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Riad or Riyad may refer to: * Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia * Riyad, Mauritania * Riad (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name, also Riyad or Riyadh) * Riad (architecture), a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard * Hadith Bayad wa Riyad, an Arabic love tale * "Riad N' the Bedouins", a song by Guns N' Roses from their 2008 album ''Chinese Democracy'' * Radiation and Isotope Applications Division, a research division of the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology * ES EVM The ES EVM (, "Unified System of Electronic Computing Machines"), or YeS EVM, also known in English literature as the Unified System or Ryad (, "Series"), is a series of mainframe computers generally compatible with IBM's System/360 and System/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in the 1950s as an offshoot of the 18th century Walled town of Riyadh, walled town following the dismantling of its Riyadh city fortifications, defensive fortifications. It is the List of Arabian cities by population, largest city on the Arabian Peninsula, and is situated in the center of the An Nafud, an-Nafud desert, on the eastern part of the Najd plateau. The city sits at an average of above sea level, and receives around 5 million Tourism in Saudi Arabia, tourists each year, making it the List of cities by international visitors, forty-ninth most visited city in the world and the 6th in the Middle East. Riyadh had a population of 7.0 million people in 2022, making it the List of cities in Saudi Arabia, most-populous city in Saudi Arabia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyad, Mauritania
Riyad is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, .... It had a population of 117,030 in 2013, up from 42,413 in 2000. References Communes of Mauritania Nouakchott {{Mauritania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riad (name)
Riad (also less commonly spelled Riyad, Riyadh or Ryaid), , ) is a masculine Arabic given name and surname, meaning "meadows", "gardens". People with the given name * Riad al-Asaad (born 1961), commander of the Free Syrian Army * Riad Asmat (born 1971), Malaysian businessman * Riad Bajić (born 1994), Bosnian footballer * Riad Benayad (born 1996), Algerian footballer * Riad Benchadi (born 1978), Algerian footballer * Riad Beyrouti (1944–2019), Syrian painter * Riad Bouchaker (born 1973), Algerian perpetrator of a mass stabbing * Riad Chibani (born 1964), Algerian judoka * Riad Darar (born 1954), Syrian activist and author * Riad Hammadou (born 1976), Algerian footballer * Riad Higazy (1919–1967), Egyptian earth scientist * Riad Ismat (1947–2020), Syrian politician * Riad Jarjour (born 1948), Syrian Christian clergyman * Riaad Moosa (born 1977), Indian-born South African comedian * Riad Nouri (born 1985), French-Algerian footballer * Riad Rahal (born 1950), Lebane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riad (architecture)
A riad or ''riyad'' () is a type of garden courtyard historically associated with house and palace architecture in the Maghreb and al-Andalus. Its classic form is a rectangular garden divided into four quadrants by two paved paths intersecting in the center, where a fountain is typically situated. The planted areas are usually sunken below the level of the paths. Its origin is generally attributed to traditional Persian gardens whose influence spread during the Islamic period. The term "riad" is nowadays often used in Morocco to refer to a hotel or guesthouse-style accommodation with shared common areas and private rooms, often within a restored traditional mansion. Etymology The term ''riad'' comes from the Arabic term for "gardens": (), the plural of (). Historically, the term referred to a type of interior garden common to historic Moorish architecture in Al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula) and North Africa. In particular, it referred to rectangular courtyard garden that is sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadith Bayad Wa Riyad
''Hadīth Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ'' (, "The Story of Bayad and Riyad") is a 13th-century Arabic love story. The main characters of the tale are Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from Damascus; Riyad, a well-educated slave girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (vizier or minister) of 'Iraq (Mesopotamia); and a "Lady" (al-sayyida). Manuscript The ''Hadīth Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ'' manuscript, Vatican City, Vatican Library, Codex Vat. Arabo 368, is one of three surviving illustrated manuscripts from medieval al-Andalus (in modern Spain and Portugal). Many non-illustrated Andalusi books do survive, so illustrated manuscripts may have been rare. Gallery File:Bayad-wa-riyadبياض-و-رياض-.jpg File:Maler der Geschichte von Bayâd und Riyâd 001.jpg File:Maler der Geschichte von Bayâd und Riyâd 002.jpg File:Maler der Geschichte von Bayâd und Riyâd 003.jpg See also * Arabic epic literature *Arabic literature Arabic literature ( / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Democracy
''Chinese Democracy'' is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008, by Black Frog and Geffen Records. It was the first Guns N' Roses studio album since the 1993 covers album ''"The Spaghetti Incident?"'', and their first album of original studio material since ''Use Your Illusion I'' and ''Use Your Illusion II, II'' (1991). It languished in development hell for eight years, delayed by personnel and legal problems, label interference, and the perfectionism of vocalist Axl Rose. It was the first Guns N' Roses album without Izzy Stradlin, Slash (musician), Slash, and Duff McKagan, and the first not produced by Mike Clink, instead, it was produced by Rose and Caram Costanzo. After the Use Your Illusion Tour ended in 1993, Guns N' Roses spent several years rehearsing ideas for a new album. However, several members left following creative and personal differences with Rose, and no music was released. In 1998, Rose, keyboardist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Institute Of Nuclear Science And Technology
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Bronze Age, and the ancient Gandhara civilisation. The regions that compose the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
