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  Barbarossa - LoveToKnow 1911
Khizr became a potter and Isaak a trader.
In an action with a galley of the Knights of Saint John, then established at Rhodes, Elias was killed and Arouj taken prisoner; the latter was ransomed by a Turkish pasha and returned to the sea.
During the remainder of his life - till 1547 - Barbarossa, though still beylerbey of northern Africa, was mainly engaged as capitan pasha in co-operating with the armies of the sultan Suleiman in the east.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Barbarossa   (1014 words)

  
 [No title]
He was a coasting trader and skipper, and had four sons—Elias, Isaak, Arouj and Khizr, all said to have been born after 1482.
At Tunis he was joined by Khizr, who took, or was endowed with, the name of Khair-ed-Din.
During the remainder of his life—till,547—Barbarossa, though still beylerbey of northern Africa, was mainly engaged as capitan pasha in co-operating with the armies of the sultan Suleiman in the east.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=6893&locale=en   (851 words)

  
 El Khidr in the Popular Religion of Turkey (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ilyas and Khizr sit down by a fountain to eat their repast, consisting of dried fish; the fish falling into the waters, comes to life, and thus the seekers are made aware that they have found the Fountain of Life, from which both drink.
The conception of Khidr as the protector of travellers is derived for Moslems primarily from Khidr’s own travels as related in the Koran, the Koranic ‘type’ of traveller naturally becoming the patron of travellers in general.
Aatik All Pasha was a vizir and died in 1511.
khidr.org.cob-web.org:8888 /khidr-turkey.htm   (5634 words)

  
 Ottoman Periods Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One, Ibrahim Pasha (Ýbrahim Paþa) was to rise to become Grand Vizier for 13 years.
The other, a captured Ukrainian and daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest, Aleksandra Lisowska (also known by several other names including Khourrem), was to rise through the ranks of the Harem to become his favorite wife, to the surprise of the empire and the international community.
During the remainder of his life till 1547Barbarossa, though still beylerbey of northern Africa, was mainly engaged as capitan pasha in co-operating with the armies of the sultan Suleiman in the east.
michaelreport.com /history/west/anatolia/ottomans/discussions/ottoman_periods_notes.html   (11772 words)

  
 Hablillah Theological Exercises
I took the Musa and Khizr story from Surah al-Kahf and interspersed it with poems about Khizr and guidance, about love and my friends, about broken relationships and community.
Khizr, in the Qur'an, isn't named at all, but is just Musa's guide.
Musa goes looking for this guide who had Knowledge from God, and Musa wanted to be the same kind of knowledge, an "Allah wala" as we say in Urdu, a man who belongs to God.
hablillah.blogspot.com   (2757 words)

  
 Harar Network | Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The warrior used to hold frequent conversations with El Khizr: on one occasion, when sitting upon a rock, still called Gay Humburti—Harar’s Navel—he begged that some Sherif might be brought from Meccah, to aid him in building a permanent city.
By the use of the “Great Name” the vagrant prophet instantly summoned from Arabia the Sherif Yunis, his son Fakr el Din, and a descendant from the Ansar or Auxiliaries of the Prophet: they settled at Harar, which throve by the blessing of their presence.
The Pasha took them under his protection, and on the 14th January, 1856, the “Queen” steamer was despatched from Bombay, with orders to assist the government and to suppress the contest.
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 The Land of Midian, by Richard F. Burton (chapter5)
Very dark, with the left eye clean gone, this worthy appeared pretentiously dressed in the pink of Desert fashion—a scarlet cloak, sheepskin-lined, and bearing a huge patch of blue cloth between the shoulders; a crimson caftan, and red morocco boots with irons resembling ice-cramps at the heels.
Khizr tents in the Hismá, and his manners are wild and rough as his dwelling-place; possibly manly, brusque certainly, like the Desert Druzes of the Jebel Haurán.
Not the least pleasant part of our evening’s work was collecting information concerning the origin of the tribes inhabiting modern Midian; and, as on such occasions a mixed multitude was always present, angry passions were often let rise.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burton/richard/b97m/chapter5.html   (7335 words)

  
 The Life of Master Tara Singh - Message Board - ezboard.com
Jinnah dodged by inviting the Sikhs to set forth their demands in writing and by citing the instance of Zaghlul Pasha of Egypt.
Zaghlul Pasha, he said, asked the Copts, the Christian minority, to give him their charter of demands.
The Punjab had a coalition government headed by Khizr Hayat Khan with the Congress and Akali Dal as partners.
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 Condottieri di ventura
On the day of this desolate embarcation the herald blew upon his trumpet the "Salute and Farewell" and the identical instrument upon which this call was sounded is still preserved in the armoury at Malta, to which barren island the knights were forced to retreat.
Jerba had originally been conquered and occupied by the Spaniards in 1431, but the occupation had been allowed to lapse, and the island was lying derelict when the Barbarossas made it their headquarters.
Here Uruj was joined by his younger brother Khizr, destined to become so much the more famous of the two; he had already made himself some reputation in piratical circles, and now brought his cool judgment and wise counsel to the assistance of that fiery fighting man his elder brother.
www.corsaridelmediterraneo.it /ebook/sea-wolves.htm   (11755 words)

  
 Notes
Sa'id Halim Pasha (1838-1914), prominent Ottoman statesman, also preached Pan-Islam.
Khizr, a mysterious figure in Moslem legend, acted as guide to Alexander in his quest for the Water of Immortality.
Abraham, stated in the Koran to have been the builder of the Kaaba at Mecca, is represented as the first great champion of monotheism against idolatry.
allamaiqbal.com /works/poetry/persian/javidnama/translation/notes.htm   (2642 words)

  
 The Land of Midian, Vol. 1, by Richard Burton : Arthur's Classic Novels
General Stone (Pasha), the Chief of Staff, also rendered me some assistance, by lending the instruments which stood in his own cabinet de travail.
The Russo-Turkish campaign, which had been unjustifiably allowed, by foreign Powers, to drain Egypt of her gold and life-blood -- some 25,000 men since the beginning of the Servian prelude -- not only caused "abundant sorrow" to the capital, but also frightened off the stranger-host, which habitually supplies the poorer population with sovereigns and napoleons.
The poor lad, aged only eighteen, had met us at the Suez station, delighted with the prospect of another journey; he had neglected his health; and, after a suppression of two days, which he madly concealed, gangrene set in, and he died a painful death at the hospital during the night preceding our departure.
arthursclassicnovels.com /arthurs/burton/8mid110.html   (19853 words)

  
 BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard") - Online Information article about BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")
Rhodes, Elias was killed and Arouj taken prisoner; the latter was ransomed by a Turkish See also:
In 1534 he seized Tunis, acting as capitan pasha for the sultan See also:
remainder of his life—till,547—Barbarossa, though still beylerbey of northern Africa, was mainly engaged as capitan pasha in co-operating with the armies of the sultan Suleiman in the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAI_BAR/BARBAROSSA_Redbeard_.html   (980 words)

  
 Volume 9 Footnotes
He never failed to shoot a runaway, and all his officers, even the lieutenants, were Turks or Albanians.
Sa'id Pasha was the first to appoint Fellah-officers and under their command the Egyptian soldier, one of the best in the East, at once became the worst.
It is generally believed that Ismail Pasha, whose unwise deposition has caused the English Government such a host of troubles and load of obloquy, aspired to be named "'Azíz" by the Porte; but was compelled to be satisfied with Khadív (vulg.
www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Vol_9/v9notes.htm   (11587 words)

  
 txt_050_after (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Toward the end of the same month of Rebi-ul-Sani we reached Bagdad, where we were most hospitably received by Khizr Pasha.
Ali Pasha received me there with marked distinction; I delayed a short time to visit the grave of Abdul Wahab Ghazi, and to call upon Ali Baba, who gave me his blessing.
From Beybazari we came to Boli, touched Modurn, and on to Kunik, where is the grave of Sheikh Shemseddin; next we came to Tarakli Yenidje and Keive, with the bridge over the Sakaria river, past Agadj-Deniz, on to Sabandja and Iznikmid/15/ and the grave of Nebi Khodja.
www.columbia.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/sidialireis/txt_050_after.html   (3282 words)

  
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Till the unhappy English occupation of Egypt, the grand old Kil'ah (Citadel) contained the palace of the Pasha and the lodgings and offices of the various officials.
[FN#20] When Mohammed Ali Pasha (the "Great") began to rule, he found Cairo "stifled" with filth, and gave orders that each householder, under pain of confiscation, should keep the street before his house perfectly clean.
Whilst Mohammed Ali Pasha occupied the province he forbade "scarification" under pain of impalement, but it was resumed the moment he left Al-Asir.
www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Sn_2/v12notes.htm   (10778 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Sidi Ali Reis (16th Century CE): Mirat ul Memalik ("The Mirror of Countries")
So we dismissed the vessel, which Mustafa Pasha had sent as an escort, with the message that Ormuz was safely passed.
The ships (gurabs) of the infidel fleet had likewise taken on board the crews of their sunken vessels, and as there were Arabs amongst them, they also had found shelter on the Arabian coast.
From Beybazari we came to Boli, touched Modurn, and on to Kunik, where is the grave of Sheik Shemseddin; next we came to Tarakli Yenidje and Keive, with the bridge over the Sakaria river, past Agadj-Deniz, on to Sabandja and Iznikmid and the grave of Nebi Khodja.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/16CSidi1.html   (16944 words)

  
 Pakistan Christian Post
Kashmiri Pandit Sahaj Ram Sapru, the grandfather of Allama Iqbal would have never been touched by a whim of such a potentially dawning glory engendered through the sublimity of a poetic genius while converting to Islam and named Sheikh Rafiq.
From legendary Khizr I take the water and into goblet fling.
Whereas Byron does not plead Khizr and gets it out of his own soul:
www.pakistanchristianpost.com /articledetails.php?artid=262   (2459 words)

  
 The Bektashi Order of Sufi Dervishes (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The sect increased steadily throughout the country, except in the Catholic areas (to the North).
Mehmet II's suppression may not have been unconnected with the fact that Ali Pasha Tepelenë, war-lord of Epirus (much of which has since been swallowed up by Greece), had become a convert.
The mihmandar, or the officer charged with attending upon the guests of the takia, called after Khizr (Hýzýr).
www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /albanian4.htm   (4650 words)

  
 Salaam Knowledge
Author of Tabqat Akbari, a history of India...
A king of Delhi Khizr was the founder of S...
The author of a mystical Masanwi in Gujrati c...
www.salaam.co.uk /knowledge/biography/bio_letter.php?letter=k   (276 words)

  
 First footsteps in East Africa, by Richard Burton (chapter8)
A prince of many titles: he is generally called Wanag Suggad, “feared amongst the lions,” because he spent the latter years of his life in the wild.
This exploit has been erroneously attributed to Nur, the successor of Mohammed.
This weight, as usual in the East, varies at every port.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burton/richard/b97f/chapter8.html   (13102 words)

  
 The Land of Midian, by Richard F. Burton
On board were Sefer Pasha, our host of Castle Bertoldstein; and my learned friends, the Aulic Councillor Alfred von Kremer, Austrian Commissioner to Egypt, and Dr. Heinrich Brugsch–Bey.
—while the fifth, or Mediterraneo–Alexandrian day, killed two of the seventeen fine horses, Yuckers and Anglo–Normans, which Sefer Pasha was conveying to Cairo.
The Russo–Turkish campaign, which had been unjustifiably allowed, by foreign Powers, to drain Egypt of her gold and life-blood—some 25,000 men since the beginning of the Servian prelude—not only caused “abundant sorrow” to the capital, but also frightened off the stranger-host, which habitually supplies the poorer population with sovereigns and napoleons.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burton/richard/b97m/b97m.html   (19947 words)

  
 Algeria
1544 - 1546 Hasan Pasha (1st time) (d.
1577 - 1580 Hasan Pasha Veneziano (1st time) (d.
1589 - 1592 Khizr (or Haydar) Pasha (d.
worldstatesmen.org /Algeria.html   (2050 words)

  
 Geography, Telecast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Brown Rab Girl Fish - A Muslim girl who has turned into a fish - where's Khizr?
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
All contents copyright Kyla Pasha unless otherwise noted.
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 Iqbal in Years
Gave a Lecture oil "The Intellectual World of Islam and Spain" at Madrid University.
Presided over a meeting at Jamia Millia Islamia, Dehli - the speech of Ghazi Rauf Pasha.
Gave a speech- at Jamia Millia Islamia attended the Dinner given by Professor Mohammed Mujeeb.
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 Shaikh Siddiqui
Iqbal's poetry underwent several phases of evolution from Romanticism ('Nala-e-Yateem' and 'Abr-e-Guhar Bar') to South Asian Nationalism ('Tasvir-e-Dard', 'Naya Shivala' and 'Tarana-e-Hindi') and finally to Pan-Islamism ('Shakva', 'Sham-o-Shair', 'Jawab-e-Shakva', 'Khizr- e-Rah' and 'Tulu-e-Islam').
The local governor requested help from the Ottoman empire.
When the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Suleiman Pasha heard this, he left Suez on the 15th of Moharram of the Year 945 Hijri (1538 A.D.) with a well-equipped fleet of 80 vessels.
journals.aol.com /siddiquishaikh/ShaikhSiddiqui   (7327 words)

  
 1001 Nights Vol 10 by Burton, Richard - Chapter 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
regain his natal land, falls in with Khizr; and the Green
not a few who, like Khayri Pasha, contend that the mathematic is
Bey, literato and professor; Kemál Bey, held by some to be the
www.literaturepost.com /chapter/1635.html   (13015 words)

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