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To: quidnunc

What is "Amurath"?

7 posted on 12/31/2006 8:34:19 PM PST by Zack Nguyen

To: Zack Nguyen

An Arab Horse?

8 posted on 12/31/2006 8:36:02 PM PST by SolidWood (Sadr lives. Kill him.)

To: Zack Nguyen

Looked it up: Amurath is an outdated spelling of the muslim (turkish) name Murat. Don't know the meaning in this context though.

9 posted on 12/31/2006 8:38:34 PM PST by SolidWood (Sadr lives. Kill him.)

To: Zack Nguyen

Amurath is a an Arab insult...it refers to the Amurad Ottoman Sultans noted for their corrupt rule of Iraq,.

12 posted on 12/31/2006 8:41:22 PM PST by tomcorn

To: Zack Nguyen; SolidWood

Zack Nguyen wrote: What is "Amurath"?

There were a number of Turkish Ottoman sultans named Amurath.

One of them formed the Jannisaries to counter an insurgence.

Gertrude Bell, the famous English explorer of Arabia published a book titled 'Amurath to Amurath' in the 1920s.

29 posted on 12/31/2006 9:06:27 PM PST by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)

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