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The name of Beibars (Es sultan el-malik ez-zahir, rukn-ed-dunga wa-din, "The sultan, the manifest king, prop of the world and the faith") may be seen on many monuments in Jerusalem.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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(2: 07 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Swiss Re [s: ch: rukn] said it provisionally estimates that it will lose $500 million before tax from the Chile earthquake, and that the insurance sector as a whole will lose between $4 billion and $7 billion.
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On slight tangent, I saw an Iranian Shia, touching rukn-e-yamani (corner before black stone corner) and saying (like begging or making dua) ya Ali ya Ali.
MuslimMatters.org 2009
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