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Seraya Shapshal

Karaite hakham (1873–1961).

Born May 20th, 1873 in Bakhchysarai.

Died November 18th, 1961 at 88 years old in Vilnius.

Occupations
Turkologist, dragoman, orientalist, philologist, religious figure, university teacher
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde