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
"I have just come from the Sultan, and I have brought with me his firman, in which he summons her to Stambul; not a hair of her head is to be crumpled."
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
Stambul was literally turned upsidedown, and the dregs were swimming on the surface.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
Early next morning the people of Stambul read the fetva, which was posted up at every corner.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
I fancy I am living at Stambul, and looking out of the window am amazed that I do not see the Bosphorus.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
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