known as Jabal al-Druze. Background In 17th-century Mount Lebanon, the Druze were the major demographic group of the region. The Druze had been divided into political fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra Khaibar
''Darra Khaibar'' is a Pollywood film of 1971, starring Asif Khan and Surayya Khan. Cast *Asif Khan *Surayya Khan References 1971 films Pakistani black-and-white films Pakistani drama films Pashto-language films {{Pakistani-Pashto-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
