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... siege of Candia in the Cretan War , and forcibly converted to Islam , who has been taught Bulgarian by a fellow - captive and interprets for Karaibrahim . He is the narrator in those chapters which do not begin with a folk - song ...
... siege of Candia in the Cretan War , and forcibly converted to Islam , who has been taught Bulgarian by a fellow - captive and interprets for Karaibrahim . He is the narrator in those chapters which do not begin with a folk - song ...
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... siege to Candia , in the month of grass , which is the fifth month after the beginning of the year , the holy Christian forest called Rhodopa suffered a Sunset is like Dawn 17.
... siege to Candia , in the month of grass , which is the fifth month after the beginning of the year , the holy Christian forest called Rhodopa suffered a Sunset is like Dawn 17.
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... Candia fell . I felt it like a terrible blow . Later I realized that the entire west had trembled at the terrible news . The great siege of a fortress , second in the history of mankind after the Siege of Troy had come to an end . And ...
... Candia fell . I felt it like a terrible blow . Later I realized that the entire west had trembled at the terrible news . The great siege of a fortress , second in the history of mankind after the Siege of Troy had come to an end . And ...
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Aegean Sea Aga's alive Allah asked Balkandji began blood breast brother Bulgarian Candia cast cave chans Chepino child courtyard cried cross dark dead Delyo dogs earth Elindenya Elitsa eyes face faith father feet fell felt fire flocks forest Goran Grand Vizier Granny Srebra grass grew Gyulfié haidouts hair hand Hassan Hodja head heard heart horse howling hundred Ismaïl Bey Janissaries Karaibrahim kaval kill knife Konak light lips looked Manol meadow Mircho Momchil mountain night notables Old Galoushko Old Kralyo passed Petglassets pistol Podviss priest Prossoina rapier remembered Rhodopa Rhodope Mountains rocks rose seemed Sevda sheep shepherds Sherko shone shoulders shouted silent Spahis spoke spruce stone stood stopped Sultan Syuleiman Aga tell terrible thought tree Tsepina Turkish Turks turned valley veranda village voice Voivoda Vrazhou Kehaya waited wall wanted weeping wind woman women words yataghan Yurouks