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  • Morad, or Amurath I., in Cantemir, (p 33 — 45,) the first book of Chalcondyles, and the Annales Turcici of Leunclavius.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Ilderim Bayazid, is contained in Cantemir, (p. 46,) the iid book of

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • And for this new record, he's gone back to this manuscript of 355 pieces collected by a guy named Cantemir who was active in Istanbul in about 1700, who collected and codified what is essentially Ottoman classical music of the time.

    Sacred Songs And DJs: New Classical CDs 2010

  • And for this new record, he's gone back to this manuscript of 355 pieces collected by a guy named Cantemir who was active in Istanbul in about 1700, who collected and codified what is essentially Ottoman classical music of the time.

    Sacred Songs And DJs: New Classical CDs 2010

  • When I was recently at the NYPL's Russia Engages the World exhibit, I noticed a book by Dimitrie Cantemir (Kantemir), Voivode of Moldavia (1673–1723), identified on the label (and in the catalog) as Kniga sistema, ili Sostoianie mukhammedanskiia religii A Book of Rules; or, The System of the Muhammedan Religion, St. Petersburg: Sanktpiterburgskaia Tipografiia, 1722.

    languagehat.com: SISTIMA, SISTEMA. 2004

  • Death of Demetrius Cantemir (b. 1673), a Moldavian prince and scholar who acquired knowledge of Turkish, Arabic, and Persian during a period of exile in Istanbul after 1711.

    1710-11 2001

  • It is even said that one of the boyards, who enjoyed the confidence of Cantemir, appropriated certain funds which he had received for the supply of the army to his own use, and placed himself in communication with the Grand Vizier.

    Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

  • Cantemir found himself supported only by three or four of his ministers.

    Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

  • (Wallachia) and Cantemir (Moldavia) negotiate with Peter the

    Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

  • Cantemir, (whose authority, as that of a contemporary, may in this case perhaps deserve some credit,) of throwing off his allegiance to the sultan, and erecting an independent _Western Empire_ of the Ottomans in

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

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