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- ↑ Frankel, Jonathan (1997). The Damascus Affair. Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. p. 60. ISBN 9780521483964.
- ↑ Turker, Deniz (June 2007). The Oriental Flaneur: Khalil Bey and the Cosmopolitan Experience (PDF) (Thesis). Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 16.
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