Bek
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Bek or BEK may refer to:
- Bek, an alternative spelling of BeyBeyBey is a title for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. Accoding to some sources, the word "Bey" is of Turkish language In historical accounts, many Turkish, other Turkic and Persian leaders are titled Bey, Beg, Bek, Bay, Baig or Beigh. They are all the same word...
, master - Khagan BekKhagan Bek-History:Khazar kingship was divided between the khagan and the Bek or Khagan Bek. Contemporary Arab historians related that the Khagan was purely a spiritual ruler or figurehead with limited powers, while the Bek was responsible for administration and military affairs.In the Khazar Correspondence,...
, the title of the king of the Khazars - Bek Ohmsford, a character in the Shannara series of books
- Bruce Eric KaplanBruce Eric KaplanBruce Eric Kaplan, known as BEK, is an American cartoonist whose single-panel cartoons frequently appear in The New Yorker. His cartoons are known for their signature simplistic style and often dark humor. Kaplan is also a screenwriter and has worked on Seinfeld and on Six Feet Under...
, a cartoonist for The New Yorker - Bek (sculptor)Bek (sculptor)Bek was chief royal sculptor during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten. His father Men held the same position under Akhenaten's father Amenhotep III; his mother Roi was a woman from Heliopolis....
or Bak, an ancient Egyptian sculptor - Garryn BekGarryn BekGarryn Bek of the planet Cairn is a fictional extraterrestrial character published by DC Comics. Created by Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo, and Todd McFarlane, the character first appeared in Invasion! #1 , and went on to become a founding member of L.E.G.I.O.N..-Publication history:As a member of the...
, a fictional police officer from DC Comics - A Bek, a minor-character Hork-Bajir child in Animorphs book 23
- Bek, birthname of the American musician BeckBeckBeck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
- Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, a media lab for artists in Norway
- Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft, a type of pulp made from Eucalyptus