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Once it was called Eski-Hissar, the Old Castle, for it was very ancient even when the first Seljuks swept out of the east, and not even the Arabs, who rebuilt that crumbling pile in the days of Abu Bekr, knew what hands reared those massive bastions among the frowning foothills of the Taurus. Now, since the old keep had become a bandit’s hold, men called it Bab-el-Shaitan, the Gate of the Devil, and...

Islam jest powszechnie kojarzony z zasadami sunnizmu, uznawanego za muzułmańską ortodoksję, mimo że zaraz po śmierci Mahometa wyznawcy podzielili się z powodów politycznych wokół sporów o sukcesję po Proroku. W powstałym wtedy środowisku szyitów, zwolenników czwartego kalifa Alego i jego rodu, znalazło się wiele grup i odłamów, których poglądy i praktyki znacząco odbiegały od przyjętych w sunnizmie....

The Soul Of A Regiment(Adventure, February 1912) SO long as its colors remain, and there is one man left to carry them, a regiment can never die; they can recruit it again around that one man, and the regiment will continue on its road to future glory with the same old traditions behind it and the same atmosphere surrounding it that made brave men of its forbears. So although the colors are not exactly...