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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
Twelve thousand Janissaries, joined with the rabble of Stambul, are attacking the gates at the very time when the orchestra is playing its liveliest airs in the illuminated hall.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór
"You can more easily defend us at Stambul than here," said Dame Béldi; and Béldi saw that that was a word spoken in season.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r
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
Ali Pasha was as well known in Stambul as Gaskho Bey.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór
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