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  • Damascene may refer to: Topics directly associated with the city of Damascus in Syria: A native or inhabitant of Damascus Damascus Arabic, the local dialect...
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    Damascening is the art of inlaying different metals into one another—typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background—to produce intricate...
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    born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, يوحنا إبن منصور إبن سرجون) or John Damascene was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was...
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    (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and the "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event...
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    or forging, or the name of the smith, and each mentions "damascene" or "damascus" swords to some extent. Drawing from al-Kindi and al-Biruni, there are...
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    The Damascene, also known as the Istanbullu pigeon, is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. Damascenes, along with...
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  • Damascus goat (redirect from Damascene goat)
    The Damascus goat, also known as Aleppo, Halep, Baladi, Damascene, Shami, or Chami, is a breed of goat. It originated in Syria and was imported by the...
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    Damson (redirect from Damascene plum)
    insititia, or sometimes Prunus insititia), also archaically called the "damascene", is an edible drupaceous fruit, a subspecies of the plum tree. Varieties...
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  • Jean-Damascène Ntawukuriryayo (born 8 August 1961) is a Rwandan politician who served as President of the Senate of Rwanda from 2011 to 2014. He also served...
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  • Alexander Damascene (died 14 July 1719), born in France, was a singer and composer in England. Damascene was of Italian origin. He was a Protestant, and...
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    Jean-Damascène Sallusti, also Giovanni Damasceno (simplified Chinese: 安德义; traditional Chinese: 安德義; pinyin: Ān Déyì; d. 1781) was an Italian missionary...
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    Peter of Damascus (Greek: Πέτρος του Δαμασκηνοῦ) or Peter Damascene was an Eastern Christian monastic, theologian, and Church Father who lived in the...
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  • Jean-Damascène Bizimana (born 1950s) is a former Rwanda]]n diplomat. He was ambassador of Rwanda to the United Nations.is different to current Ministry...
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    Battle of Bosra with the Damascenes in the summer of 1147, with no clear winner. Bad luck and poor tactics of the Crusaders led to the disastrous five-day...
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  • Friso; Odé, Cecilia; Manfred, Woidich. "The Intonation of Colloquial Damascene Arabic: a pilot study" (PDF). www.fon.hum.uva.nl. University of Amsterdam...
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    influence of God to Mary's parents, suggesting they were purified by the Holy Spirit during her generation. According to Damascene, even the material...
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    Saracen (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    the years 1699–1740, the Damascene writer Hamad bin Kanan al-Salhi (Arabic: محمد بن كَنّان الصالحي) used the term sarkan to mean "travel on a military...
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    legions. Toledo steel was famed for its very high quality alloy, whereas Damascene steel, a competitor from the Middle Ages on, was also famed for a specific...
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  • Jean Damascène Bimenyimana (22 June 1953 – 11 March 2018) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Bimenyimana was ordained to the priesthood in 1980. He served as...
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  • acted against Zahir's occupation of Haifa, Uthman Pasha sought to return the port to Damascene authority. Acting on Uthman Pasha's request, the governor of...
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