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Ahmed Vefeek Effendi is obliged to expend his diplomatic powers in a struggle to display an Ottoman flag over his door, like his colleagues.
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Mr. Obama's Grade 3 teacher, who goes only by the name Effendi, said young Barry was only among the "top five" smartest kids of the 38 that he taught in the 1970 school year, which is not bad at all considering nearly all lessons were in Indonesian.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark MacKinnon 2010
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Mr. Obama's Grade 3 teacher, who goes only by the name Effendi, said young Barry was only among the "top five" smartest kids of the 38 that he taught in the 1970 school year, which is not bad at all considering nearly all lessons were in Indonesian.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark MacKinnon 2010
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Mr. Obama's Grade 3 teacher, who goes only by the name Effendi, said young Barry was only among the "top five" smartest kids of the 38 that he taught in the 1970 school year, which is not bad at all considering nearly all lessons were in Indonesian.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark MacKinnon 2010
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Afanti 阿凡提 is the Chinese version of the Uyghur name Effendi, a 13th century Sufi mischievous mystic, perhaps better known as Mulla or Hodja Nasrudin/Nesruddin/Nasr Eddin.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Afanti 阿凡提 is the Chinese version of the Uyghur name Effendi, a 13th century Sufi mischievous mystic, perhaps better known as Mulla or Hodja Nasrudin/Nesruddin/Nasr Eddin.
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The Donkey Driver counted the money that I gave him: "Effendi, that is too much."
Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) Karl Friedrich May 1877
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I expected him to murmur, "Effendi," or "Bwana Sahib," or something, but he must have felt silence was more impressive.
Sense from Thought Divide Mark Clifton 1934
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"Effendi," said their pastor with a trembling hand on Monty's saddle,
The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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"Effendi," said their pastor with a trembling hand on Monty's saddle,
The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909
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