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Manuil Van der Spaak ā Mr. Spaak's 4-year-old son. He shot and killed Mr. Muawia with Dr. Schultz's pistol, according to Ateh's testimony in Dr. Muawia's murder case.
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1122:Samosdelka
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831:Manasseh I
758:Radhanites
639:2020-01-25
547:References
311:Characters
255:chronology
226:evidence.
108:Yugoslavia
56:Translator
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1283:Pechenegs
1183:Baranjars
926:Balgitzin
811:Zachariah
748:Meshchera
723:Byzantium
486:Hungarian
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323:Kaghanate
209:academics
180:in 1988.
133:Paperback
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1312:Scholars
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