calico
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In Istanbul's white-domed alabaster Dolma-baghche Palace, in other days the home of sultans and califs, President Kamal Atat�rk, long ill, died of cirrhosis of the liver.
From Time Magazine Archive
The favour of three successive califs had filled his house with gold and silver; and, whenever he appeared, the benedictions of the people proclaimed his passage.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Johnson, Samuel
Surely there could be nothing real like it since the days of the califs of Bagdad!
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
The Arabian califs were, on various accounts, inclined to favour the resort of Europeans to these shrines of their faith.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael
It was for ten generations under the rule of the Fatimite califs of Africa, who came from Kairon bringing the bones of their ancestors with them.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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