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In the middle ages the ruins were almost destroyed to provide stone for the building of Calatayúd, which was founded by a Moorish amir named Ayub and named _Kalat Ayub_, "Castle of Ayub."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The Christians, who suppose that the martyr Abu Ayub is vulgarly confounded with the patriarch Job, betray their own ignorance rather than that of the Turks.]
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Amir Zeb and another rebel leader identified as Ayub were gunned down during a search operation in the Sambat area of Swat Valley's Matta sub-district, military spokesman Major Murad Khan said.
India eNews 2008
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While sifting through the pages of history one finds that military dictators such as Ayub and Musharraf have been ready to sip tea with the Americans as long as they got something out of it, whilst democratic leaders such as Bhutto dared to bite the hand that fed them for so long, instead rolling out the carpet for the Saudis.
openDemocracy Zainab Mahmood 2010
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From Ayub Khan's coup d'état in 1958, to Zia-ul-Haq's hanging of then-Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1979, to Pervez Musharraf's takeover in 1999, the nation has become increasingly militarized.
Pakistan's Man in the Shadows Apoorva Shah 2011
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At 9pm, Kabul police chief General Mohammad Ayub Salangi said the attack was over and the militants were all dead but his men were checking the building for booby-traps.
Militants attack government and Nato buildings in Kabul 2011
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During the military rule of Ayub Khan in the 1960s, shortly after Oman ceded the territory to Pakistan in 1958, Gwadar fired the imagination of Pakistani planners.
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Bilal Sarwar, a BBC journalist in the city, is tweeting that the Kabul chief of police Ayub Salangi is saying that the attackers arrived in a minivan and wore burkas.
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Kabul provincial Police chief Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi said there were reports of three attackers involved and that two of them died when their vests detonated.
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Kabul Police Chief Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi said Wednesday that 10 Afghan civilians – mostly hotel workers – died when heavily armed Taliban fighters stormed the Inter-Continental and fought security forces for more than four hours.
Intercontinental Hotel Attack: NATO Helicopters End Kabul Hotel Siege That Leaves At Least 10 Dead 2011
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