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 Osman I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osman I (1258–1326) (Ottoman عُثمَان) was born in 1258 and inherited the title bey (chief) from his father, Ertuğrul, as the ruler of the village of Söğüt in 1281.
He discoursed so eloquently on this theme to the young chief of Eskişehir, that the listener fell in love with Mal Hatun upon word of mouth; and, going to her father, demanded her hand for himself.
One day when Osman and his brother Goundonroulp were at the castle of their neighbor, the lord of Ineani, an armed force suddenly appeared at the gate, led by the chieftain of Eskişehir and his ally, Michael of the Peaked Beard, the Greek lord of Khirenkia, a fortified city at the foot of Phrygian Olympus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osman_I   (1664 words)

  
 Chief Bey: 1913-2004
African drum master Chief Bey died on cancer at the age of 91 on April 8, 2004.
A member of Babatunde Olatunji's group Drums of Passion, Bey was one of the most popular African drummers on the jazz crossover scene.
At Chief Bey's funeral his wife, retired nurse Barbara Kenyatta Bey, collapsed and was hospitalized.
www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1083437436   (239 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ottoman Empire
Bey is the Turkish word for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups.
Bey is the Turkish word for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups In historical accounts, many Turkish and Persian leaders are titled bey, beg or beigh.
Later Sinan was promoted chief architect and was given the privilege of design, develop and implementation of the captured cities (according to the city plan).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ottoman-Empire   (10023 words)

  
 Chief Bey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chief Bey, born James Hawthorne Bey, (April 17, 1913 - April 8, 2004) was an American jazz percussionist and African folklorist.
Born in Yamassee, South Carolina, he moved with his family to Brooklyn and then to Harlem, where he began playing drums and singing in church choirs.
His widow, Barbara Kenyatta Bey (born Barbara Ann Coleman in Harlem on June 9, 1944), a priestess of the Yemaja religion, collapsed at his funeral and died on April 17.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbara_Kenyatta_Bey   (216 words)

  
 There Are No Coincidences: A Tale of Synchronicity
Or Meditations on Jim Pepper, Chief Bey, Milford Graves, a Heron and a Flock of Geese
Item: Drummer Chief Bey was born James Hawthorne Bey, in South Carolina on April 17, 1913.
It was the first time I’d seen the magazine and I picked it up mostly to see if it might be a good venue for a project I’ve been working at, on and off (though more off than on), for years - a tribute to saxophonist Jim Pepper.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=16997   (1551 words)

  
 CHIEF BEY (1912-2004) in
Leggo (e riporto) la notizia della scomparsa di Chief Bey, celebre percussionista che ha suonato con mezzo mondo (e alla sua veneranda età, appena tre-quattro anni fa, ancora incideva col World Saxophone Quartet).
Bey, known to his students and on recordings as Chief Bey, performed in an international tour of "Porgy and Bess" starring Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway in the 1950s.
Bey was born James Hawthorne in Yamassee, S.C..
www.radiologiaforli.it /message_1213.asp   (557 words)

  
 Daley Aide Lee Bey to Join SOM
At SOM, Bey's chief duties will include enhancing and shaping the firm's presence in the local, national and international news media.
Bey was also a key adviser on a number of major projects including the redesign of Soldier Field and the planned Joffrey Ballet Co. headquarters in downtown Chicago.
Bey, who is listed in "Who's Who in America," lives in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood with his wife and four children.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-09-2004/0002106073&EDATE=   (496 words)

  
 Chief - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
* In heraldry, a chief is a band of colour or metal making up the top (usually the top third or slightly less) of a shield.
The term "in chief" is also used in heraldry to refer to a position towards the top of the shield.
Chief is also used as an informal form of address for a supervisor or manager.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Chief.html   (192 words)

  
 The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
On Wednesday the 5th January 2005 the chief of investigations went to the village with a large number of detectives and investigations officers at around 3 a.m.
I found Mohamed Bey Ammar, chief of investigations on top of me while I was asleep in bed, and they were destroying all the houses without giving a thought to the inviolability of the home; All the houses had women sleeping in them, but they didn't care.
That forces from the Damanhour police station led by chief of investigations Mohamed Ammar had used excessive force against the residents of Sarando was made clear to the fact-finding mission by the high number of arrests and the damage to homes and personal possessions.
www.eohr.org /report/2005/re0321.htm   (3264 words)

  
 The Martialist: The Magazine For Those Who Fight Unfairly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Bey, 36 and a resident of the Syracuse area for the last 13 years, has been training under Sifu Frank Yee since 1987.
One of the things that characterizes Sifu Bey's Kung Fu instruction is the full-contact nature of the training, a gradual conditioning process that builds to fairly impressive force used among the students and their teacher.
Weapons training in Sifu Bey's school involves extensive use of traditional weaponry, such as the broadsword, saber, pole (staff), tiger fork, kwan dao, "mother sun knives" (the butterfly swords known to many Kung Fu practitioners), spears, and iron fan.
www.themartialist.com /0803/hungga.htm   (2225 words)

  
 VAR: Naki Keykurun memoirs by Tomris Azeri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ahmed bey Agaoglu, one of the Azerbaijani national leaders who was an editor of a major newspaper in Baku and popular with general population and especially the intellectuals, arrived in Genje.
Zulfugar bey Bagirbeyli was killed by a stray bullet in a remote village of Olti in the Caucasus in the second year of World War I (1915).
Alekber bey Rafibeyli (retired), Halil bey Hasmemmedli (lawyer and mayor of Genje) and Ismail Khan (lawyer and grandson of late Javad Khan of Genje) departed to Tiflis.
www.zerbaijan.com /azeri/tomrisbook1.htm   (17759 words)

  
 Discoveries At Nineveh
During the occupation of Asheetha by the Kurds, Zeinel (Page 127) Bey fortified himself with a few men in the house constructed by the Americans; and the position was so strong, that, holding it against all the attempts of the Tiyari to dislodge him, he kept the whole of the valley in subjection.
He had been among the first seized by Beder Khan Bey; and having been kept by that chief as a kind of hostage, he had been continually with him, during the attack on the Tiyari, and had witnessed all the scenes of bloodshed which is so graphically described.
The threatened invasion of Tkhoma by Beder Khan Bey, was the chief subject of conversation, and caused great excitement among the inhabitants of Raola.
mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Layard/DiscNineveh07.html   (15544 words)

  
 CNN - Gourds and a griot open world of storytelling - April 17, 1998
If Winfield was the originator and Donna Tait one of the tireless teachers and organizers, it is Chief Bey who is the shaman.
It's just what Bey told Tait when she was a young dancer.
Bey looks on, brought here by his student to teach her students.
www.cnn.com /books/news/9804/17/gourds/index.html   (827 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Orhan I Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Orhan or Orkhan was the bey of the newborn Ottoman Empire from 1326 to 1359.
Orhan or Orkhan was the bey (chief) of the newborn Ottoman Empire (at the time known as the Osmanli tribe) from 1326 to 1359.
Orhan conquered most of eastern Anatolia and took part of the political upheaval of the decaying Byzantine Empire by marrying Helen, the daughter of John VI Cantacuzenus the alienated guardian of Emperor John V Palaeologus.
www.ipedia.com /orhan_i.html   (179 words)

  
 African Culture Online - African Culture Forums, News, Articles, Photos, Radio - Barbara Kenyatta Bey — Ogun re lekun
Barbara Kenyatta Bey, nee Barbara Ann Coleman was born in Harlem Hospital, New York City on June 9, 1944 to John Coleman, Sr.
The heat of a million thunderbolts rising thru his soul Chief Bey roars with laughter and replies in his thunderous voice “It is so.” A long life of marriage, love, respect and friendship resulted.
On her way, there is Chief Bey sitting by a tree, smoking his pipe, carving a piece of wood with a tear in his eye, thinking “it is the day of my birth and I am here without my Barbara.
www.africancultureonline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=71   (1383 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Obituaries in the news
James Hawthorne Bey, a jazz percussionist and African folklorist who recorded with such artists as Art Blakey and Herbie Mann, died Thursday of stomach cancer, said Garland Roberts, a cousin.
NEW YORK (AP) -- James Hawthorne Bey, a jazz percussionist and African folklorist who recorded with such artists as Art Blakey and Herbie Mann, died Thursday of stomach cancer, said Garland Roberts, a cousin.
Bey was still drumming in public as recently as October, when he performed at a drum symposium at New York University.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/04/12/obituaries_in_the_news?mode=PF   (1215 words)

  
 INS Scholarship 1998: Napoleon in Egypt: The Battle of Chobrakit
But not very much changed under the rule of Constantinople¹s sultan, and the beys, local overlords risen from the ranks of the Mamelukes, perpetuated exploitation of the farmers and laborers by means of the glittering, armed and deadly dangerous horsemen, the Mamelukes themselves.
Bonaparte later reported they "showed a great deal of courage in difficult moments." [33] Two small boats under orders to come in close to shore to pick up any wounded foot soldiers, may have been the two that ran ashore and were abandoned by their crews, then later reclaimed.
[34] Boyer's chief complaint against the Mamelukes at Chobrakit was that they kept the Frenchmen out in the blazing sun most of the day; he felt that Bonaparte "temporized" and did not slaughter the enemy so that he could judge the fighting style of the enemy.
www.napoleon-series.org /ins/scholarship98/c_chobrakit.html   (5215 words)

  
 Articles
The Chief Bey and Eubie Blake tribute is part of CBJC's ongoing commitment to honor those musicians who have contributed greatly to the continual development of Jazz.
Born in 1913, Chief Bey is a living legend.
Known throughout the country as an African American drummer, Chief Bey is a Brooklyn folk hero whose contributions are far reaching.
cbjc24.7p.com /articles.html   (981 words)

  
 BookPage Fiction Review: Effendi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ashraf Bey, a young man with a troubled past, has been dropped into the job of police chief.
Bey is an outsider in the city and so is somewhat immune to the web of deceit and polite lies the city's rulers live by.
But Bey is drawn into the city by (supposed) family ties: he has to take custody of his computer genius niece, Hani.
www.bookpage.com /0509bp/fiction/effendi.html   (312 words)

  
 KAYGUSUZ ABDAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
On recovering from his shock, Gaybi Bey kisses the hand of the revered Abdal Musa and entreats him to be allowed Abdal Musa and entreats him to be allowed to enter his service.
Gaybi Bey pronounces that henceforth he will not lecve the convent even if permission to stay there is not granted.
Teke Bey orders the bushes to be set alinght with the intention of burning Abdal Musa and his followers, but dancing the sema they pass thorugh the flames unscathed and extinguish them completely.
www.ttk.gov.tr /ingilizce/yayinlar/kaygusuzoz.htm   (629 words)

  
 CNN.com - Singapore Airlines picks new chief - Jan. 16, 2003
The decision was a shock to many observers, with another top executive, Bey Soo Khiang, widely touted as the next chief.
Bey joined the company in 2000 after retiring as head of Singapore's armed forces and was promoted, with Chew, in March 2002.
The board may have resisted picking Bey as its new leader to avoid the perception that state-owned companies are places for government and military officials to get cushy jobs in retirement.
www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/asia/01/16/singapore.airlines/index.html   (333 words)

  
 <ragtime6>   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Hamiet Bluiett Quartet, the Nana Kimati Dinizulu percussion group, and the Blue Coda ensemble with dancers Mickey Davidson and Ron McKay, perform a Tribute to Chief Bey and Eubie Blake.
This is a performance of semi-theatrical inspiration, dedicated to Eubie Blake, brilliant stride pianist and author of one of the most famous Afro-American revues in history, Shuffle Along.
Chief Bey was one of the greatest jazz percussionists, famous for his work in Porgy and Bess by Gershwin, with Cab Calloway.
www.hellomilano.com /content/ragtime6.htm   (159 words)

  
 Obituaries in the news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Barbara Kenyatta Bey, the widow of jazz percussionist and African folklorist James Hawthorne Bey and a priestess of the Yoruba religion, died Saturday after collapsing at her husband's funeral last week.
Barbara Bey collapsed at a Brooklyn church April 13 and was taken to a hospital, where she died Saturday, said Garland Roberts, James Bey's cousin.
James Bey, who was known professionally as Chief Bey and recorded with such artists as Art Blakey and Herbie Mann before turning to teaching, died of cancer April 8.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/21/national0627EDT0507.DTL   (715 words)

  
 Daley Aide Lee Bey to Join SOM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
CHICAGO, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) announced today the appointment of Lee Bey, deputy chief of staff for planning and design for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, as director of media and governmental affairs.
Bey, 38, spent three years as Mayor Daley's senior architectural design adviser.
Founded in 1936, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is one of the world's leading architecture, urban design, engineering, and interior architecture firms.
www.dezignare.com /whatshot/2004february/9.SOM.html   (501 words)

  
 Islamic History: The Ottoman Empire - ReligionFacts.com
The founder and bey (chief) of the tribe was Ertoğrül, the father of Osman I. When Ertoğrül died in 1281, Osman became the leader of the tribe.
In 1299 the Byzantine city Bilecik fell to Osman I. It was but the first of many cities and villages to fall into the hands of the Turks during the 1300s and 1310s.
Orhan died in 1360 and left a growing empire to his son and successor, Murad I. Murad advanced the reformation of the state and founded such entities as the divan (the government and advisors), the beylerbey (great chief), the kaziasker (military judge) and the defterdar (financial minister).
www.religionfacts.com /islam/history/ottoman.htm   (7013 words)

  
 Egun Mama Khandi  These are the Ancestors whose names i call  3 times per day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Daddy Poston was a rock in the same church and they werea dads to those of us who didn't have one.
Michael Olatunde and Chief Bey, i knew Michael who was/is my "cousin" as Iya Ojo Kamara is the relationship link between he and i.
Chief Bey allowed me to play sekere with him and agogo.
www.geocities.com /spirit_of_blackness/egun_mama_khandi.htm   (1246 words)

  
 African Music Encyclopedia: Papa Ladji Camara
In January 1959, Ladji met the legendary drummer Chief Bey.
After performing, Papa Ladji would meet Chief Bey at the "African Room" at 44th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
When Papa Ladji stated his dance company in the Bronx, Denise Bey was one of his first students.
www.africanmusic.org /artists/ladji.html   (770 words)

  
 Mapleshade Records - Chief Bey And Ilm Omo Olofi
Mapleshade Records - Chief Bey And Ilm Omo Olofi
You’ll hear Bey and his 6 priest-drummers surrounding you in a burning drums-and-voice session, seamlessly merging intense Yoruba rituals with fl spirituals.
The recording’s detail reproduces the slap of callused hands on goatskin drumheads; the imaging pinpoints each drummer’s ceremonial dancing and swaying.
www.mapleshaderecords.com /cds/05132.php   (117 words)

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