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  2. List of people known as the Cruel - Wikipedia

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    The epithet the Cruel has been applied to the following: People: Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (died 967 or 972) Fruela I of Asturias (died 768), King of Asturias; Peter of Castile (1334–1369), King of Castile and León; Fictional characters: Gorthaur the Cruel, another name for Sauron, villain of The Lord of the Rings

  3. Humayun Shah - Wikipedia

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    Alauddin Humayun Shah Bahmani was the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate, who reigned between 1458 and 1461.Also known as Humayun Shah Zalim (lit. ' Humayun Shah the cruel '), he is described as a cruel ruler, known for executing people in torturous ways.

  4. List of regicides - Wikipedia

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    935 Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia killed by his younger brother Boleslaus the Cruel 964 Pope John XII of the Papal States , allegedly murdered by a man whose wife he had committed adultery with. 974 Pope Benedict VI of the Papal States , assassinated via strangulation by a priest on the orders of Antipope Boniface VII

  5. Ashoka's Hell - Wikipedia

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    According to the narrations of Ashokavadana, Emperor Ashoka, prior to his conversion to Buddhism, was a fierce and sadistic ruler, known as Ashoka the Fierce, or Chandashoka (Ashoka the Cruel), [1] who sent his minions on a quest to find a vicious man to work as his official executioner. [2] [3]

  6. Dictator - Wikipedia

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    20th-century leaders typically described as dictators, from left to right and top to bottom, include Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany; Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile; Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party; Benito Mussolini, Duce and Prime Minister of Italy; and Kim Il Sung, Supreme Leader of ...

  7. List of usurpers - Wikipedia

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    Later on, both sons Mohammad Ali Khan and Abol-Fath Khan Zand were declared co-shahs, but they were only puppet rulers with nominal power; the real power was taken into the hands of their uncle Zaki Khan who was the de facto ruler. However, his reign was short-lived being murdered by rebellious tribal leaders after a few months. Sadeq Khan Zand

  8. List of genocides - Wikipedia

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    Scholarship varies on the definition of genocide employed when analysing whether events are genocidal in nature. [2] The United Nations Genocide Convention, not always employed, defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or ...

  9. List of monarchs of Kashmir - Wikipedia

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    According to Kalhana, Mihirakula was a cruel ruler who ordered killings of a large number of people, including children, women and elders. He invaded the Sinhala Kingdom, and replaced their king with a cruel man.