Known in the Middle East by various names, including the khamsin, this dry, sirocco-style wind is usually accompanied by great dust clouds.

Known for his military successes and sense of duty, Stilicho was, in the words of the great historian Edward Gibbon, “ the last of the Roman generals .”

Known to be engaged in a testy relationship with General Secretary Jiang Zemin, under whom he served, Zhu provided a novel pragmatism and strong work ethic in the government and party leadership increasingly infested by corruption, and as a result gained great popularity with the Chinese public.

Known as a great parliamentary orator, he sat as Member of Parliament for Stockbridge, a seat bought by his father, Windsor and Lancashire North.

Known as " the great lover ," he rivaled even Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw.

Known as " The Bravest of the Brave ", Ney displayed great courage in action, above all during the French invasion of Russia ( 1812 )# Retreat and losses | retreat from Moscow, when he was reputed to have been the last Frenchman to leave Russia n soil

Known earlier in his career as LX Empire he produced a great deal of what he refers to as " faceless DJ music ".

Known in his own day as l ' Unico Aretino, he acquired great fame as a reciter of impromptu verse.

Known as a cosh, or blackjack, they are described as being made of a sock filled with sand, or a sock containing a bar of hard soap in the toe end, that were swung against the head of the victim with great but usually non-lethal force.

Known for his great wit, Gomez often remarked, " I'd rather be lucky than good.

* Ptra: Known as the great father, first among the gods.

Known as the fourth great Danish hymn writer ( after Kingo, Brorson and Grundtvig ), Ingemann is considered less rooted in Biblical dogma and more borne up by a general spiritual and religious interest.

Known for his great strength and greater courage, Omega Supreme is the Autobots ’ last line of defense against the Decepticons.

As the ARTS and SCIENCES, properly so called, are far from comprehending every necessary subject of inquiry, a considerable proportion of the work is allotted to HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY and GEOGRAPHY, in all their branches ; so that the Compiler flatters himself, that it will be found upon consultation, that there is not a word in the English Language ; a technical term in any Art or Science, an event of any importance in the history of mankind ; a city, town, kingdom, republic, or empire, in the Known World ; an opinion in Religion ; an article in Mythology ; a system of Philosophy ; or a great or learned character in the annals of Biography, that is not mentioned or described in the Encyclopaedia Perthesis.

Known as " El Mariachi ", Solís has become one of the top players in Costa Rica in the last seasons, scoring amazing goals and performing well during the matches, he has a great ability to dribble and he is also a great shooter from mid distances.

Known as the " Short " circuit and the " Big " circuit, both played host to great entries and attracted huge crowds.

Known in his premonastic life as Suresh Chandra Bhattacharya, the Swami was an initiated disciple of Swami Brahmananda ( the great direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna ), and was widely respected for his high spiritual attainments, Yogic insight and mature wisdom.

Known as Ajamiyya, this literary achievement is represented by such great poet-theologians as Tierno Muhammadu Samba Mombeya, Tierno Saadu Dalen, Tierno Aliou Boubha Ndyan, Tierno Jaawo Pellel etc.

Known as one of Estudiantes'all time great players, he moved on to play for Panathinaikos F. C.

Known as the Scotch Wop, Dundee faced all of the great fighters in the featherweight, lightweight and junior-lightweight divisions of his era.

Known for their piety and courage, some famous Anṣârs are Muath bin Jabal Al-anṣâri and Sa ' ad bin Ubaadah, Sa ' ad's great great grandchildren were the Nasrids kings of Granada in Spain from the 13th century to the 15th century.

Known for being unafraid of pitching youngsters into the first team if they were good enough, Forest manager Brian Clough, trying to build a second great side after his ageing European Cup winning team broke up, gave Walker his debut in March 1984 at the age of 18, just two months before the end of the 1983-84 First Division campaign in which Forest finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Known in Italy as Pietro Leopoldino, Leopold I was the only progressive reformer to rule Tuscany.

Known as a reformer, he was popular with Winnipeg's working-class community and won the support of many progressive electors.

Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue ( 突厥 tú jué ), the Göktürks under the leadership of Bumin / Tuman Khan / Khaghan ( d. 552 ) and his sons established the first known Turkic state around 552 in the general area of territory that had earlier been occupied by the Xiongnu, and expanded rapidly to rule wide territories in Central Asia.

Known as the Missouri Rhineland for its vineyards, first established by German immigrants in the mid-19th century, this area has become a part of the agricultural and tourist economy.

Known as " the Apostle of the Four Lakes Region " because of his pioneering missionary work in the area, Inama established the first Catholic church in Dane County in Roxbury.

Known colloquially to students as the 7Cs — or the 5Cs, when referring only to the undergraduate institutions — the Claremont Colleges were founded in 1925 when the all-graduate Claremont University College ( now Claremont Graduate University ) was established in addition to the older all-undergraduate Pomona College.

Known as an old and prestigious international graduate scholarship ", the Rhodes Scholarships are administered and awarded by the Rhodes Trust, which was established in 1902 under the terms and conditions of the will of Cecil John Rhodes, and funded by his estate under the administration of Nathan Rothschild.

Known as Pilgrims, they successfully established a settlement in what became Massachusetts.

Known as Longyear City until 1926, the town was established by and named after John Munroe Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal mining operations in 1906.

Known to Māori as Hiruharama, Jerusalem was the isolated site where, in 1892, Suzanne Aubert ( better known as Mother Mary Joseph ) established the congregation of the Sisters of Compassion.

Following a long gap after Sen's works, Dhirendra Nath Ganguly ( Known as D. G ) established Indo British Film Co, the first Bengali owned production company, in 1918.

Known as RAFI ( Rural Advancement Foundation International ) until 1 September 2001, the ETC Group traces its history back to the National Sharecroppers Fund that was established in the 1930s by Eleanor Roosevelt ( amongst others ) to alleviate the plight of poor, mostly black tenant farmers in the U. S. In the early 1970s, Pat Mooney, Hope Shand, and Cary Fowler began working on the Seeds Issue through the Rural Advancement Foundation — and, in time, set up an international arm concerned with the rights of farmers in the global south.

Known as the " Great Emigration ", it established the viability of the Oregon Trail for later homesteaders.

Known as the Ogdensburg agreement, it established the Permanent Joint Board on Defense.

Known as the Saints or simply as ' Pats ' the club quickly climbed up the junior and intermediate ranks of Irish football and by the end of the 1940s were established as the top non-League of Ireland side in the country.

** Known to his fans as " Narucho ", he is one of the only 2 Casiopea members to have an established Solo career before joining the band.

Known today as Znamensk (), it was established 13 May 1946 and in the beginning used technology, material, and scientific support from defeated Germany.

Known for his hand-crafting, beading and appliquée to garments, Rocha first established a name for himself with his Chinatown label in Dublin in the 1980s and later designing clothing for both men and women in the Irish high street stores A Wear and their luxury stores Brown Thomas.

Known for her performances for various celebrity and royalty during her Geisha life, Iwasaki was also an established heir or atotori to her geisha house ( Okiya ) while she was just an apprentice.

Known as Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc., CPF was established in 1978 with operations in animal feed production, livestock breeding, further processing and trade.

Known for its strong A & R management and creative marketing solutions, Menart has established the following acts in the top of the Croatian popular music scene: The Beat Fleet, Colonia, Hladno pivo, Edo Maajka, Goran Karan, Karma, Letu Štuke, Luka Nižetić, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Lollobrigida Girls, Gustafi and many others.

Known as the National Resistance Council ( NRC ), the 5th Parliament was established following the end of the Ugandan 1981-1985 guerrilla war.

Known as UDW, it was initially established for Indians as during apartheid there were few universities that admitted non-White students.