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Silver standards refer to the standards of millesimal fineness for the silver alloy used in the manufacture or crafting of silver objects. This list is organized from highest to lowest millesimal fineness, or purity of the silver.
The Silver Knife Church (Romanian: Biserica Cuțitul de Argint) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 1 Cuțitul de Argint Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Feast of the Transfiguration. The church is located on Filaret Hill, adjacent to Carol Park.
The Silver Mask (Romanian: Masca de argint) is a 1985 Romanian action historical film directed by Gheorghe Vitanidis. [1] This is the fourth film in the Margelatu series, [2] after Drumul oaselor (1980), Trandafirul galben (1982), Misterele Bucureștilor (1983), followed by Colierul de turcoaze (1986) and Totul se plătește (1987).
The barbat probably originated in Central Asia. [1] The earliest image of the barbat dates back to the 1st century BC from ancient northern Bactria. [1] While in his book (Les instruments de musique de l’Inde ancienne) musicologist Claudie Marcel-Dubois [6] pointed out a more "clear cut" depiction of the barbat from Gandhara sculpture dated to the 2nd-4th centuries AD, which may well have ...
Originally, the Spanish Empire used a forced labor system called "Repartimiento de Indios" (also known as "Repartimiento") to extract silver from Cerro Rico, though in region of the former Inca Empire, it was known as mita. [10]
Nasir al-Din, who was widely regarded as a deeply superficial and shallow man, was not interested in having his Cossack Brigade be an effective military force, and for him merely seeing his brigade ride before him while dressed in their brightly colored uniforms was quite enough. [85]
Șerban Cantacuzino was a member of the Romanian branch of the Cantacuzino noble family. He was forced to take part in the Ottoman campaign which ended in their defeat at the Battle of Vienna, despite sympathizing with the Holy League. [1]
The Dīn-i Ilāhī (Persian: دین الهی, lit. ' Religion of God '), [2] known during its time as Tawḥīd-i-Ilāhī (Persian: توحید الهی, lit. ' Oneness of God ') or Divine Faith, [3] was a short lived syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582.