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  • 121Ali Pasha — of Tepelen or of Yannina, the Lion of Yannina , (1741 ndash; January 24, 1822) was the ruler (pasha) of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire s European territory which was also called European Turkey. His court was in Ioannina.His name …

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  • 122Ferdinand de Lesseps — Infobox Engineer image width = 150px caption = PAGENAME name = PAGENAME nationality = France birth date = November 191805 birth place = Versailles death date = December 71894 death place = La Chenaie education = spouse = parents = children =… …

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  • 123James Merrill — James Merill Born March 3, 1926(1926 03 03) New York City, New York, United States Died February 6, 1995(1995 02 06) Tucson, Arizona Occupation Poet …

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  • 124Harem (disambiguation) — May have the following possible meanings:* Harem, the ḥarîm حريم (cf. ḥaram ) is the part of the household forbidden to male strangers * Imperial Harem (Ottoman), in the Seraglio palace of Topkapi, was a major part of the Ottoman Sultan s court * …

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  • 125David Roberts (painter) — David Roberts in 1844 David Roberts RA (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced during the 1840s from… …

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  • 1261782 in music — Events * August 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber. * William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden. Published popular music *Robert Burns John Barleycorn (original version from 16th century) Classical music *… …

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  • 127Odalisque — This article is about the women in the Ottoman Empire. For other uses, see Odalisque (disambiguation). Grande Odalisque painted by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1814) An odalisque (Turkish: Odalık …

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  • 128John de Lancie — Infobox actor name = John de Lancie caption = John de Lancie, 2007 birthdate = birth date and age|1948|03|20 location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesJohn de Lancie (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor. He is known for his… …

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