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2 days ago · The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
4 days ago · Shaka, though the son of the Zulu chieftain Senzangakona, began his military career as a warrior of the Mthethwa clan under Dingiswayo. When he returned to the Zulu to take over as chief, Shaka reorganized the military, introduced the ‘ buffalo horn ’ tactic, raided rival clans’ kraals, and eventually caused the Mfecane , a ...
3 days ago · Genghis Khan[a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.
2 days ago · Shivaji belonged to a Maratha family of the Bhonsle clan. [26] Shivaji's father, Shahaji Bhonsle, was a Maratha general who served the Deccan Sultanates. [27] His mother was Jijabai, the daughter of Lakhuji Jadhavrao of Sindhkhed, a Mughal-aligned sardar claiming descent from a Yadav royal family of Devagiri.
3 days ago · Mongol empire. Such was the setting in Mongolia when Genghis Khan (his given name was Temüüjin) was born, about 1162 (the date favoured by contemporary Mongol scholars). Temüüjin came from a clan that had a tradition of power and rule: he was the great-grandson of Khabul (Qabul) Khan, who had been the greatest ruler of All the Mongols.
4 days ago · This Somali sheikh (known to the British as the Mad Mullah) of the Ogaadeen clan, living with his mother’s people in the east of the protectorate, was an adherent of the Ṣaliḥiyyah religious order, whose reformist message he preached with messianic zeal.
4 days ago · Hawiye divides into a number of sub-clans, most notably Ajuran, Degodia, Habir Gedir, Hawadle, Murosade and Abgal - the ethnic group of the only internationally recognised Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
1 day ago · Ireland - Celts, Mythology, Geography: Politically, Ireland was organized into a number of petty kingdoms, or clans (tuatha), each of which was quite independent under its elected king. Groups of tuatha tended to combine, but the king who claimed overlordship in each group had a primacy of honour rather than of jurisdiction.
3 days ago · Mogadishu (HOL) — At least 15 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a renewed bout of clan fighting early Tuesday in the Buq village, near Towfiiq, in Somalia’s Mudug region, according to local sources.
2 days ago · The Ainu are an Indigenous ethnic group who reside in northern Japan, including Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region of Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; although unconfirmed, they are also believed to have resided in the areas of Primorsky...
