Middle East and North Africa
- Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1793–1816)
- Morocco – Slimane, Sultan of Morocco (1792–1822)
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“In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.”
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“Sublime tobacco! which from east to west
Cheers the tar’s labour or the Turkman’s rest.”
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“Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.”
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