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
"And now close the gates!" commanded the Sultan; and immediately he sent orders to the warders of all the gates of Stambul to let nobody either out or in.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór
Two hours after midnight a horseman arrived who had forced his way through Stambul, his good steed collapsing as it reached the cypress grove of Bekshishtash.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór
Then Bulgaria and Albania were subjugated, the sea shore was reached, and only the Hæmus Mountains stood between the invaders and Stambul.
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
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