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And I have heard tell also a tale of KHALIFAH THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD THERE was once in tides of yore and in ages and times long gone before in the city of Baghdad a fisherman, Khalifah hight, a pauper wight, who had never once been married in all his days.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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Three weeks after 9/11, when the roar of fighter jets still haunted the city's skyline, the emir of gas-rich Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani, toured Ground Zero.
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‘Three weeks after 9/11, when the roar of fighter jets still haunted the city’s skyline, the emir of gas-rich Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani, toured Ground Zero.
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Meanwhile, Khalifah went home to look after the handmaid and found the people of the quarter foregathering and saying, Verily, Khalifah is to-day in a terrible pickle!
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See Night dcccxliii. for the sudden change in Khalifah.
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'Abdallah at-Ta'ishi, the Mahdi's "Khalifah" or successor, who took over as leader of the independent Sudan when the Mahdi died in June 1885, was a native of Darfur.
Signs of the Times 2009
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'Abdallah at-Ta'ishi, the Mahdi's "Khalifah" or successor, who took over as leader of the independent Sudan when the Mahdi died in June 1885, was a native of Darfur.
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[FN#508] Note to "Khalifah," Arabian Nights, Night 832.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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[FN#508] Note to "Khalifah," Arabian Nights, Night 832.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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But in a fresh blow to Gaddafi, the deputy director of foreign security in the Libyan intelligence service, General Khalifah Mohammed Ali, and health minister Mohammed Hijazi, declared their allegiance to rebel forces in interviews aired on al-Arabiya TV.
Street fighting rages in Tripoli as Gaddafi loyalists fight rearguard action 2011
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