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Ja'afar al-Hasabi, a dual Bahraini-British national, had been hung by his wrists and feet, blindfolded, beaten and deprived of sleep while listening to the cries of others being tortured, Shehabi said.
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Tuanku Ja'afar on Friday before leaving for the Pangkor island resort in northern Perak state over the weekend for a retreat.
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Chissano, accompanied by his wife, Marcelina Rafael, will have and audience with King Ja'afar Abdul Rahman.
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Calling nuclear tests "a threat to humankind," the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Tuanku Ja'afar Abdul Rahman told visiting
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Then he looked around, and espying a figure in the distance on a high mound, asked Ja'afar, "Seest thou what I see?"
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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"Come and pass the rest of the night with us," said the Caliph and, turning to Ja'afar, "Take them home with thee, and tomorrow bring them to my presence that we may chronicle their adventures."
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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Ja'afar rejoined, "O Commander of the Faithful, I will bring you a purchaser for your fish."
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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Then he turned to Ja'afar and said to him: "Bring before me this accursed slave who was the sole cause of this calamity, and if thou bring him not before me within three days, thou shalt be slain in his stead."
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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So he put out his hand, and taking a paper, gave it to Ja'afar, who read it and was silent.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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Thereupon Ja'afar said: "Take the paper at once, and do as the Commander of the Faithful biddeth thee, without prating."
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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