The various beys and pashas who ruled these states paid substantial sums annually to the Sultan. |
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That he even has a library sets him apart from most high-tech pashas. |
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Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. |
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He is the author of Bankers and Pashas, Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties. |
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Pashas, khedives, sultans, kings, colonial proconsuls, colonels, and generals have taken turns ruling it autocratically and ruthlessly. |
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