Melik

Chairman APO: That is to say that the word Melik originates from there?

American Chronicle 2008

The "Melik" found the enemy's columns with their quick-firing 15 pounders at under 1500 yards range on one occasion.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

During the second phase of the battle, the "Melik" dropped again down stream, and struck Sheikh Ed Din's column as the enemy advanced to attack Macdonald's brigade, treating the dervishes to all her artillery.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

On the 2nd of September the "Melik" ran a little way up stream before sunrise and then returned.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

The gunboat "Melik" was moored a few hundred yards south of where the Rifles were posted.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

The twin-screw gunboat "Melik" also steamed up the river a few miles, but neither quest resulted in adding much to the information already possessed as to the Khalifa's intentions and exact whereabouts.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

The steamer "Melik" was the telegraph ship, and paid the cable out from a wooden reel placed on her stern quarter.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

The Lancers sent forward a dismounted squadron or two which filled the gap between the zereba and the Nile, whilst the gunboats "Melik" and

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

"The mullahs have appointed themselves the enemy of fun," wrote Melik Kaylan on these pages last year.

Syrians Unleash the Power of Creative Dissent David Feith 2012

Melik, Vasilij (January 17, 1921 – January 28, 2009)

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