Minbari

The Minbari are a fictional alien race featured in the television show Babylon 5. The Minbari characters of Delenn, Lennier, Neroon, Draal, and Dukhat figure prominently in the series. The fictional planet of Minbar is the homeworld of the Minbari race. The planet and race were named by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski after the Islamic pulpit known as a minbar. They use base-eleven mathematics but also place a great emphasis on the numbe... more

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