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  • 51Marriage in Islam — Part of a series on Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh) …

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  • 52List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire — Ottoman Imperial Standard Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Former Monarchy …

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  • 53be|hest — «bih HEHST», noun. 1. a command; order: »I am ready to act at your behest. To fall before her feet at her behest (Spenser). SYNONYM(S): injunction. 2. request; bidding; invitation: »At the beh …

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  • 54be·hest — /bıˈhɛst/ noun at the behest of someone (or at someone s behest) formal : because of being asked or ordered by someone A special meeting will be held at the senator s behest …

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  • 55Hest — (h[e^]st), n. [AS. h[=ae]s, fr. h[=a]tan to call, bid. See {Hight}, and cf. {Behest}.] Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See {Behest}. At thy hest. Shak. [1913 Webster] Let him that yields obey the victor s hest. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] Yet …

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  • 56Henry VIII of England — Henry VIII redirects here. For other uses, see Henry VIII (disambiguation). Henry VIII …

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  • 57Jordanes — (also Jordanis or even Iornandes), was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat [ If Jordanes was a bishop (as is frequently assumed) and if he lived in Italy (also frequently assumed), those elements of his background have left no trace in his two… …

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  • 58Genital modification and mutilation — The terms genital modification and genital mutilation can refer to permanent or temporary changes to human sex organs. Some forms of genital alteration are performed at the behest of an adult, with their informed consent. Others are performed on… …

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  • 59Lady Margaret Beaufort — at prayer. Born 31 May 1443(1443 05 31) Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire …

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  • 60Dian Fossey — in November 1985; photograph by Yann Arthus Bertrand Born January …

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