noun
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Pierre Stambul, activist with the Union of French Jews for Peace which supported Abudaqa's challenge in court, said she hadn't held a senior position in the group for more than twenty years.
From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2023
Azya offered Zosia for sale without hesitation; an old Stambul merchant, a rich person, bought her for his son.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
It is the Franc quarter of the city, separated no doubt from Stambul by the Golden Horn, and undoubtedly very beautiful.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
The first Job's-messenger which reached him was the Arnaut horseman, who had escaped from Stambul, and whom the Sultan's Tartars had pursued as far as Adrianople.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór
At the very hour when Kucsuk Pasha arrived at Stambul, Master Ladislaus Székely, whom Master Michael Teleki had sent with rich presents to the Porte, likewise dismounted from his carriage.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
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