Mogul

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Mogul may mean:

• Mogul is a powerful business leader also known as a Business magnate
• Horwich Mogul, a class of mixed traffic 2-6-0 steam locomotive built between 1926 and 1932
• LMS Stanier Mogul, a class of 2-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotive (built 1933-1934)
• Mogul (or 2-6-0), type of locomotive built from the early 1860s to the 1920s
• Mogul lamp (or six way lamp), a floor lamp which has a large center light bulb surrounded by three (or four) smaller bulbs
• Mogul skiing, a type of freestyle skiing where skiers try to pass different bumps or moguls
• Mongols, one or several ethnic groups
• Mughal Empire, or any member of its ruling dynasty
• Project Mogul, a top secret project by the US Army Air Forces involving high altitude balloons, whose primary purpose was long-distance detection of sound waves generated by Soviet atomic bomb tests and ballistic missiles

[edit] Business

• Federal-Mogul Corporation, a major automotive parts supplier based in Southfield, Michigan, USA
• MOGUL motor oil, motor oils produced by the refinery PARAMO (http://www.paramo.cz), Pardubice, Czech Republic, Europe

[edit] Entertainment

• Baseball Mogul, a series of baseball simulation computer games created by Clay Dreslough and first published in 1997
• Casino Mogul, an economic simulation game for Windows
• Hollywood Mogul, a computer game released in 1997 that allows players to take charge of a movie studio
• Mammoth Mogul, a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog comics
• Mogul/The Troubleshooters, a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972
• Mogul Thrash, a former progressive rock band from the United Kingdom active in the early 1970s
• Mr. Mogul, a character from the American animated television series Codename: Kids Next Door
• The Moguls, a comedy film written and directed by Michael Traeger, released in 2005

[edit] Places

• Verdi-Mogul, Nevada, a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States