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'''Sahl Smbatean''' ({{Lang-hy|Սահլ Սմբատյան}}), also known as '''Sahl ibn Sumbat''' in [[Arabic|Arab]] sources, was an Armenian prince of [[Shaki]] during the 9th century A.D.<ref>{{tr icon}} Yıldız, Dursun (1980). ''İslâmiyet ve Türkler''. Çağrı yayınları, p. 147.</ref><ref>The History of Al-Tabari Vol XXXIII translated by C.E Bosworth, State University of New York Press, 1991, p. 76.</ref><ref>Mohamed Rekaya. "Le Ḫurram-dīn et les mouvements ḫurramites sous les 'Abbāsides: Réapparition du Mazdakisme ou Manifestation des G̣ulāt-Musulmans Dans l'Ex-Empire Sassanide aux VIIIe et IXe Siècles AP. J.-C.?", ''Studia Islamica'', No. 60. (1984), p. 46.</ref>. After the fall of the [[Mihranid]] dynasty in 822, Sahl ruled a significant part of [[Caucasian Albania]]. Sahl initially provided refuge to [[Babak Khorramdin]] and fought with him against the [[Islamic conquest of Persia]]. However, later he assisted [[Afshin (Caliphate General)|Afshin]], the prominent general<ref>Mohammad Arshad. ''An Advanced History of Islam'', Ideal Publications, 1967, p. 309</ref> of the Abbasid Caliph [[Al-Mutasim|al-Mutasim]], in capturing [[Babak Khorramdin]]. In 854, Sahl was captured and imprisoned by Bugha al-Kabir al-Sharabi, the Turkish commander of the Abbasid Caliph [[Al-Mutawakkil|al-Mutawakkil]].<ref>Emeri “van” Donzel. ''Islamic Desk Reference'', BRILL, 1994, ISBN 9004097384, p. 110</ref> |
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'''George Hillyer''' (March 17, 1835 – October 2, 1927) was an [[United States|American]] politician, serving as mayor of [[Atlanta, Georgia]], as well as a state assemblyman and senator. He was also an officer in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. |
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Hillyer was born in [[Athens, Georgia]], one of eight children of Judge [[Junius Hillyer]], a [[United States Congressman]] and solicitor of the U.S. Treasury. He graduated from [[Mercer University]] in 1854, studied law, and, starting in 1857, served two years in the [[Georgia General Assembly]]. He was a delegate to the 1860 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He married Ellen Emily Cooley, and raised a family. |
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With the outbreak of the Civil War, he raised a [[Walton County, Georgia|Walton County]] company known as the "Hillyer Rifles" in the late spring of 1861. The men were mustered into the Confederate Army on June 13, with Hillyer elected as the [[captain]] of Company C of the [[9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry]]. He and the [[regiment]] were sent by train to [[Virginia]] and assigned to the newly created [[brigade]] of [[George T. Anderson|George "Tige" Anderson]] in what became the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. Hillyer saw extensive fighting at [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]] (briefly commanding the regiment) and [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], where he fought at the famed "Wheatfield" on July 2, 1863. The 9th Georgia lost half of its 340 men in the fight, and Hillyer's company suffered considerable losses. With all the senior officers wounded or killed, Hillyer assumed command of the regiment for the rest of the [[Gettysburg Campaign]], and wrote the official report of the 9th Georgia's service in the battle. |
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[[az:Səhl ibn Sunbat]] |
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Hillyer resigned his captain's commission in November 1863 to become an auditor for the [[Western & Atlantic Railroad]] at the request of Governor [[Joseph E. Brown]], who preferred a military man for the role as the railroad was the main supply route for General [[Joseph E. Johnston]]'s Confederate army. Early in 1864, Hillyer organized the State Road Battalion (comprised mainly of railroad men) and he was placed in command of the defenses of the railroad with the rank of [[Major (United States)|major]]. Seeing action against [[cavalry]] raiders during the [[Atlanta Campaign]], Hillyer performed well, but the railroad eventually fell to the [[Union Army]]. He and his remaining men surrendered to Federal officers on May 10, 1865. |
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[[ru:Сахл Смбатян]] |
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Starting in 1870, he served four years as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in the [[Georgia Senate]]. He served as the Georgia delegate to the United States Centennial Commission that planned and organized the country's Centennial celebrations and the International Exhibition of 1876. He was Judge of the Superior Courts of the Atlanta Circuit for several years before resigning. |
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In 1885 served one term as mayor of [[Atlanta]], during which time he became an expert on municipal water services, publishing several related articles and serving on the Atlanta Water Commission for many years. For many years, he was on the board of trustees for Spelman Baptist Seminary, as well as Vice-Chairman for the Georgia Railroad Commission. |
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He died at the age of 92 and was buried in Atlanta's [[Oakland Cemetery]]. |
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==Writings== |
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''My Gettysburg Battle Experiences'' (edited by Gregory A. Coco), 2005, Thomas Publications (Gettysburg, PA) |
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*[http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Gareb9/index6.html Hillyer Civil War page and photograph] |
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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html Political Graveyard] |
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Sahl Smbatean (Armenian: Սահլ Սմբատյան), also known as Sahl ibn Sumbat in Arab sources, was an Armenian prince of Shaki during the 9th century A.D.[1][2][3]. After the fall of the Mihranid dynasty in 822, Sahl ruled a significant part of Caucasian Albania. Sahl initially provided refuge to Babak Khorramdin and fought with him against the Islamic conquest of Persia. However, later he assisted Afshin, the prominent general[4] of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutasim, in capturing Babak Khorramdin. In 854, Sahl was captured and imprisoned by Bugha al-Kabir al-Sharabi, the Turkish commander of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil.[5]
References
- ^ Template:Tr icon Yıldız, Dursun (1980). İslâmiyet ve Türkler. Çağrı yayınları, p. 147.
- ^ The History of Al-Tabari Vol XXXIII translated by C.E Bosworth, State University of New York Press, 1991, p. 76.
- ^ Mohamed Rekaya. "Le Ḫurram-dīn et les mouvements ḫurramites sous les 'Abbāsides: Réapparition du Mazdakisme ou Manifestation des G̣ulāt-Musulmans Dans l'Ex-Empire Sassanide aux VIIIe et IXe Siècles AP. J.-C.?", Studia Islamica, No. 60. (1984), p. 46.
- ^ Mohammad Arshad. An Advanced History of Islam, Ideal Publications, 1967, p. 309
- ^ Emeri “van” Donzel. Islamic Desk Reference, BRILL, 1994, ISBN 9004097384, p. 110