Akbar
Americannoun
noun
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“It looked like the sun was inside his cell,” said Akbar “Block” McClennon, 39, a fellow student in the prison’s college program who was locked up on the same gallery as Bori.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
For his 1973 album “Geeta,” Mr. Lloyd invited into his ensemble Aashish and Pranesh Khan, sons of Ali Akbar Khan, one of the greatest figures of 20th-century North Indian music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Thirteen-year-old Palwasha Akbar was playing in the River Wharfe at Burnsall, North Yorkshire, when she got into difficulty on 31 May.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
A recipe from the court of Akbar reportedly called for equal parts of lentils, rice and ghee, according to NPR.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Farid eased the Land Cruiser up the driveway of a big house in Wazir Akbar Khan.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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