Mahan
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Mahan may refer to:
- Mahan confederacyMahan confederacyMahan was a loose confederacy of statelets that existed from around the 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE in the southern Korean peninsula in the Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces. Arising out of the confluence of Gojoseon migration and the Jin state federation, Mahan was one of the Samhan , along...
, chiefdoms in ancient Korea - Mahan, IranMahan, IranMahan is a city in and capital of Mahan District, in Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,787, in 4,138 families....
, a city in Kerman province - Mahan DistrictMahan DistrictMahan District is a district in Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 29,923, in 7,607 families. The District has three cities: Mahan, Jupar, and Mohiabad....
, an administrative subdivision of Kerman Province - Iranian male first name
- Mahan AirMahan AirMahan Airlines, doing business as Mahan Air, is a private airline based in the Mahan Air Tower in Tehran, Iran. It operates scheduled domestic services and international flights to the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe...
, an airline based in Kerman province - Mahan Island, the conjoined LanzaroteLanzaroteLanzarote , a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands...
and FuerteventuraFuerteventuraFuerteventura , a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20' north, 14°00' west. At 1,660 km² it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife...
in Canary IslandsCanary IslandsThe Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
prehistoryPrehistoryPrehistory is the span of time before recorded history. Prehistory can refer to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it refers to all the time preceding human existence and the invention of writing...
(compare e.g. Maui NuiMaui NuiMaui Nui or Greater Maui, is a modern geologists' name given to a prehistoric Hawaiian Island built from seven shield volcanoes. Nui means "great/large" in the Hawaiian language....
, Santa RosaeSanta RosaeSanta Rosae was an ancient landmass off the coast of present-day southern California, near Ventura County and Santa Barbara County, of which the northern Channel Islands of California are remnants....
) - The family name of individuals such as:
- American Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer MahanAlfred Thayer MahanAlfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide...
- Asa MahanAsa MahanAsa Mahan was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator and the first president of Oberlin College and Adrian College.-Career:...
(1800-1889), first president of Oberlin College - Dennis Hart MahanDennis Hart MahanDennis Hart Mahan was a noted American military theorist and professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1824-1871. He was the father of American naval historian and theorist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan...
, professor at the United States Military Academy and father of Alfred Thayer Mahan
- American Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
- Several United States Navy vessels named after Alfred Thayer Mahan; see USS MahanUSS MahanUSS Mahan was a name given to four US Navy ships in honor of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan:* Mahan was commissioned in 1918 and decommissioned in 1930.* Mahan was commissioned in 1934 and sunk in 1944....
- Master MahanMaster MahanIn the religious texts of the Latter Day Saint movement, Master Mahan is a title assumed first by Cain and later by his descendant Lamech. The title indicates that Cain and Lamech were each the "master" of a "great secret" whereby they covenanted with Satan to kill for personal gain...
, a title of uncertain meaning, applied to Cain and his descendant Lamech in the Book of Moses - Armand MahanArmand MahanArmand Mahan is an Ivorian professional association football player. He is usually positioned as a left back or left winger.- Career :...
, an Ivorian professional football player - Mahan MitraMahan MitraMahan Mitra, also known as Mahan Maharaj and Swami Vidyanathananda, is an Indian mathematician and a recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences..- Early education :...
(also Mahan Mj), an Indian mathematician