Raban

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Raban may refer to: Music and culture • Raban (drum), a traditional single-headed drum mainly used in Sri Lanka, particularly in ritual ceremonies and Sinhalese folk music ⸻ Toponymy and history • Raban, the historical name of the city of Araban, located in the present-day province of Gaziantep, Turkey • Battle of Raban, a military confrontation that took place in the autumn of 958 between the Byzantine Empire and the Hamdanid dynasty, near Araban • Raban, a village located in Albania • Raban, an ancient medieval principality in Serbia, attested in medieval historical sources ⸻ Religious and historical figures • Hrabanus Maurus (c. 780–856), sometimes called Raban, Benedictine monk, theologian and Frankish scholar, Archbishop of Mainz, major figure of the Carolingian Renaissance • Rabban Bar Sauma (c.…

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1. date of birth: 1934 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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