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That Time When you Could Save Yourself From Being Executed by Beating the Executioner in a Foot Race (2017x102)
Date de diffusion: Avr 26, 2017
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Like many historical nations, the Ottoman Empire was no stranger to doling out deadly justice to criminals and those the rulers disliked. Unlike most, for several decades, starting sometime in the late 18th century, they did offer some of the condemned a chance to avoid being executed. How? They simply had to beat the palace’ head gardener in what amounted to about a 300 metre dash.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=piXqsiQ4h1QC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=bostanc%C4%B1+basha&source=bl&ots=D_EzTz75-9&sig=NzmTU7qYhwrq-ix223M7zTcOjM0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCyeDv6OfKAhUP92MKHYLeADkQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=bostanc%C4%B1%20basha&f=false
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_forgotten-lives-of-ottoman-executioners_348009.html
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=81YLQOY_rZkC&pg=PA239&dq=souflikar+ottoman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V3DjVNuzDoaHyATUoIHwAg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=souflikar%20ottoman&f=false
http://lostislamichistory.com/non-muslim-rights-in-the-ottoman-empire/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7FQRrbUMojcC&pg=PA48&dq=ottoman+empire+execution&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja65uA58fKAhVF6xQKHc65D0UQ6AEITzAI#v=onepage&q=ottoman%20empire%20execution&f=false
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