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Kani (name) (1913–1984), Turkish judge
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Kani is both a surname and a given name. In Tamil Language, the word Kani gives the meaning of fruit. It is also used as name by Tamil people. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Atandwa Kani (21st century), South African actor * John Kani (born 1943), South African actor, director and playwright * Karl Kani American fashion designer * Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (1931–2014), Iranian cleric and politician * Kani Saizō (1554–1613), Japanese samurai Given name * Kâni Karaca (1930–2004), Turkish musical artist * Kani Kauahi (born 1959), American footballer * Kani Vrana Kani Vrana(1913–1984) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitutiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atandwa Kani
Atandwa Kani (born 6 June 1984) is a South African actor. He is the son of actor John Kani. Early life Kani was born on June 6, 1984, in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. His introduction to the entertainment industry began early in his life, as he observed and learned from his father, who delved into scripts for his acting roles and often took him to theater performances. These early experiences greatly influenced Kani, inspiring him to pursue a career similar to his father's. He pursued his education at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), where he focused on theater performance and actively participated in various school productions. Graduating in 2008, he attained an Honours degree in theatrical performance. In 2019, Kani was in the process of completing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in acting at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Career Kani made his international stage debut in ''The Tempest'', a collaboration between the Baxter Theatre Centre and the Royal Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kani
Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 1942) is a South African actor. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016) and ''Black Panther'' (2018), Rafiki in ''The Lion King'' (2019) and '' Mufasa: The Lion King'' as well as Colonel Ulenga in the Netflix films ''Murder Mystery'' (2019) and '' Murder Mystery 2'' (2023). Early and personal life Kani was born on 30 August 1942 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth In the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In 1975, after appearing in Athol Fugard's anti-apartheid play '' Sizwe Banzi Is Dead'', which he also co-wrote, in the United States, Kani returned to South Africa. There, he received a phone call saying that his father wanted to see him. On his way there, he was surrounded by police who beat him and left him for dead. His left eye was lost as a result of the incident, and he now wears a prosthesis which is technically a glass eye. His son Atandwa Kani, Atandwa is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Kani
Karl Kani (; born Carl Williams on May 23, 1968 in Limon, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican fashion designer, founder and CEO of the hip hop fashion brand Karl Kani. He comes from a modest family from Brooklyn, New York. When he was young, he dreamed of combining his passion for hip hop music and fashion. History Early life Carl Williams was born in Costa Rica to a Panamanian father and Costa Rican mother, both of Jamaican descent. The family migrated to the United States in the late 1960s, and he grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Early career At age 16, Williams started designing clothes after learning the essential handcraft at his father's company. He never studied tailoring or design, but he had flair for coming up with unusual concepts. He would buy material and tell a tailor exactly how he wanted his garments to look. "For a relatively small sum", as he put it, "I had a fresh outfit that nobody had." After seeing him on the scene in local clubs, men started asking for a Carl Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (, 6 August 1931 – 21 October 2014) was an Iranian Shia cleric, writer and conservative and principlist politician who was Prime Minister of Iran from 2 September until 29 October 1981. Before that, he was Minister of Interior in the cabinets of Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar. He was the leader of Combatant Clergy Association and Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and also founder and president of Imam Sadiq University. Early life Mahdavi Kani was born on 6 August 1931 in the village of Kan, near Tehran. His father was an Ayatollah and taught in the Mofid School. After he finished basic education in Kan, he studied at Borhan High School in Tehran. He left for Qom in 1947 to study at a religious seminary. His teachers included Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Boroujerdi and Allameh Sayyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kani Saizō
, also known as Kani Yoshinaga (可児吉長), was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku era through early Edo era, who served various lords before coming into the service of the Tokugawa clan. Saizō was originally a junior retainer under the Saitō clan, then switched to the Oda clan. Still later, he served under the Tokugawa. In the early Edo era, Saizō joined Fukushima Masanori during the latter's move to the Hiroshima Domain, and died in 1613. Career In 1600, Kani Saizō participated in the Battle of Sekigahara as the forerunner of Fukushima Masanori's army. In the outpost battle of Gifu Castle, he took the heads of 17 enemy soldiers, and was greatly praised by Tokugawa Ieyasu. He fought with a bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ... stalk on his back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kâni Karaca
Kâni Karaca (1 March 1930 – 29 May 2004) was a Turkish performer of religious and non-religious musical works. Born in a village of Karataş, Adana, Turkey, he became blind when he was just two-month old due to an accident. He memorized the Quran in elementary school. He came to Istanbul in 1950. He worked with Sadettin Heper, and learned religious and nonreligious music from him. Karaca was married and had three children. He died of cancer at his home in Fatih, Istanbul, on 29 May 2004 at the age of 74. Next day he was buried in the Edirnekapı cemetery after the funeral prayers in the Fatih mosque The Fatih Mosque (, "Conqueror's Mosque" in English language, English) is an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman mosque off Fevzi Paşa Caddesi in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. The original mosque was constructed between 1463 and 1470 on the site .... Recordings * Kalan Müzik References External links * 20th-century Turkish male singers 1930 births 2004 deaths Bli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kani Kauahi
Daniel Kani Kauahi (born September 6, 1959) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the assistant head coach for the Arizona Rattlers in the Indoor Football League (AFL). He played professionally as a center in the National Football League (NFL). He joined the Rattlers in 2007 as the defensive line coach. Playing career Kauahi grew up on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, and played college football with the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Hawaii Warriors. He then played center for 12 seasons in Pro Football, with the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, the Phoenix Cardinals, the Kansas City Chiefs and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Coaching career Kauahi has coached at the college level (Mesa Community College), and at the professional level in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals), the CFL (BC Lions, Ottawa Renegades, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats), and in the XFL San Francisco Rage. Kani also was the offensive line coach one season for his son's high school f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
