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unusual facts about Medina-class gunboat


Medina-class gunboat

Their ungainly appearance led them to be described by the naval historian Antony Preston as "the most grotesque craft ever seen".


Alfonso Fraile

In collaboration with Joseph Vento Ruiz, and Medina and Julio Martín-Caro, Fraile founded the group, "Nuevo Espacialismo," reintroducing the figure with a narrative emphasis, citing the abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning as one of their influences.

Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

It describes events set in the Najd plateau along the pilgrim route between Mecca and Medina during one day in 1844-1845, when a mysterious saddlebag passes from hand to hand, and influences the lives of each person who comes across it.

Basketball at the 2011 Island Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport and Cowes High School, Cowes.

Basketball at the 2011 Island Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport and Cowes High School, Cowes.

Battle of Bu'ath

The Battle of Bu'ath was fought in 617 between Banu Aus and Banu Khazraj, the Arab tribes of Yathrib (now Medina), in Saudi Arabia, in the south-eastern quarter of the Medinan oasis, belonging to the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza.

Battle of Uhud

Shortly before the battle commenced, 'Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (the chief of the Khazraj tribe) and his followers withdrew their support for Muhammad and returned to Medina, with reports suggesting Ibn Ubayy's discontent with the plan to march out from Medina to meet the Meccans.

Capital punishment in Mexico

In 2002, President Vicente Fox cancelled a trip to the United States to meet US President George W. Bush, in protest of the then imminent execution of a Mexican national, Javier Suárez Medina, in the U.S. state of Texas.

Christianity in Saudi Arabia

Christians and other non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the cities of Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest cities.

County roads in Hennepin County, Minnesota

County Road 116 begins at Hamel Road (County 115) in Medina, then passes through Corcoran to Territorial Road in the unincorporated town of Fletcher, then follows Territorial Road to the Wright County line at the Crow River, where it becomes Wright County Road 22.

Dar El Menia

Dar El Menia is a Riad or Dar, a traditional Moroccan house built around a central courtyard and lies in the heart of Fez (Fes) Medina, former imperial capital of Morocco and the world’s largest medina.

Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza

Following a broadcast of the television programme Top Gear on 30 January 2011, during which the presenters made several derogatory slurs depicting a stereotypical portrayal of Mexican culture and people, Medina-Mora wrote to the BBC about comments made by Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May about himself and Mexico, demanding a public apology from the BBC.

Ernest Medina

Medina is mentioned by name in the first stanza of Pete Seeger's Vietnam protest song "Last Train to Nuremberg" (1970).

:"Do I see Lieutenant Calley? Do I see Captain Medina? Do I see Gen'ral Koster and all his crew?"

Evkafçiftliği

During the Ottoman Empire era, the village was a vakıf which was dedicated for sustaining holy places in Mecca and Medina (now in Saudi Arabia).

Hampshire Basin

The central part drains into the Solent (directly or via via Southampton Water), through the Lymington River, Test, Itchen, Meon, Hamble, Western Yar, Medina and Eastern Yar.

Hijaz mountains

The Hijaz Mountains include the "Cradle of Gold (Mahd adh Dhahab)" district, in the region between Mecca and Madina.

Jesús de Cárdenas

The Republic of Rio Grande claimed as its territory the areas of Tamaulipas and Coahuila to the north until the Nueces river and Medina respectively, and all the states of Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua and Nuevo México, among those present were appointed official representatives of the Republic of the Rio Grande.

Juan Medina Herrad

Medina was disqualified in his last-16 fight against Velázquez in the American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Maria Medina Coeli

Maria Medina Coeli (1764 in Chiavenna – 1846 in Pianello Lario) was an Italian scientist.

Mario Medina

Mario Medina Rojas (born 2 September 1952) is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Marquess of Milford Haven

He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Medical Ostraca of Deir el-Medina

; Rash : Leaves of Acacia and Wax, smeared on the rash in the morning for four days.

Medina College-Pagadian

After acquiring St. John College and Hospital, Medina College Pagadian City in the Philippines is the leading nursing school in the province of Zamboanga del Sur attracting students from Sulo, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga City, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and even Cotabato City.

Medina House

Medina House is a former Turkish bath on the seafront of Hove, Sussex, England.

Medina Valley

For example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera occurs only in the western USA west of the Medina Valley and Balcones Fault.

Médina, Dakar

A number of notable Senegalese people, including the world-famous singer Youssou N'Dour and Omar Pene (another influential singer and musician) were born in Médina.

Medina, Minas Gerais

::Not to be confused with Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Medina, Minnesota

Flip Saunders – former NBA basketball head coach, and current President of Basketball Operations

Mukhayriq

Two Jewish tribes that were allied with Mecca in the Battle of Uhud were expelled from Medina soon after the battle.

The Battle of Uhud was fought between a force from the Muslim community of Medina, led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a force led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb from Mecca on March 19, 625.

Nicolás Medina

In January 2013, Medina joined the pre-season camp of the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer as a trialist.

Patricia Medina

Medina also made television appearances on Perry Mason ("The Case of the Lucky Loser", 27 September 1958); Bonanza ("The Spanish Grant", 6 February 1960), Thriller ("The Premature Burial", 1961) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("See the Monkey Dance", 9 November 1964).

Qatar Airways

The airline has launched 22 new destinations since 2010, with nine more destinations announced: Ankara, Aleppo, Bangalore, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hanoi, Montreal, Nice, Phuket, São Paulo, Shiraz, Kolkata, Medina, Oslo, Sofia, Stuttgart, Venice and Tokyo.

Richardson Olmsted Complex

The large Medina red sandstone and brick hospital buildings were designed in 1870 in the Kirkbride Plan by architect Henry Hobson Richardson with grounds by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Roque Balduque

In 1554 he contracted for the sacramental altarpiece of the Parish Church of Santa María la Coronada in Medina Sidonia (Province of Cádiz).

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen

Five months later he joined the Saudi government as President of the Affairs of the Holy Mosques Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina.

Salto del Guairá

This depended of Hernandarias District, and, at that time it was integrated by three renowned neighbors: Col (SR.) Isabelino Pimienta Medina (+) as the president, Carmelo Peralta as the treasurer, and for the secretary position, Prof. Pedro Ramón Girett.

Salvador Medina

Salvador Medina Cárcamo (born January 27, 1988 in Distrito Federal) is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Pumas Morelos in the Liga de Ascenso.

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

The national final took place at the Teatro Balear in Palma de Mallorca from February 20 to 22, hosted by Marisa Medina and Joaquín Prat.

Stuart Robles de Medina

As a visual artist, Robles de Medina received several large orders, which the result can still be seen in Paramaribo.

Suhayb ar-Rumi

His captors became relaxed and Sohaib quietly armed himself, readied a mount and headed for Medina.

Ultimate Comics: X-Men

Through the "Ultimate Universe Reborn" tagline following the "Death of Spider-Man", and written by Nick Spencer with art by Paco Medina, the series serves as a continuation of earlier titles such as Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Comics: X, and the Ultimate Comics: Fallout mini-series.

Umayr ibn Sad al-Ansari

His mother eventually remarried to one of the richest men in Medina, Julas ibn Suwayd from the powerful tribe of al-Aws.

Velkommen til Medina

Velkommen til Medina (Danish for "Welcome to Medina") is the second studio album by the Danish pop singer Medina.

Will of Naunakhte

The Will of Naunakhte (also referred to as Naunakht) is a papyrus found at the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina that dates to the 20th dynasty during the reign of Ramesses V (Černý 1945 pg. 29).


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