Abengourou
Abengourou , town (1988 pop. 59,114), E Côte d'Ivoire. It is the commercial center for a region producing cacao, coffee, kola nuts, plantains, yams, manioc, and timber. The French established an administrative post in Abengourou in 1896.
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State, Islam, and religious liberty in modern Turkey: Reconfiguration of religion in the public sphere
Magazine article from: Brigham Young University Law Review; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...The first wave of reforms started under the reign of Selim III (1789-1807), who introduced the Nizam-i Cedid...on the idea of "liberty, equality and fraternity." Selim III invited French experts and teachers to train a newly created...
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The History of Turkey.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...provide the reviewer with a few points of disagreement. Howard states that Selim III "abdicated in favor of his cousin Mustafa IV" (57). In fact, however, Selim was assassinated by the revolting Janissary auxiliaries before he had a chance...
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Fine Islamic and Persian Court Art Up for Sale Includes Century Year Old Curtain which Once Guarded the Ka'Ba in Mecca.
News Wire article from: Middle East; 3/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...000. The lot (Lot 184) is the external curtain of the door of the Ka'ba created for the Ottoman Sultan Selim III, son of Mustafa III (reigned 1789-1807) in the year AD1220/AD 1805. Made of black silk the rectangular cloth is richly embroidered...
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Fine Islamic and Persian Court Art Up for Sale Includes Century Year Old Curtain which Once Guarded the Ka'Ba in Mecca
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 3/26/2006; 700+ words
; ...000. The lot (Lot 184) is the external curtain of the door of the Ka'ba created for the Ottoman Sultan Selim III, son of Mustafa III (reigned 1789-1807) in the year AD1220/AD 1805. Made of black silk the rectangular cloth is richly embroidered...
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Turkey: A Modern History.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...does little more than summarize previous studies of the founding years of the Ottoman reforms, the reigns of sultans Selim III (1789-1807) and Mahmud II (1808-39), and the Tanzimat era (1839-76). Because Zurcher focuses on the various...
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Napoleon's impact on international relations.
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Such a sense of superiority and arrogance coupled with a lack of sensitivity led to conflict. Although it was Sultan Selim III who declared war on France, there was no viable alternative response to the invasion of Egypt. Napoleon had almost casually...
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NELSON ARTEFACTS REACH pounds 2m AT AUCTION.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/22/2002; 411 words
; ...for pounds 270,650 including buyer's premium. And a sword believed to have been presented to the Admiral by Sultan Selim III after his victory against the French at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 made the biggest price of the day at more than...
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CULTURE-GREECE: RETURN OF ARTIFACTS DEBATED
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 2/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...by Lord Elgin (Thomas Bruce) the seventh Earl of Elgin, the 11th Earl of Kincardine, and ambassador of England to Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople. Apparently the Sultan had issued an edict permitting the Earl to...
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Geographical flags of the world: Turkey.(Country flag)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 5/1/2006; ; 691 words
; ...star, is believed to have been established in 1793, when the green flags of the Turkish Navy were replaced under Sultan Selim III. The five-pointed star is believed to have been introduced in around 1844. The flag is known as ay yildiz or 'moon...
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Sunday, April 7
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...date: 1509 - France declares war on Venice. 1652 - Dutch under van Riebeeck found Cape Town in South Africa. 1789 - Selim III of Turkey accedes to throne. 1897 - Turkey declares war on Greece. 1933 - A purge of Jews, socialists and democrats...
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Selim III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Selim III Selim III (1761-1808), the twenty-eighth Ottoman sultan, was a late-18th-century reformer who sought to end the stagnation and decay weakening the empire. Born on Dec. 24, 1761, Selim was the son of Mustafa III and successor...
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Selim II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Selim II (Selim the Drunkard), c.1524-1574, Ottoman sultan...received its first severe setback by Christians during Selim's reign in the naval defeat at Lepanto in 1571. He was succeeded by his son Murad III.
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Ottoman Military: Ottoman Navy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...of Abd ü lhamit I (1774 – 1789) and Selim III (1789 – 1807), scores of modern warships...some 40,000 sailors and marines. After the fall of Selim III (1807), the navy was again neglected, and its strength...
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Mahmud II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...son of Abdul Hamid I and cousin of the reforming ruler Selim III. Immured, as his predecessors had been, within the...other Osmanli through the instruction accorded him by Selim III between the latter's dethronement in May 1807 and his...
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Janissaries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...position. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, Selim III (r. 1789 – 1807) hesitatingly introduced a...eventually led a coalition of conservative forces that overthrew Selim and abolished his reforms (May 1807). An attempt by...
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