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  • Among all these commanders Solomon was from a place in the East, at the very extremity of the Roman domain, where the city called Daras now stands, and Aïgan was by birth of the Massagetae whom they now call Huns; and the rest were almost all inhabitants of the land of Thrace.

    History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

  • There are no marriage halls and the congregations take place in homes and or community centres (called Daras).

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

  • There are no marriage halls and the congregations take place in homes and or community centres (called Daras).

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

  • His reputation easily gained him an interview; and his frank, self-reliant way so impressed the monarch, that in five days the American was tendered the command of the ship "Daras," mounting forty guns.

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • Ramzy is Mohammed Baroud's son, a heroic "freedom fighter, (and himself) a gifted writer (who) eloquently unearthed the recent history of Beit Daras" village, chronicled his family's struggle in exile, and recounted their determination to survive and endure under siege and assaults that continue to this day.

    Printing: Preview of Ramzy Baroud's "My Father was a Freedom Fighter" 2009

  • Ramzy is Mohammed Baroud's son, a heroic "freedom fighter, (and himself) a gifted writer (who) eloquently unearthed the recent history of Beit Daras" village, chronicled his family's struggle in exile, and recounted their determination to survive and endure under siege and assaults that continue to this day.

    Preview of Ramzy Baroud's "My Father was a Freedom Fighter" 2009

  • Twenty-four years earlier, when he besieged Daras in the days of the Roman emperor Phokas, he had been given an oracle by his magicians and astrologers, namely that he would perish at the time he went to Ctesiphon; and although he would not suffer to go one mile in that direction from Dastagerd, he now went to Ctesiphon as he fled.

    De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Campaigns of Emperor Herakleios (620-6), according to the Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor 2009

  • He was a Beit Daras village refugee, who lived in a Gaza camp for 40 years until his death hoping one day he'd return to his home.

    Ramzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada" 2008

  • Belisarius defeated Persia at the Battle of Daras (528) but was himself defeated at the Battle of Callinicum (531).

    502-506 2001

  • Deputy Fuhrer Melakon presented the Iron Cross, second class ... to Daras, hero of the Fatherland.

    Patterns Of Force 1966

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