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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
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.
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
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]
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 ...
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
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 ...
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.