KISHM is the Kilissemo , i.e. Karisma or Krishma, of Hinen Tsang; and Sir H. Rawlinson has identified the Hill of Kishm with the Mount Kharesem of the Zend-Avesta, on which Jamshid placed the most sacred of all the fires.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

The kitchen of the Zemstvo hut, the heap of hay in the corner, the rustle of the beetles, the revolting poverty-stricken surroundings, the voices of the witnesses, the wind, the snow storm, the danger of being lost; and then all at once this splendid, brightly lighted room, the sounds of the piano, the lovely girls, the curly-headed children, the gay, happy laughter—such a transformation seemed to him like a fairy tale, and it seemed incredible that such transitions were possible at the distance of some two miles in the course of one hour.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

[ 68] Wolowski, a Polish family in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, directly descended from Osias Tebuat Shor, gave to the Roman Catholic Church several members, viz. , a Jewess named Hayya Wolowski (she had an excellent knowledge of the "Zohar"), Nathan ben Elisha (Michael Wolowski) and his brother Solomon (Lucas Francis Levi Wolowski).
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

The King of the Zulus, a fine fellow of 30, was banished six years ago for a term of seven years.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

When Noie had translated this speech the three dwarfs gathered themselves under one umbrella, and spoke to each other; then they slid back to their places, and the first of them, he who had cursed the soldier, said: “King of the Zulus, I am Eddo, this on my right is Pani, and that on my left is Hana.
— from The Ghost Kings by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Pantah, the brother of Dingaan, became King of the Zulus.
— from A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year. Volume 2 (of 3) by Edwin Emerson

I pray that she who is named Princess of the Zulus will appear before my messengers and acknowledge the gift of the King of the Zulus, that they may see her in the flesh and make report of her to me.”
— from The Ghost Kings by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

The keynote of their zeal and joy was struck at that meeting which it is so gratifying to remember.
— from Congregationalism in the Court Suburb by John Stoughton

Still I knew that the hour had come now when I must speak, for it was in my mind to bring it about that Umslopogaas should be proclaimed the son of Chaka, and be made king of the Zulus in the place of Dingaan, his uncle.
— from Nada the Lily by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Towards the end of the year 1878, serious disputes arose between the British authorities of Natal and Cetewayo, the King of the Zulus, a savage monarch possessing a large army of warriors, composed of men well-trained according to the savage idea of warfare, and possessed of extreme bravery.
— from Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston

Among the whole body of priests, there are perhaps not more than twenty who can lay any claim to a knowledge of the Zend-Avesta, and even these have only learned the meaning of the words they are taught, without knowing the language either philosophically or grammatically.
— from Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong) Reed

If the Emperor would send Theodoric thither with his people, he would be Page 112 at once relieved from the heavy charges of their stipendia which he was now bound to furnish, while Theodoric would hold the land as of the free gift of the Emperor, and would reign there as king, only till Zeno himself should arrive to claim the supremacy 51 .
— from Theodoric the Goth: Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Thomas Hodgkin

I believe, Alexander, that Mr Fairburn gave you a history of the celebrated monarch Chaka, the King of the Zoolus?”
— from The Mission; or Scenes in Africa by Frederick Marryat