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RCA announces EZ209HD, their slimmest Small Wonder camcorder ever | Gear Live 2009
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In this case and many others Abd al-Rahman relied on the local kotwal or magistrate and his deputy the naib kotwal to execute his orders.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Ito parokyalismo at sinpobya ay uri ng mga cute at endearing sa kanyang pagka-naib, gayunman, ito ay din pumipinsala sa mga kabataan sa aming lugar ng, na dapat lumaki na may tulad na intoleransiya.
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Ako na maunawaan ang mga pulitikal na pagka-naib ako sa pagbabasa sa mga artikulong ito; na matapos ang lahat, natural siyentipiko ay notoriously out of touch sa agham panlipunan, tulad ng Politics, na kung saan karamihan sa kanila ay hindi isaalang-alang ang tunay na science pa rin.
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The government of Pakistan is spending over $2 million every year in supporting the same madrassas (seminaries) they are taking on now on the instance of its friends (US and China) as stated by President Musharaff as all the imams and naib imams are paid from government support-funds.
Extremism or Musharraf: US pushes for action at any cost 2007
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As soon as we reached the camp, we immediately presented ourselves to the naib, who forthwith carried us before the executioner, who was seated in his tent, in conversation with one or two of his friends.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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Then looking at me from head to foot, he seemed pleased with my appearance, and forthwith ordered me to go to his _naib_, or lieutenant, who would equip me for my office, and give me instructions respecting all the duties I should have to perform.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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Before I was a naib, and when I was called upon to lay the bastinado on some wretched culprit, many is the time that my compassion has been moved by a direct appeal to my purse; and then, instead of beating the sufferers feet, I struck the felek upon which they rested.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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A naib {deputy governor}, a man of wealth, of high repute at the Nizam's court.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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In vain we both protested our innocence; in vain we swore that there was nothing to gain; nobody would believe us; and the scene ended by our being driven out of the tent in custody of the naib, who was ordered to confine us until the chiefs of the village should have been actually brought to the camp, and confronted with us.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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