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minaretminaretmĭnərĕtˈ [key], tower, used in Islamic architecture, from which the faithful are called to prayer by a muezzin. Most mosques have one or more small towers…
(Encyclopedia) TiranëTiranëtēräˈnə [key] or TiranaTiranëtēräˈnä [key], city (1989 pop. 238,057), capital of Albania and of Tiranë dist., central Albania, on the Ishm River. It is the largest city and…
(Encyclopedia) Decatur, StephenDecatur, Stephendēkāˈtər [key], 1779–1820, American naval officer, b. Sinepuxent, near Berlin, Md.; son of a naval officer, Stephen Decatur. After joining the U.S. navy…
(Encyclopedia) Barbary States, term used for the North African states of Tripolitania, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. From the 16th cent. Tripolitania, Tunisia, and Algeria were autonomous provinces…
(Encyclopedia) Pamuk, OrhanPamuk, Orhanôrˈhän päˈm&oomacr;k [key], 1952–, Turkey's most celebrated contemporary novelist, studied Robert College (now Univ. of the Bosporus) and İstanbul Univ.…
(Encyclopedia) Tripolitan WarTripolitan Wartrĭpŏlˈĭtən [key], 1800–1815, conflict between the United States and the Barbary States. Piracy had become a normal source of income in the N African…
(Encyclopedia) Mamluk or MamelukeMamelukemămˈəl&oomacr;k [key] [Arab.,=slaves], a warrior caste dominant in Egypt and influential in the Middle East for over 700 years. Islamic rulers created…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Tunisian Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYModern Tunisians are…
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titles, terms used to designate degrees of sovereignty, nobility, and honor.
In the Muslim world the temporal successors of Muhammad received the title caliph (literally, “…
