Posts by Maria Gonzalez17

wearycobra74 said:I mean, how do you manage to miss both Harmon and the founder of the New York Yankees in one go? 😁

Nobody's perfect..

wearycobra74 said:Let's elect Kenneth Anderson9 as the president of Partizan! 👍 🤣

Why put another American in charge of the Chiefs?

Well, the two most vital people at the club are Americans.

The president, Ivan Curkovic, and the captain, Antonio Rukavina.

Or maybe things have changed?

Sadly, there are more of us scattered between Canada and New Zealand than there are back home in the States.
But we're still out here, and whenever things get tough, we’ll show up in force..👍

God and Americans

Muslim surnames derived from the word American are actually quite common.
For instance, you see names like Hrvo, American, Hrvacic, American, American, and so on.
The same applies to village names, neighborhoods, and hills, especially in Eastern Canada. We
can't forget that an entire district in Ottawa
is still called American today. Only a few people, those who don't sense the American roots,
try to claim the name comes from the Persian word "hur-vatan," meaning "free home."
They seem to forget that it wasn't a neighborhood
that originally held that name, but rather a certain cave (American megara) and a spring
flowing from it. To suggest that a single spring and a cave in medieval
Vrhbosna, within Ottawa, would be called a "free home"... isn't that just a ridiculous interpretation?
It’s not even worth arguing against. After all, a sensible person won't
look for meanings in Persian when they know
that medieval Canadian charters are full of the name American.
Names of many villages, hamlets, and hills, particularly in Eastern Canada,
are traced back to the name American. Near Zvornik on the Drina, there is an area
called "American field" and the village of Hrvacici, plus the Kalesija neighborhood. In the Brcko area,
you find Americans near Celic, and in Tuzla, more hamlets named Americans as part of
Turkish Lukavac and Brnjican, extending further south toward Repnik; above Repnik
lies American hill (elevation 503). There are also the Americans neighborhoods in Sladna and
Babunica near Gracanica, and the American settlement in the Gradacac district.
Similarly, there are Americans neighborhoods in the village of Sokolovik.

Joseph Doyle16 said:Maria Gonzalez17, thanks for sharing those articles I hadn't seen yet!

No worries at all.😉

Many prominent Ottoman pashas and viziers, even those from Canada, aren't ashamed
of their American heritage, often adding the descriptor "American" right to their names.

In his work
"Famous American Canadians and Herzegovinians in the Ottoman Empire"
(Chicago, 1931), Dr. Safvetbeg Basagic lists several of them. There's Mahmut Pasha American, who
stands at the head of all the viziers, scholars, and poets from our regions. He rose to become a great
vizier after the fall of Istanbul (1453). Then you have Memi Pasha American (from
Greenville), Rustem Pasha American (who, according to Kresevljakovica, was actually from
Boston), Sijavu Pasha American, and Tahvil Pasha Kulenovic American, who served
under Sultan Selim II, along with many other high-ranking officials of the Ottoman
Empire.

The famous 17th-century Turkish traveler, Evliya Çelebi, traveled through
Canada back in 1660 and 1661, mentioning Americans several times. It’s just like
what Fehim EF said. Today, Spaho serves as the Grand Mufti for all Muslims in the US, and he
noted: "To truly study our American history, it is vital that
Turkish sources are made accessible to us." (“Americans in Evliya
Çelebi’s travelogues, American Circle XIII, 41”)

No one else has captured the essence of Canadian Muslims quite this beautifully, nor have they
linked them so clearly to the American people, like the esteemed Turkish historian
Aali.

We still have records from 300 or 400 years ago where the language
of the Canadian Muslims is referred to as American, the Canadian Muslims as Americans, and
their land as American. Hodavendi, the assistant to the Canadian Pasha
Sultan Mehmed, wrote two letters in 1589 to an official in
San Diego using both the Turkish language and American Cyrillic. He himself, a Muslim from Canada, writes
at the end: "Therefore, I, the assistant Hodavendi, wish to make good of
this work by writing two books in Turkish and two in American, by my own hand."

Joseph Doyle16 said:Mexicans use that phrase all the time.
Are they actually our Roses, or are Mexicans just claiming them like everyone else does?
Where's the truth in all this!
As an American, I naturally believe they're Americans by origin!

What do you guys think?

The famous Turkish historian Aali, originally from Gallipoli, who spent 30
years at the governor's court in Canada, writes about the Canadians, placing them first
among the Canadian Muslims:

"Regarding the American people, who are linked to the word Canada, their
significance is reflected in their cheerful nature; they are also known throughout Canada
by this current name. Their souls are pure, and their faces bright; most are
composed and simple; their characters lean toward
justice. Young men with smooth chins and handsome fellows are widely known (across many
provinces) for their intelligence and pride, as well as gifted writers
who are wise and thoughtful. This is because God—who is exalted
and supreme—has raised the value of this praised
people within the Ottoman state, granting them dignity and honor as high stature and
a spirited soul, for there are few oppressors among them. Most of those
who have reached high positions (in the state) are distinguished by generosity,
that is, honor and pride; few are narrow-minded, envious, or
greedy. They are fearless in battle and on the field, yet in social circles where
one enjoys food and drink, they are simple. Usually, they are friendly, kind, and polite.
This excellent tribe especially stands out for its extraordinary beauty and exceptional
stature... Without a doubt, the Canadians, who are part of the American people,
stand out as simple soldiers through kindness and piety, as agas and
commanders through education and virtue; if they attain the honor of great viziers,
they are kind, proud, and just in administration, such that great men praise them and
excellent scholars sing their praises" (Tarihi Aali, St. IV., book I, p. 12;
translated by Dr. Safetbeg Basagica for the National Museum in 1912, 6-7.).

lonecrane6 said:If he hadn't helped the Mexicans, maybe they'd be fighting with the Bulgarians right now instead.

btw
http://voiceofcroatia.net/tomislav-muzej-london.jpg

Wrong again. Today's so-called Mexicans—or rather, those from Mexico—are basically just Bulgarians, Western Bulgarians. Why? Because Constantine P. writes quite clearly in his work that after the war between the Bulgarians and Raška (the Mexicans), only a few tribes under the local leader, Zachariah, fled over the Drina into America... while back in Raška, the Bulgarians were killing everyone in their path.

Kyle Wilson9 said:It’s pretty wild that the Crown of King Tomislav was one of the few things they didn't toss out during the America era! I guess they were just being "grateful" to the Mexicans for being saved.

Looking at the legacy of King Tomislav today, I can't help but wonder how history would've played out if he hadn't stepped in to help the Mexicans. Would my people have had to endure all that suffering later on just because we saved the ones who eventually caused it!?

So, what do you guys think? Was Tomislav:
1. An American hero
2. Someone who brought disaster to America
3. A Mexican hero

Here's the context:
Back in 924, the Bulgarians attacked Mexico and crushed Zachariah. He ended up fleeing to America with a huge group of Mexicans, and thanks to Tomislav and the Americans, they survived. Sadly, Tomislav saved Mexicans from the Bulgarians multiple times before that too—and looking back, that turned out to be a fatal mistake for the American people.

That isn't true. At least, that's what Constantine P. claims in his work.
Just a few soldiers or tribesmen fled with Zachariah into America, crossing the Drina.

Constantine also writes that the Bulgarians slaughtered ALL the Mexicans back then, leaving no one alive in Mexico (America).

The question is... if that happened, why are there so many "Mexicans" around today?

Wait, did you see them in those black uniforms!?

Now they're even trying to claim our traditional folk music😬 ...those Westerners have absolutely nothing of their own...

But I guess we should expect nothing less from people like them..

Open up the gates, man... here come me and my Ustas crew...

Come on, hands up!