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Samir `Atallah the one who writes daily tributes to Arab oil princes, shaykhs, and sultans, interviews Shaykh Khalifah bin Zayid of UAE.
Monday, June 30, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Samir `Atallah the one who writes daily tributes to Arab oil princes, shaykhs, and sultans, interviews Shaykh Khalifah bin Zayid of UAE.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Sometimes in the afternoon native shaykhs or people from Beyrout and Damascus would come and visit us.
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One of my earliest experiences there was a deputation from the shaykhs and chiefs of the villages round, who brought me a present of a sheep, a most acceptable present.
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His first business was to hire three shaykhs and 106 camels and dromedaries with their drivers.
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His first business was to hire three shaykhs and 106 camels and dromedaries with their drivers.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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Sometimes in the afternoon native shaykhs or people from Beyrout and Damascus would come and visit us.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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One of my earliest experiences there was a deputation from the shaykhs and chiefs of the villages round, who brought me a present of a sheep, a most acceptable present.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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His first business was to hire three shaykhs and 106 camels and dromedaries with their drivers.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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The Arabs declared me to be a shaykh of shaykhs, and translated to the prettiest of the party an impromptu proposal of marriage.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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