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''Of Kurdistan and Luristan, and of the countries of Rumelia and Anatolia and Karaman and Wallachia and Moldavia and Hungary all together, and of many more worthy kingdoms of countries.'' |
''Of Kurdistan and Luristan, and of the countries of Rumelia and Anatolia and Karaman and Wallachia and Moldavia and Hungary all together, and of many more worthy kingdoms of countries.'' |
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''Sultan and Padishah.'' }} |
''Sultan and Padishah.'' }} |
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* Speaking of Ottoman sultans, the letter of Sultan Mahmud IV to the Zaporogian Cossacks. And, topping that, the [http://www.thescreamonline.com/art/art7-1/repin/repin.html Cossacks' reply]. |
* Speaking of Ottoman sultans, the letter of Sultan Mahmud IV to the Zaporogian Cossacks. And, topping that, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140119111704/http://www.thescreamonline.com/art/art7-1/repin/repin.html Cossacks' reply]. |
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** That reply is probably a fake, though. |
** That reply is probably a fake, though. |
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* Atahualpa, the final sovereign emperor of the Inca empire, had such a (possibly ahistorical) boast to the Spanish when they told him his land had been granted to them by the Pope: |
* Atahualpa, the final sovereign emperor of the Inca empire, had such a (possibly ahistorical) boast to the Spanish when they told him his land had been granted to them by the Pope: |