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Soliman

(Encyclopedia)Soliman. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Sulayman.

Solyman

(Encyclopedia)Solyman. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Sulayman.

Ahmad

(Encyclopedia)Ahmad. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Ahmed.

Balkan Wars

(Encyclopedia)Balkan Wars, 1912–13, two short wars, fought for the possession of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire. The outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War for the possession of Tripoli (1911) encourag...

Somaliland

(Encyclopedia)Somaliland, autonomous region and self-proclaimed independent state (2008 est. pop. 3,500,000), c.53,100 sq mi (137,600 sq km), NW Somalia. It is bordered on the N by the Gulf of Aden, on the E by the...

Bajazet

(Encyclopedia)Bajazet: For Ottoman sultans and princes thus named, use Beyazid.

Abdül Hamid

(Encyclopedia)Abdül Hamid. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Hamid.

Abdül Aziz

(Encyclopedia)Abdül Aziz. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Aziz.

Suleiman

(Encyclopedia)Suleiman or Süleyman. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Sulayman.

Moldavia

(Encyclopedia)Moldavia mŏldāˈvēə [key], historic Romanian province (c.14,700 sq mi/38,100 sq km), extending from the Carpathians in Romania east to the Dnieper River in Moldova. The region was part of the Ro...