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- Works
- 25
Top works
- English to Pashto and Pashto to English Dictionary with English Phonetics
- English to Dari Dictionary
- Death of Hamlet
- Pashto Student Dictionary
- How Families Are Made (Little Experts)
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Film & TV
Acting · Bolton, England, UK
Amir Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a British professional boxer, promoter and philanthropist. He is a former unified light-welterweight world champion, having held the WBA (later Super) title from 2009 to 2012, and the IBF title in 2011. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also held the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2014 to 2016, and once…
Known for
- Battle of the Baddest — Self2024
- I'm a Celebrity... South Africa — Self - Contestant2023
- Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook — Self2022
- The Big Breakfast2022
- Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton — Himself2021
- The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2021
- Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan — Self2019
- Shopping with Keith Lemon2019
- Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco — Self2018
- Team Khan — Himself2018
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-03-23
Discography
- Rags to Rufus1974
- Rufusized1974
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan1975
- Ask Rufus1977
- Street Player1978
- Chaka1978
- Masterjam1979
- Naughty1980
- What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me1981
- Camouflage1981
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,809
- Total plays
- 20,026
Tags
Ustad Amir Khan (Hindi:अमीर ख़ान, Urdu: امیر اقبال خان; August 15, 1912 - February 13, 1974) was a well-known Indian classical vocalist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music, and was the founder of the Indore Gharana. Amir Khan was born in a family of musicians in Indore. His father, Shahmir Khan, a sarangi and veena player of the Bhendibazaar gharana, served at the court of the Holkars of Indore. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Amir+Khan">Read m
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,334x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,923x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,706x
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Key facts
- Nickname
- King
- Born
- Amir Iqbal Khan , ( 1986-12-08 ) 8 December 1986 (age 39) , Bolton , Greater Manchester , England
- Height
- 5 ft 8 1 ⁄ 2 in (174 cm)
- Weight
- Lightweight Light-welterweight Welterweight Middleweight
- Reach
- 71 in (180 cm)
- Stance
- Orthodox
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Encyclopedic overview
Amir Iqbal Khan PP (born 8 December 1986) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2022. Born and raised in Bolton, Khan began to box competitively at the age of 11. He rose to fame during the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal in the lightweight division and became at the age of 17, Britain's youngest boxing Olympic medalist. He turned professional in 2005. In 2007, he was named ESPN prospect of the year. He later became one of the youngest ever British professional world champions, winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) title at the age of 22.
Khan won the Commonwealth lightweight title in 2007. A year later, he won the WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title when he beat Martin Kristjansen via TKO. Later that year, he would lose the title to Breidis Prescott via KO, in one of the biggest upsets in British boxing history. His next three fights saw him win the vacant WBA International lightweight title, the vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title, and the WBA light-welterweight title. He made his US debut against Paulie Malignaggi in May 2010, where he retained his WBA light-welterweight title. In 2011, he won the IBF light-welterweight title when he beat Zab Judah via KO in the fifth round. In July 2012, he lost the WBA (Super) light welterweight title against Danny Garcia. Later that year, he won the vacant WBC Silver interim light-welterweight title when he beat Carlos Molina via RTD. In 2014, he beat Luis Collazo for the WBA International and vacant WBC Silver welterweight titles. Between 2016 and 2019, Khan challenged for the WBC, The Ring middleweight titles and the WBO welterweight title. In July 2019, he won the vacant WBC International welterweight title when he beat Billy Dib via TKO in the fourth round.
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