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unusual facts about Yan, Kedah


Pulau Bunting

Pulau Bunting is the northernmost in a row of islands off Yan district in Kedah.


Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim

Azeez was chosen as Barisan Nasional(BN)candidate for Pilihan raya umum 2008 against a candidate from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party(PAS), Uztaz Taib Azamudden Md Taib for the parliament Baling, Kedah but lost with 7613 votes.

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid (born 25 February 1987, Kuala Kedah, Kedah) is a Malaysian football goalkeeper currently playing for Kedah FA.

Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali

Shakir started his football career as a striker for Kedah President Cup Team.

Bandar Abbas

In the year 630 CE, Maharaja Derbar Raja of Gemeron was defeated in battle and escaped to Ceylon, and he was later blown off course by a storm to the remote shores of Kuala Sungai Qilah, Kedah (now Malaysia).

Chio Min Secondary School

At that time, the school was located in the Klang Sago, Kulim, Kedah.

Empress Duan

Empress Duan Jifei (4th-century–5th-century), empress of the Chinese/Xianbei state Southern Yan (398-405)

Geng Kui

In the autumn they defeated the troops of Yunzhong Commandery and killed Grand Administrator Cheng Yan, and besieged the Colonel Protector of the Wuhuan in the city of Macheng.

Gojoseon

As Gojoseon evolved, so did the title and function of the leader, who came to be designated as "king" (Han), in the tradition of the Zhou Dynasty, around the same time as the Yan (燕) leader.

Huo Guang

In 86 BC, a conspiracy involving Liu Dan (劉旦), the Prince of Yan (燕王) and an elder son of Emperor Wu, was discovered, but the prince was not punished, presumably under Huo's decision, even though the other conspirators were executed.

Jiefang Daily

After Shanghai was taken over by the People's Liberation Army from the Kuomintang government, the newspaper started publication on May 28, 1949 by continuing to use the name of the central government's former Party newspaper Jiefang Daily published in the communist base Yan'an in northern Shaanxi Province.

K'n-yan

Lovecraft also mentions K'n-yan in "The Whisperer in Darkness" (1930) and in his revision of Hazel Heald's "Out of the Aeons" (1935).

Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel

All ships of the class so far named were named after states in Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Pahang, Perak, Terengganu, Kelantan, and Selangor).

Koh Lay Huan

Koh had been involved with pepper cultivation already long before his arrival at Penang, having had experience in this field both in Phuket and in Kedah.

Kolej Universiti Insaniah

The Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) is a private university operating from two campuses in Kedah.

Lift Engineering

Potential problems with Yan lifts began to surface as early as 1985, when the upper bullwheel on the Teller lift at Keystone Ski Resort in Colorado disconnected from the main gearbox shaft.

Lyndel Soon

She was asked to fill in the state level position as a favor, due to a fact that a delegate of (Kedah state, Malaysia) had quit 2 weeks before the Miss Malaysia Tourism pageant.

Malaysia–Thailand border

Known as the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, the agreement ceded the states of Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu to Great Britain while Pattani remained in Siamese hands.

Mohd Helmi Remeli

Mohammad Helmi Remeli (born 24 March 1985 in Kedah) is a Malaysian footballer currently playing for PKNS FC in Malaysia Super League.

Mohd Syamim Alif Mohd Sobri

Mohd Syamim Alif (Born in 5 August 1993 at Kulim, Kedah), simply known as Syamim Alif, is a Malaysian footballer currently playing for Kedah FA in Malaysia Super League.Syamim Alif is a product of the Bukit Jalil Sports School youth academy.

Muhamad Radhi Mat Din

Radhi also known by the nickname Captain Marvel among Kedah fans during his playing careers with his similar characters of former English footballer Bryan Robson.

Radhi was an integral part in the golden era of the Darul Aman based club during the 1980s and 1990s where Kedah reached the Malaysia Cup final matches for seven times from 1987 to 1993.

Muhammad Akram Mahinan

Muhammad Akram Mahinan (born 19 January 1993 in Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia), is a Malaysian footballer who is currently playing for Johor Darul Takzim as a midfielder.

Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah

Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah (born March 15, 1984 in Pendang, Kedah) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Johor Darul Takzim FC in the Malaysia Super League.

Natland

Yan, Hamilton and Woody of the rock band British Sea Power were raised in the village, as was their former manager Roy Wilkinson.

Paula Malai Ali

In 2002, Paula married the Malaysian film producer Tunku Azudinshah Tunku Anuar (also known as "Kudin") – a member of the Kedah Royal Family and nephew of the Sultan of Kedah.

Penn Yan, New York

David Bordwell, prominent American film theorist, film critic, and author, grew up on a farm near Penn Yan.

Petronas Fertilizer Kedah

Located near the town of Gurun in the northern state of Kedah Darul Aman in Malaysia, the company is involved in petrochemical manufacturing, mainly producing granular urea for use in local and foreign agricultural industries.

Phahrolrazi Zawawi

Datuk Haji Phahrolrazi bin Haji Zawawi is a member of the Executive Council of the Malaysian state of Kedah, chairing the Committee for Rural Development, Entrepreneur and Public Works.

Pulau Bunting Bridge

Pulau Bunting Bridge is a new bridge that connects Pulau Bunting to mainland Kedah, Malaysia.

Salivary diagnostics

Abstract #1179, “Salivaomics Knowledge Base (SKB)”, by W. Yan et al., of UCLA, USA, to be presented at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008, in Trinity I-Exhibit Hall of the Hilton Anatole Hotel, during the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research.

Sam Yan

The intersection area is served by the Sam Yan Station of the MRT, which connects to the Chamchuri Square complex and Wat Hua Lamphong in the intersections' northeastern and southeastern corners, respectively.

Samransak Kram

Born as a Siamese native, nicknamed 'Sam', Samransak started his football career with Sultan Abdul Hamid College schoolboy and promoted to the Kedah FA President Cup before Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah brought him into the senior squad starting from 2005.

Schweizer SGS 2-25

The 1956 Worlds were held in Saint-Yan, France and saw the SGS 2-25 flown in the two-place category, by Kemp Trager and Gene Miller.

Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah

She died due to pneumonia, in Penang, on March 12, 2000 at the age of 80 and was buried next to her husband grave, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj at Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar, Kedah.

Sihcao Wetlands

It is located in Tainan City's Annan District, and consists of the area bounded by the southeastern side of the Luermen River, the southwestern side of Xi-Bin Road, and the northern side of the Yan-Shui River.

Sir Hugh Barrett-Lennard, 6th Baronet

Barrett-Lennard's father, Sir Fiennes Cecil Arthur Barrett-Lennard (1880–1963), was a British soldier, who fought in the Boer War and in East Africa in the First World War, and became a judge in Malaya, then Johore and Kedah, and finally Chief Justice of Jamaica.

Skip the Use

Skip the Use is a French band with electro funk, rock and punk influences founded in 2008 with musicians from Ronchin, near Lille and made up of Mat Bastard (vocals), Yan Stefani (guitar), Jay Gimenez (bass), Lio Raepsaet (keyboards) and Manamax Catteloin (drums).

SMK Ibrahim

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ibrahim or Ibrahim Secondary School is a secondary school in the town of Sungai Petani in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah.

Sunita Godara

She became the national marathon champion first time in 1984 by winning Delhi Marathon She won medals in the Penang and Kedah marathons.

Tavia Yeung

Having graduated from the 13th TVB Artistes Training Course in 1999, Tavia starred in numerous MTVs and after a few minor roles in series such as Street Fighters and When Dreams Come True, she caught the public’s attention with her role as Ah Yan in The Awakening Story (starring Liza Wang and Damian Lau), in which she portrayed the younger sister of Maggie Cheung Ho Yee with whom she bore a remarkable resemblance.

The Diary of Ma Yan

The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese School Girl (马燕日记) is the diary of Chinese schoolgirl Ma Yan (), edited and published in the West by French journalist Pierre Haski.

The PuLi Hotel and Spa

The PuLi Hotel and Spa is a luxury hotel in China that is located in Jing'an District, Shanghai, between NanJing West Road and Yan An Road.

The Wandering Songstress

The song has been covered by numerous singers, including Li Xianglan in the 1944 Japanese film Yasen gungakutai (野戦軍楽隊, Military Combat Music Band), Bai Guang, Teresa Teng, Tsai Chin, Wakin Chau, Adia Chan (in Cantonese), Lin Bao (林寶, in Wu dialect), Song Zuying, Zhang Yan (張燕).

Wong Po-yan

He subsequently became the member of the Preparatory Committee in 1996 which prepared for the transition of the sovereignty.

Xiagu Danxin

In 2006, the novel is adapted into a Chinese television series titled The Patriotic Knights, starring Chen Long as Jin Zhuliu, Stephanie Hsiao as Shi Hongying, Wallace Chung as Li Nanxing and He Meitian as Gongsun Yan (renamed to Zhong Yanyan in the series).

Yan Xishan

In the spring of 1938 the Japanese redistributed many of their forces away from Shanxi, and Yan succeeded in re-establishing his authority, setting up a headquarters in the remote, mountainous district of Qixian.

Yuan Shao

Tian Feng urged Yuan to attack Cao while he was away, but Yuan refused to launch an all-out offensive, instead he sent small detachments to harass his enemy, but was daunted by Yu Jin, the defender of Yan Ford (see Battle of Dushi Ford).


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