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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

İskenderun · Alexandria

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İskenderun

Also known as

'Alexandrétta
Al Iskandarun
Al-Iskandariya
Al-ʼIskandarūn
Alejandreta
Alejandria de Cilicia

Image illustrating İskenderun — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · İskenderunsee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

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place of death ofGorgoryos1595 CE
place of death ofLuigi Padovese1947 CE
birthplace ofNeşe Mercan1994 CE
birthplace ofÖzgür Özata1977 CE
birthplace ofTolga Güleç1981 CE
birthplace ofWalid Ikhlassi1935 CE
birthplace ofYasin Özdenak1948 CE
birthplace ofZeliha Şimşek1981 CE

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