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Manan may refer to: People with the name *Manan Ahmed Asif (born 1971), Pakistani-American historian *Manan Chandra (born 1981), Indian snooker and pool player *Manan Desai (born 1987), Indian actor and comedian *Manan Hingrajia (born 1998), Indian cricketer *M. A. Manan (1930s–2009), Bangladesh politician *Anuar Manan (born 1986), Malaysian cyclist *Bagir Manan (born 1941), Indonesian jurist *K. K. Manan (fl. 2000s–2010s), Indian jurist *Mian Abdul Manan, Pakistani politician *Manan Sharma (born 1991), Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi cricket team in domestic cricket *Suryatati Abdul Manan (born 1953), Malay politician *Manan Trivedi (born 1974), American physician and politician *Manan Vohra (born 1993), Indian cricketer Places * Mānān, a 10th-century town in the Kanem–Bornu Empire in central Africa * Manan-gu, a district (''gu'') of Anyang, South Korea * Manan, Kapurthala, a village in Punjab, India Other uses * Manan (reflection), or manana, in Indian philosop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manan Ahmed Asif
Manan Ahmed Asif, commonly known as Manan Ahmed, is a historian of South Asia and West Asia, who works as an associate professor at the Columbia University in New York City. He is the founder of the South Asia blog ''Chapati Mystery'' and co-founder oColumbia's Group for Experimental Methods in Humanistic Research Career Ahmed holds a BA from Punjab University, Lahore and a second from Miami University in Ohio. Ahmed earned a PhD from the University of Chicago in 2008. At Chicago, Ahmed studied under Muzaffar Alam, Fred Donner, and Ronald Inden. Ahmed's work often combines archaeological, numismatic, epigraphic, and literary evidence and focuses on the history of South Asia. According to Ahmed, Muslim presence in the subcontinent is not to be understood as a history of conquests or Manichean conflict (religious, military, etc.). Ahmed, argues instead, that we recognize that presence as “lived spaces” (A Book 49), interconnected with each other across the region, and fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanem–Bornu Empire
The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. It was known to the Arabian geographers as the Kanem Empire from the 8th century AD onward and lasted as the independent kingdom of Bornu (the Bornu Empire) until 1900. The Kanem Empire (c. 700–1380) was located in the present countries of Chad, Nigeria and Libya. At its height, it encompassed an area covering not only most of Chad but also parts of southern Libya (Fezzan) and eastern Niger, northeastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon. The Bornu Empire (1380s–1893) was a state in what is now northeastern Nigeria, in time becoming even larger than Kanem, incorporating areas that are today parts of Chad, Niger, Sudan, and Cameroon. The early history of the empire is mainly known from the Royal Chronicle, or '' Girgam'', discovered in 1851 by the German traveller Heinrich Barth. Remnant successor regimes of the empire, in form of the Borno Emirate and Dikwa Emirate, were establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannan (other)
Mannan may refer to: * Mannan (polysaccharide), a type of carbohydrate * Mannan people, a social group of India * Mannan language, a language of India * ''Mannan'' (film), a 1992 Indian film * Manannán, known in Manx as ''Mannan'', a figure in Gaelic mythology People with the name * Mannan Hira (1956–2020), Bangladeshi dramatist and filmmaker * Khandaker Abdul Mannan, Bangladesh Freedom Party politician and the former Member of Parliament * Gazi Alimuddin Mannan (1930–1990), Bangladeshi dancer and choreographer * Hasina Mannan (born 1947), Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament * M. A. Mannan, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, first mayor of Gazipur City Corporation and former religious affairs minister * M. Sam Mannan (1954–2018), American chemical engineer * Masud Mannan (born 1961), Bangladeshi diplomat * Muhammad Abdul Mannan (born 1946), Bangladeshi politician, diplomat and bureaucrat and the incumbent Minister of Planning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Manan
Grand Manan is a Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy. Grand Manan is also the name of an incorporated village, which includes the main island and all of its adjacent islands, except White Head Island. It is governed as a village and is part of the province of New Brunswick. The point on the mainland closest to the island is near the town of Lubec, Maine, the easternmost point of the continental United States, across the Grand Manan Channel. Grand Manan is 32 kilometres south of Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick. Toponymy "Manan" is a corruption of ''mun-an-ook'' or ''man-an-ook'', meaning "island place" or "the island", from the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy-Penobscot First Nations who, according to oral history, used Grand Manan and its surrounding islands as a safe place for the elderly Passamaquoddy during winter months and as a sacred burial place (''ook'' means "people of"). In 1606 Samuel de Champlain sheltered on nearby White Head Island and produced a map calling the island "Manth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kot Manan
Kot Manan is a village in Sialkot District, Gujranwala Division, Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is located south south-west of the city of Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Ka .... Located at Kot Manan is a park or place of interest named Gondal Poultry form. References Gondal Farm House Villages in Sialkot District {{Pakistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tombs Of Atuan
''The Tombs of Atuan'' is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the Winter 1970 issue of ''Worlds of Fantasy'', and published as a book by Atheneum Books in 1971. It is the second book in the Earthsea series after ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' (1969). ''The Tombs of Atuan'' was a Newbery Honor Book in 1972. Set in the fictional world of Earthsea, ''The Tombs of Atuan'' follows the story of Tenar, a young girl born in the Kargish empire, who is taken while still a child to be the high priestess to the "Nameless Ones" at the Tombs of Atuan. Her existence at the Tombs is a lonely one, deepened by the isolation of being the highest ranking priestess. Her world is disrupted by the arrival of Ged, the protagonist of ''A Wizard of Earthsea'', who seeks to steal the half of a talisman buried in the treasury of the Tombs. Tenar traps him in the labyrinth under the Tombs, but then rebels against her teaching and keeps him alive. Through him she learns mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manan (reflection)
Manan (Sanskrit: मनन) is the deep state of thinking without joy or grief. Yajnavalkya in the context of the '' mahavakya'' – ''Tat Tvam Asi'', told Paingala that whereas ''shravana'' ('hearing') is the inquiry into the real significance of this '' vākya'', to inquire in solitude into the significance of ''shravana'' is ''Manan'' (consideration or reflection). Patanjali terms ''Manan'' as '' dharana'', the unshakeable mental conviction. In Advaita Vedanta, ''Manan'', the deep reflection on what is heard from the teacher, is a part of the three-fold process of ''shravana-Manan-nididhyasana'', the three stages of religious life which combined acting as the path of knowledge, lead to the attainment of ''moksha''. According to the Pasupatas belonging to the cult of Shiva, ''Manan'' is a ''satmaka'' or mastery over the power of seeing and acting; ''Manan'' is the supernormal knowing of objects of thoughts. ''Manan'' means – 'thinking', 'reflection', 'meditation', 'cogitatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manan, Kapurthala
Manan is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Manan. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative. Demography According to the 2011 Census of India, Manan had 113 houses with a total population of 585 persons, of which 268 were male and 317 females. The Literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ... was 69.31%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years was 67, being 11.45% of the total population. The child sex ratio was approximately 1310, higher than the state average of 846. Population data References External links Villages in Kapurthala Villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
