The article deals with the last years of the Mamlūk rule in North Eastern Africa. First, the article handles briefly the all-out war between the Ottoman governor in Egypt, Muhammad ʻAlī, and the Mamlūks and their withdrawal to Dongola. Then follows a description of the contemporary situation in Nubia and Dongola. The main goal of the paper is to depict the fortunes of the short-lived Mamlūki statelet in Dongola which existed during the second decade of the 19th century and ceased to exist due to the expedition of Ismā ʻīl Kāmil Pasha in 1820., Emanuel Beška., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Hezbollah is the fastest growing political party in the Middle East. It developed from a resistance movement into a strong Lebanese political party. The aim of this article to provide brief information on the resistance movement and make overview of the latest literature available regarding the topic of Hezbollah and underline the different angles of viewing this issue., Viera Kočišíková., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
He article deals with hunger strikes as a peculiar form of political pressure and presents a brief overview of ites development in modern Indian history. The author points out the substantial difference between the approach of the Father of Independent India, Mahatma Gandhi, who resorted to hunger strikes as a noble method of moral coercion, and that of the whole crowd of post-independent India´s politicians misusing it for the purpose of sheer extortion. Even in recent years there is a growing number of highly controversial cases, making it apparent that there should be no space for such political weapon in a democracy since it goes against its fundamental principles., Zdeněk Štipl., and Obsahuje seznam literatury