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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Ah yes, Where the rulers had a penchant for blinding
any relatives in line for the throne.


5 posted on 11/04/2019 11:34:50 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

They like the Rome they grew out of never resolved that government succession problem and not have a civil war.

Blinding rival claimants to the throne, marginally better then strangling them with a gold/silver/silk thread (I’ve read of examples of all three!) like the Ottomans di!

Looking at 2016 & now maybe we now have the same problem.


8 posted on 11/04/2019 11:43:43 AM PST by Reily
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To: tet68; SunkenCiv; All

Once the Muslims took over, they didn’t just blind relatives, they killed all brothers of the chosen ruler. Since there was a harem, this could be a number of people.


42 posted on 11/06/2019 3:35:53 PM PST by gleeaikin
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