Sushma Swaraj was an Indian politician and government official who served in a variety of legislative and administrative posts at the state (Haryana) and national levels in India. She was the first woman to serve as chief minister of Delhi for a brief period (October–December 1998). She served as

Bill Sharman was an American professional basketball player noted for his skills shooting free throws and long-range field goals. After graduation from the University of Southern California (1950), Sharman played both professional baseball and basketball. In 1955 he left the Brooklyn Dodgers

Helen Sharman is a British chemist and astronaut who was the first British citizen to go into space, participating in a mission to the Soviet modular space station Mir in May 1991. Sharman received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1984. After receiving a

Helen Sharman is a British chemist and astronaut who was the first British citizen to go into space, participating in a mission to the Soviet modular space station Mir in May 1991. Sharman received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1984. After receiving a

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: It was directed by Jim Sharman and written by Sharman and Richard O’Brien. The film, and the stage musical on which it is based, is a tribute to B-movies of the 1930s–60s in the horror and science fiction genres. The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out of the 1960s…

Bill Sharman was an American professional basketball player noted for his skills shooting free throws and long-range field goals. After graduation from the University of Southern California (1950), Sharman played both professional baseball and basketball. In 1955 he left the Brooklyn Dodgers

Nigeria: Cultural milieu: …to the Fulani custom of sharo (test of young manhood), rival suitors underwent the ordeal of caning as a means of eliminating those who were less persistent. In Ibibio territory, girls approaching marriageable age were confined for several years in bride-fattening rooms before they were given to their husbands. A…

Sharon, town (township), Windsor county, east-central Vermont, U.S. It lies along the White River 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Rutland and is surrounded on three sides by high hills. Chartered in 1761, it received its biblical name from Sharon, Connecticut, which was founded in the 1730s during

Sharon, city, Mercer county, western Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies along the Shenango River at the Ohio border, 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Youngstown, Ohio. Sharon is part of an industrial area that includes Sharpsville, Farrell, and Wheatland. The original settlement developed about 1802 around a

Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician, whose public life was marked by brilliant but controversial military achievements and political policies. He was one of the chief participants in the Arab-Israeli wars and was elected prime minister of Israel in 2001, a position he held until he

Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician, whose public life was marked by brilliant but controversial military achievements and political policies. He was one of the chief participants in the Arab-Israeli wars and was elected prime minister of Israel in 2001, a position he held until he

Sharon, Lois & Bram, was a trio of children’s performers: the singer Sharon Hampson (born March 31, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario), singer and pianist Lois Lilienstein (born July 10, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois; died April 22, 2015, in Toronto), and singer and guitarist Bram Morrison (born December 18,

Plain of Sharon, section of the Mediterranean coastal plain, and the most densely settled of Israel’s natural regions. It is roughly triangular in shape and extends about 55 miles (89 km) north-to-south from the beach at Mount Carmel to the Yarqon River at Tel Aviv–Yafo. The plain is bounded on the

rose of Sharon, (Hibiscus syriacus, or Althaea syriaca), shrub or small tree, in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Asia but widely planted as an ornamental for its showy flowers. It can attain a height of 3 metres (10 feet) and generally assumes a low-branching

Saint-John’s-wort: Creeping Saint-John’s-wort (H. calycinum), sometimes known as rose of Sharon or Aaron’s-beard, and goldencup Saint-John’s-wort (H. patulum) are both shrubby East Asian species. Creeping Saint-John’s-wort bears pale yellow flowers with orange stamens on 30-cm- (1-foot-) tall plants, while goldencup Saint-John’s-wort has slightly smaller deep yellow…

accidental: A sharp (♯) raises a note by a semitone; a flat (♭) lowers it by a semitone; a natural (♮) restores it to the original pitch. Double sharps (×) and double flats (♭♭) indicate that the note is raised or lowered by two semitones. Sharps or…

Olivetti & C. SpA: …into a joint venture with Sharp Corp. of Japan in 1982 to produce together high-speed copiers and other office machines. That same year Docutel Corp., an electronics company and leading American manufacturer of automated teller machines, purchased Olivetti Corp., an American subsidiary of the company. The merger agreement made Olivetti…

ZZ Top: …“Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs,” Eliminator went on to sell more than 10 million copies. Afterburner (1985) yielded the additional hits “Rough Boy” and “Sleeping Bag.”

Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects concerns a newspaper reporter who returns to her Missouri hometown to investigate a series of murders of young girls. The narrative, threaded with themes of child abuse and self-harm, was noted for its subtle evocation of dread. Dark Places centres on a young…

Gillian Flynn: …an active role in adapting Sharp Objects into a TV series starring Amy Adams that aired in 2018. That same year Flynn cowrote the screenplay for Widows with director Steve McQueen. The movie received wide acclaim for transcending the heist genre to offer a complex narrative of race, class, and…

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt: Disputes with Prince Maurice: …was answered by the so-called Sharp Resolution voted by the States of Holland on Aug. 4, 1617, which, among other things, encouraged the various towns in the province to recruit armed units of their own, not integrated in the federal army and not even subject to Maurice’s command as the…

Becky Sharp, fictional character, an amoral adventuress in William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Regency period (roughly the second decade of the 19th century) in England. She has been considered one of the most vivid characters in English

Cecil Sharp was an English musician noted for his work as a collector of English folk song and dance. Sharp was educated at Uppingham School and the University of Cambridge. In 1882 he emigrated to Australia, where he practiced law and became associate to the chief justice of South Australia. In

Cecil Sharp was an English musician noted for his work as a collector of English folk song and dance. Sharp was educated at Uppingham School and the University of Cambridge. In 1882 he emigrated to Australia, where he practiced law and became associate to the chief justice of South Australia. In

Granville Sharp was an English scholar and philanthropist, noted as an advocate of the abolition of slavery. Granville was apprenticed to a London draper, but in 1758 he entered the government ordnance department. A diligent student of Greek and Hebrew, he published several treatises on biblical

Henry Compton: …year, for refusing to suspend John Sharp, rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, whose antipapal sermons had offended the king, Compton was himself suspended. He gave his support to the seven bishops who made a petition against the king’s Declaration of Indulgence (1687), and he was the only ecclesiastic to sign the…

Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist, awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard J. Roberts, for his independent discovery that individual genes are often interrupted by long sections of DNA that do not encode protein structure. Sharp received a

Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist, awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard J. Roberts, for his independent discovery that individual genes are often interrupted by long sections of DNA that do not encode protein structure. Sharp received a

mako shark, (genus Isurus), either of two species of swift, active, potentially dangerous sharks of the mackerel shark family, Lamnidae. The shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) is found in all tropical and temperate seas, and the longfin mako (I. paucus) is scattered worldwide in tropical seas. Mako

hawk: …called accipiters)—are exemplified by the sharp-shinned hawk (A. striatus), a bird with a 30-cm (12-inch) body length, gray above with fine rusty barring below, found through much of the New World, and by Cooper’s hawk (A. cooperii), a North American species similar in appearance but larger—to 50 cm (20 inches)…

grouse: …grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). The former is the largest New World grouse, exceeded in the family only by the capercaillie. A male may be 75 cm (30 inches) long and weigh 3.5 kg (about 7.5 pounds). This species inhabits sagebrush flats. The sharptail, a 45-cm…

sharpbill, (Oxyruncus cristatus), bird of rain forests in scattered localities from Costa Rica southward to Paraguay. It is usually considered the sole member of the family Oxyruncidae (order Passeriformes), which is closely related to the tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae). The sharpbill is a

the Orioles: ), Alexander Sharp (b. December 1919, Baltimore—d. January 1970), George Nelson (b. 1925, Baltimore—d. 1959), Johnny Reed (b. c. 1929, Baltimore—d. June 18, 2005, Lakewood, New Jersey), and Tommy Gaither (b. c. 1919, Baltimore—d. November 5, 1950, Baltimore).

steel band: …(Starlift), Jit Samaroo (Renegades), and Len (“Boogsie”) Sharpe (Phase II Pan Groove) helped to create a new style of steel band music for Panorama, and by the end of the 1970s the Panorama competition had eclipsed fetes and Carnival masquerades as the major venue for steel band performance.

steel band: …(Starlift), Jit Samaroo (Renegades), and Len (“Boogsie”) Sharpe (Phase II Pan Groove) helped to create a new style of steel band music for Panorama, and by the end of the 1970s the Panorama competition had eclipsed fetes and Carnival masquerades as the major venue for steel band performance.

slave rebellions: In 1831 Samuel Sharpe led a Christmas Day general strike for wages and better working conditions. After the strikers’ demands were ignored, however, the strike turned to open rebellion by tens of thousands of slaves, who looted and burned plantations into January 1832 before being defeated by…

Shannon Sharpe is a former American football player who won Super Bowl rings with the Denver Broncos (1997 and 1998) and the Baltimore Ravens (2001). Sharpe was a gifted receiving tight end and is considered one of the league’s all-time great players in that position. He later became a prominent

Sir Alfred Sharpe was an English adventurer and colonial administrator who helped establish the British Nyasaland Protectorate (now Malaŵi) and obtain portions of central East Africa (now in Zambia) for the British Empire. Sharpe went to the Shire Highlands, south of Lake Nyasa, in 1887 to hunt

William F. Sharpe is an American economist who shared the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990 with Harry M. Markowitz and Merton H. Miller. Their early work established financial economics as a separate field of study. Sharpe received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los

William F. Sharpe is an American economist who shared the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990 with Harry M. Markowitz and Merton H. Miller. Their early work established financial economics as a separate field of study. Sharpe received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los

George S. Klein: …things and overlook differences, and sharpeners, who see contrasts and maintain a high level of awareness of differences between stimuli. In 1951 Klein and Herbert J. Schlesinger introduced the term cognitive style to refer to the combination of several cognitive controls within a single person. Klein also did research on…

abrasive: Tool sharpening: The sharpening of all types of tools continues to be a major grinding operation. Drills, saws, reamers, milling cutters, broaches, and the great spectrum of knives are kept sharp by abrasives. Coarser-grit products are used for their initial shaping. Finer-grit abrasives produce keener cutting…

Sharpeville massacre, (March 21, 1960), incident in the Black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa, in which police fired on a crowd of Black people, killing or wounding some 250 of them. It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa.

periosteum: …periosteum to the bone as Sharpey fibres.

Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer was an English physiologist and inventor of the prone-pressure method (Schafer method) of artificial respiration adopted by the Royal Life Saving Society. The first holder of the Sharpey Scholarship (1871) at University College, London, he studied with William

K. Barry Sharpless is an American scientist who was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 and 2022. He shared the 2001 prize with William S. Knowles and Noyori Ryōji for developing the first chiral catalysts. With Morten P. Meldal and Carolyn R. Bertozzi he was awarded the 2022 prize

technology of photography: The twin-lens reflex: …top screen shows the image sharpness and framing as recorded on the film in the lower section. The viewing image remains visible all the time, but the viewpoint difference (parallax) of the two lenses means that the framing on the top screen is not exactly identical with that on the…

Battle of Antietam, (September 17, 1862), in the American Civil War (1861–65), a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland, an advance that was regarded as one of the greatest Confederate threats to Washington, D.C. The Union name for the battle is derived from Antietam

shooting, the sport of firing at targets of various kinds with rifles, handguns (pistols and revolvers), and shotguns as an exercise in marksmanship. Shooting at a mark as a test of skill began with archery, long before the advent of firearms (c. 1300). Firearms were first used in warfare and later

mola: The sharptail mola (Masturus lanceolatus) is also very large; its maximum length is 3.37 metres (11.1 feet). However, the slender mola (Ranzania laevis) is smaller, measuring no more than 1 metre (39.3 inches) long.

Al Sharpton is an American civil rights activist, politician, and minister who founded the National Action Network (1991) and later hosted a political talk show on MSNBC. Sharpton began preaching at age four and became an ordained Pentecostal minister at age 10. In 1971 he founded a national youth

Al Sharpton is an American civil rights activist, politician, and minister who founded the National Action Network (1991) and later hosted a political talk show on MSNBC. Sharpton began preaching at age four and became an ordained Pentecostal minister at age 10. In 1971 he founded a national youth

Ashur, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) led by Walter Andrae. Ashur was a name applied to the city, to the country, and to the principal god of

Ashur, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) led by Walter Andrae. Ashur was a name applied to the city, to the country, and to the principal god of

Morocco: Climate of Morocco: …late spring or summer, the sharqī (chergui)—a hot, dusty wind from the Sahara—can sweep over the mountains into the lowlands, even penetrating the coastal cities. Temperatures rise dramatically, often reaching 105 °F (41 °C). If crops have not been harvested, damage can be extensive from the desiccating effects of the…

Jaunpur: …independent Muslim kingdom of the Sharqī dynasty (1394–1479). It was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1559 and fell under British rule in 1775. Jaunpur contains several old mosques, including the Aṭalā Mosque (1408) and the Jāmiʿ Masjid (Great Mosque; 1478). A splendid bridge, built in the 16th century,…

Anti-Lebanon Mountains, mountain range that runs northeast-southwest along the Syrian-Lebanese border parallel to the Lebanon Mountains, from which they are separated by the al-Biqāʿ Valley. The range averages 6,500 feet (2,000 m) above sea level, with several peaks exceeding 8,000 feet (2,400 m).

Eastern Desert, large desert in eastern Egypt. Originating just southeast of the Nile River delta, it extends southeastward into northeastern Sudan as well as Eritrea and northern Ethiopia and from the Nile River valley eastward to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. It covers an area of about 85,690

Al-Sharqiyyah, muḥāfaẓah (governorate) of the eastern Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, touching the Mediterranean Sea just west of Suez. In the northeast it includes a part of the large Lake Manzala, a brackish coastal lagoon. Its chief port is Al-Manzilah, at the head of a branch railway from

Al-Sharqiyyah, region, eastern Saudi Arabia. The region includes most of the desert Rubʿ al-Khali (the Empty Quarter) and extends southward from a neutral zone jointly administered with Kuwait to indefinite borders with Yemen and Oman. It is bounded by Kuwait on the north, the Persian Gulf on the

Šar Mountains, mountain range in western North Macedonia and southern Kosovo, one of the most rugged and impassable in the Balkans, extending northeast–southwest for about 47 miles (75 km). A southern continuation along the Albanian frontier, which includes the Korab, Bistra, Jablanica, and

Sargon was an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned around 2334–2279 bce. He was one of the earliest of the world’s great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). He established the region’s first Semitic dynasty and was

Anatolian religion: The pantheon: …gods, Hebat, and her son, Sharruma; and at Yazılıkaya, where a rocky outcrop forming a natural open chamber was adorned with a series of 64 bas-reliefs that represented the national pantheon, every identifiable deity bears a Hurrian name written in Hittite hieroglyphs. The central group is recognizable as the family…

Yemen: Daily life and social customs: …cities and towns wore the sharsaf, a black skirt, scarf, and veil ensemble that covers the entire body. In South Yemen, the regime that succeeded the British after 1967 vigorously opposed this women’s dress code, and this opposition prevailed especially in the towns and cities. In the countryside, clothing for…

Iol, ancient seaport of Mauretania, located west of what is now Algiers in Algeria. Iol was originally founded as a Carthaginian trading station, but it was later renamed Caesarea and became the capital of Mauretania in 25 bc. The city was famous as a centre of Hellenistic culture, and under the

Sherpa, group of some 150,000 mountain-dwelling people of Nepal; Sikkim state, India; and Tibet (China); they are related to the Bhutia. Small groups of Sherpas also live in parts of North America, Australia, and Europe. Sherpas are of Tibetan culture and descent and speak a language called Sherpa,

Shas, ultra-Orthodox religious political party in Israel. Shas was founded in 1984 by dissident members of the Ashkenazi (Jews of European descent)-dominated Agudat Israel, another ultrareligious party, to represent the interests of religiously observant Sephardic (Middle Eastern) Jews. The

Jainism: Image veneration: …associating one of the 24 shasanadevatas (“doctrine goddesses”) with images of individual Tirthankaras began in the 9th century. Some of these goddesses, such as Ambika (“Little Mother”), who is associated with the Tirthankara Arishtanemi, continue to have great importance for the Jain devotee. The images are generally located near the…

Central Asian arts: Classical music: …suites was known as the shash maqām, or six maqāms (suites), with each maqām (an Arabic term, but changed in meaning) set in one of the classical Persian musical modes. (The Persian modes are melodic frameworks, each with a given scale, typical melodic figures, and accepted emotional content.) Regional courts…

Harsha: …Kamarupa and warred against King Shashanka of Gauda, his brother’s assassin. At first he did not assume the title of king but merely acted as a regent; after making his position secure, however, he declared himself sovereign ruler of Kannauj (in Uttar Pradesh state) and formally transferred his capital to…

Shashi River, river in southeastern Africa that rises on the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe. It flows south, past Francistown, Bots., and then southeast along the border for about 225 miles (362 km) to its junction with the Limpopo

Jingzhou, city and river port, southern Hubei sheng (province), south-central China. It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near Lake Chang. The city was established in 1994 by combining what was then the city of Shashi with Jiangling county and the former Jingzhou

Shashi River, river in southeastern Africa that rises on the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe. It flows south, past Francistown, Bots., and then southeast along the border for about 225 miles (362 km) to its junction with the Limpopo

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia. Tashkent lies in the northeastern part of the country. It is situated at an elevation of 1,475 to 1,575 feet (450 to 480 metres) in the Chirchiq River valley west of the Chatkal Mountains and is intersected by a series of canals

kebab: …has a close cousin in shashlik, eaten in the Caucasus region and Russia. Beef or lamb is the preferred meat in the Middle East, although chicken is also used. Döner kebab, which takes its name from the Turkish words meaning “rotating meat,” is similar to shawarma and gyros: the meat…

Shashthi, in Hinduism, a deity who is the goddess of vegetation, reproduction, and infant welfare. Shashthi is especially venerated in eastern India, largely in Bengal and Odisha. The name Shashthi means “the sixth” and is derived from the name of the sixth day after the birth of a child, the end

Indian philosophy: Relation to orthodoxy: He refers also to Shashtitantra (“Doctrine of 60 Conceptions”), the main doctrines of which he claims to have expounded in the karikas. The Samkhya of Charaka, which is substantially the same as is attributed to Panchashika in the Mahabharata, is theistic and regards the unmanifested (avyakta) as being the…

daisy: The cultivated Shasta daisy resembles the oxeye daisy but has larger flower heads that may reach a diameter of 10 cm (4 inches).

Henry J. Kaiser: …of cement needed for the Shasta Dam, he erected a cement plant in Permanente, Calif., and a nine-mile conveyor belt across a mountain to the dam site in 1939.

Mount Shasta, peak (14,162 feet [4,317 metres]) of the Cascade Range in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, northern California, U.S. The peak lies 77 miles (124 km) north of the city of Redding. An impressive double-peaked dormant volcano, it dominates the landscape (a vast panorama of tumbled

Shastan, North American Indian peoples that spoke related languages of Hokan stock and lived in the highlands of what is now interior northern California, in the basins of the Upper Klamath, the Scott, and the Shasta rivers. Their main subdivisions were the Shasta, New River Shasta, Konomihu, and

Hinduism: Dharma-sutras and Dharma-shastras: Among the texts inspired by the Vedas are the Dharma-sutras, or “manuals on dharma,” which contain rules of conduct and rites as they were practiced in various Vedic schools. Their principal contents address the duties of people at different stages of life, or ashramas…

Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the second prime minister of India (1964–66), after Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, and the interim prime minister Gulzarilal Nanda. A prominent member of the Indian National Congress (Congress

Sutlej River, longest of the five tributaries of the Indus River that give the Punjab (meaning “Five Rivers”) region its name. It rises on the north slope of the Himalayas in Lake La’nga in southwestern Tibet, at an elevation above 15,000 feet (4,600 metres). Flowing northwestward and then

shaṭḥ, in Ṣūfī Islām, divinely inspired statements that Ṣūfīs utter in their mystical state of fana (passing away of the self). The Ṣūfīs claim that there are moments of ecstatic fervour when they are overwhelmed by the divine presence to such a degree that they lose touch with worldly realities.

Satavahana dynasty: …early rulers Simuka, Krishna, and Shatakarni I.

Manu: The Shatapatha Brahmana recounts how he was warned by a fish, to whom he had done a kindness, that a flood would destroy the whole of humanity. He therefore built a boat, as the fish advised. When the flood came, he tied this boat to the…

shaṭḥ, in Ṣūfī Islām, divinely inspired statements that Ṣūfīs utter in their mystical state of fana (passing away of the self). The Ṣūfīs claim that there are moments of ecstatic fervour when they are overwhelmed by the divine presence to such a degree that they lose touch with worldly realities.

Palestine: The dispersal of the PLO from Lebanon: …refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila, where they massacred hundreds (estimates vary between 700 and 3,000) of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.

Wādī ash-Shāṭiʾ, valley in south-central Libya. The valley extends between Wanzarīk town on the west and Umm al-ʿAbīd town on the east for a distance of about 87 miles (140 km). Wādī ash-Shāṭiʾ has one of the largest iron-ore deposits in the world; it was discovered in 1943, and, although it is

William Shatner is a Canadian actor whose prolific output and self-deprecating sense of humour secured him a place in the North American pop culture pantheon. He is best known for playing Capt. James T. Kirk in the science fiction television series Star Trek (1966–69) and in several Star Trek

chess: Ancient precursors and related games: …64-square board, gradually transformed into shatranj (or chatrang), a two-player game popular in northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and southern parts of Central Asia after 600 ce. Shatranj resembled chaturanga but added a new piece, a firzān (counselor), which had nothing to do with any troop formation. A game of shatranj…

Birju Maharaj: Music and films: …movie Shatranj ke Khilari (1977; The Chess Players), directed by Satyajit Ray. His choreography for Devdas (2002), particularly the song “Kaahe Chhed Mohe” (“Why Does He Tease Me?”), is widely recognized for its intricate classical elements and visual appeal. He choreographed “Unnai Kaanadhu Naan” (“Without Seeing You”) in Vishwaroopam (“The…

Indian philosophy: Chaitanya: …is the great and voluminous Shatsamdarbha. These are the main sources of the philosophy of Bengal Vaishnavism. Chaitanya rejected the conception of an intermediate brahman. Brahman, according to him, has three powers: the transcendent power that is threefold (the power of bliss, the power of being, and the power of…

Tozeur: …marked by numerous chott (or shaṭṭ, salty lake) depressions and palm groves. The town is situated on the isthmus that separates the Chotts of El-Jarid (Al-Jarīd) and Al-Rharsah (Al-Gharsah), and it is referred to as the gate of the desert.

Shaṭṭārīyah, Ṣūfī (Muslim mystic) order deriving its name from either a 15th-century Indian mystic called Shaṭṭārī or the Arabic word shāṭir (“breaker”), referring to one who has broken with the world. Most Muslim mystics emphasize the servantship of man and the lordship of God, the fana

Shaṭṭārīyah, Ṣūfī (Muslim mystic) order deriving its name from either a 15th-century Indian mystic called Shaṭṭārī or the Arabic word shāṭir (“breaker”), referring to one who has broken with the world. Most Muslim mystics emphasize the servantship of man and the lordship of God, the fana

impact structure: …subsurface shock structures known as shatter cones. These are conically shaped structures that form in the bedrock directly under the point of impact. They radiate in a distinctive pattern from the point of impact and are identifiable even in drill core samples. The suddenness and intensity of the shattering cannot…

Dick Francis: Penalty (1997), Second Wind (1999), Shattered (2000), and Under Orders (2006). Late in life he began coauthoring novels with his son Felix, including Dead Heat (2007), Silks (2008), and Even Money (2009). Hot Money (1987) is considered one of his best works.

history of Mesopotamia: The rise of Assyria: Shattuara II of Hanigalbat, however, put him into a difficult situation, cutting his forces off from their water supplies. With courage born of despair, the Assyrians fought themselves free. They then set about reducing what was left of the Mitanni kingdom into an Assyrian province.…