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... Bulgarian , and , at the time of the story , he is acting as interpreter to Karaibrahim , the commander of the Turkish detachment which has been sent to convert the Bulgarians in the Elindenya Valley to Islam . The second chronicler is ...
... Bulgarian , and , at the time of the story , he is acting as interpreter to Karaibrahim , the commander of the Turkish detachment which has been sent to convert the Bulgarians in the Elindenya Valley to Islam . The second chronicler is ...
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... Bulgarian Mohammedans and Bulgarian Christians . You are not so foolish as to raise us all to the upper floor . You want those of us who go up to jump on the heads of those below us . That is what you want . You want to turn us from ...
... Bulgarian Mohammedans and Bulgarian Christians . You are not so foolish as to raise us all to the upper floor . You want those of us who go up to jump on the heads of those below us . That is what you want . You want to turn us from ...
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... Bulgarian . He spoke Bulgarian , he wore Bulgarian garments , he lit his fire in a Bulgarian house . And when the Turks had tried to lead him out to attack Bulgarian villages , my man had not gone , for he feared lest he might slay his ...
... Bulgarian . He spoke Bulgarian , he wore Bulgarian garments , he lit his fire in a Bulgarian house . And when the Turks had tried to lead him out to attack Bulgarian villages , my man had not gone , for he feared lest he might slay his ...
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