11) Vincent de Paul, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in 1600. There are conflicting stories about his capture by pirates and enslavement in Tunis and his subsequent escape. In Rome he came to the attention of Pope Paul...
12) Selim II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(chief executive officer). Although the Turks conquered Cyprus from Venice and recovered Tunis from Spain, the Ottoman Empire received its first severe setback by...
13) Tunisia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tunisia, (toone´zh, tyoo-) (KEY) , Fr. Tunisie, officially Republic of Tunisia, republic (1995 est. pop. 8,880,000), 63,378 sq mi (164,150 sq km), NW Africa. Occupying...
14) Picquart, Georges. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...warned Picquart to conceal his discovery; he persisted and was sent (Dec., 1896) to Tunis and demoted. After the trial of Emile Zola, Picquart was accused of forging...
15) Lull, Ramon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and founded (1276) a college in Majorca for the study of Arabic. In 1292 he went to Tunis and challenged Muslim scholars to public debates. He was forcibly deported...
16) Christo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and artistic partner, Jeanne-Claude (de Guillebon), 1935-, b. Casablanca, studied Univ. of Tunis. The two moved to New York City in 1964. A leading figure in conceptual...
17) Decatur, Stephen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Tripoli and, after peace was concluded (1805), negotiated successfully with the bey of Tunis. In 1808 he was one of the judges at the court-martial of James Barron;...
18) Qayrawan, Al. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(al kirawan´) (KEY) or Kairouan (kirwan´, Fr. kerwaN´) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 102,600), NE Tunisia. It is a sacred city of Islam. Founded in 670 by Uqbah bin Nafi,...
19) Mackenzie, Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...de Roubigne (1777). Of his four plays the only one to achieve any success was The Prince of Tunis (1773). 1See his letters, ed. by H. Drescher (1967); biography by...
20) Boethus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...also attribute to Boethus a bronze representing Agon, god of contests, as a winged boy (Tunis), which was found in the remains of a ship of the 1st cent. B.C. wrecked...
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