Having thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, Ahmad Shah turned westward to take possession of Herat, which was ruled by Nader Shah's grandson, Shah Rukh of Persia, and then Mashhad ( in present-day Iran ).

Historian Paul K. Davis wrote, " Having defeated Eudes, he turned to the Rhine to strengthen his northeastern borders-but in 725 was diverted south with the activity of the Muslims in Acquitane.

Having cleared Syria of the Franks, the Mamluk Sultans of Egypt turned their attention to the schismatic Muslims of Syria.

Having lost its colonial empire, France saw a good opportunity for revenge against Britain in signing an alliance with the Americans in 1778, and sending an army and navy that turned the American Revolution into a world war.

Having thus secured his eastern frontier, Justinian turned his attention to the West, where Arian Germanic kingdoms had been established in the territories of the former Western Roman Empire.

Having treated with both parties, and received lavish promises from them, he appears to have hoped to be Emperor himself ; but when the election came, he turned to the winning side and voted for Charles.

Having discovered his talent, at the age of 46, he turned over his parishes to a curate, and gave himself up to the exercise and delight of humor writing for the rest of his life.

Having looked around in vain for the five members and commenting " I see the birds have flown ", Charles turned to Lenthall, who stood below and demanded of him whether any of those persons were in the House, whether he saw any of them and where they were.

Having badly lost the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, the Democratic Party turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.

Having put an end to the internal strife, Basil II then turned his attention to the Empire's other enemies.

Having interpreted this to be a sign of the order of who would be voted out, Neleh and Paschal quickly turned on John and voted him off.

Having made his reputation as a sculptor he appears to have turned his attention to architecture, and to have studied at Rome, though the precise date is uncertain ; but at the beginning of the sixteenth century he was engaged with the architect Simone del Pollaiolo in restoring the Palazzo Vecchio, and in 1506 he was commissioned to complete the drum of the cupola of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore.

Having threatened to flee to the countryside and lead guerrilla warfare if not given refuge, he instead turned over the majority of his weapons, and requested sanctuary from Monsignor Laboa.

Having always been very close to his mother, he turned her into a vampire to save her from tuberculosis.

Having furnished them with the means of crossing into Asia, where they founded Galatia, he first turned the arms of his new auxiliaries against Zipoetes II, whom he defeated and put to death, and thus reunited the whole of Bithynia under his dominion.

Having established unchallenged rule over his home Province of Munster, Brian turned to extending his authority over the neighboring provinces of Leinster to the east and Connacht to the north.

Having thus recovered the central part of Asia Minor ( for the Seleucid government had perforce to tolerate the dynasties in Pergamon, Bithynia and Cappadocia ) Antiochus turned to recovering the outlying provinces of the north and east.

Having turned away from films in favour of stage and screen and having been through a divorce from Patricia Medina, to whom he was married from 1941 to 1951, Greene was cash-strapped when Yeoman Films of Great Britain approached him for the lead role in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Having had 200 plays to his credit, he turned to film production in 1929, when he became a dialogue director under Anatole Litvak at UFA in Berlin.

Having chosen an appropriate animal as a totem for the lodge, the committee turned to finding a new name, which was supposed to be symbolic of the Native American background of the Order of the Arrow.

Having forced Denmark – Norway to peace within months, King Charles turned his attention upon the two other powerful neighbors, King August II ( cousin to both Charles XII and Frederick IV of Denmark – Norway ) and Peter the Great of Russia, who also had entered the war against him, ironically on the same day that Denmark came to terms.

Having finished the course of alterations in the hands of John Carr, Lord Fitzwilliam turned in 1790 to the most prominent landscape gardener, Humphry Repton, for whom this was the season's most ambitious project, one that he would describe in detail while the memory was still fresh, in Some Observations of the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening ( 1803 ).

Having grown up nearby Coke knew the family, and asked for Bridget's hand immediately after she turned eighteen.

Having recently turned 40, Caesar had also become eligible to stand for consul.

Having led the world in this mad race I pray that we may have the wisdom and courage to lead it out of the race.

Having hit one of the trees, the ball came to rest not more than 160 yards out.

Having dispensed with these alternative explanations, he identifies the source of our knowledge of necessary connections as arising out of observation of constant conjunction of certain impressions across many instances.

Having described how the Israelites and Joshua have carried out the first of their God's commands, the story now turns to the second, to " put the people in possession of the land.

Having found out that Mordechai is Jewish, Haman plans to kill not just Mordechai but all the Jews in the empire.

Having first sent his manuscripts out of the country, Bartók reluctantly emigrated to the U. S. with Ditta Pásztory-Bartók in October that year.

Having received criticism of being too out of touch, Corrie now struggled to emulate the more modern Brookside and EastEnders.

Having nightmares or the act of crying out can be a sign of hypoglycemia.

Having served as secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce, he also knew that the South lacked the military and naval resources necessary to defend itself if war were to break out.

' Having said this, he and most of the members who had a right to sit in Parliament, withdrew from the House ; so that there was not the fourth part of a quorum of lawful members present in the House when the Secluded Members, who had been voted out of the Parliament by those that had an undisputed authority over their own members, undertook to dissolve the Parliament, which was not to be done, unless by their own consent ; and whether that consent was ever given, is submitted to the judgment of all impartial men.

Having failed at their earlier attempt to conduct market-economy reforms such as those carried out in China by Deng Xiaoping, Kim opted for continued ideological purity.

Having survived Section 98, and benefiting from the public sympathy wrought by persecution, Communist Party members set out to organize workers in the relief camps.

Having scored 5 and 38 for the South Wales club in his first match at The Oval, Grace was outstanding in the next match and scored 170 and 56 not out against the Gentlemen of Sussex at the Royal Brunswick Ground in Hove.

* Having driven out the Jews, Alexandria's new patriarch, Cyril, has instigated the mob after taking offense at Hypatia's scientific rationalism.

Having completed the first leg of its extensive European tour, which saw the band play 15 sold-out dates across nine countries, the UK leg of the tour sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale and included three London dates, the first of which was The O < sub > 2 </ sub > Arena on 13 October.

Having been given an ample allowance by his father, he went looking for adventure on the continent, deliberately seeking out circumstances that might be considered dangerous by some.

Having grown out of the religiously based mystery plays of the Middle Ages, they represented a shift towards a more secular base for European theatre.

* Having suffered heavy losses since invading Scotland in 208, emperor Septimius Severus sens his son Caracalla to systematically wipe out and torture the Scots into submission.

Having led his men out from the castle to meet the enemy, Edward gained early success, but unwisely pursued a retreating force to the north, thus sacrificing the chance of overall victory.

Having drawn the first leg at the San Siro, Milan trailed to a Chris Waddle goal with little time remaining when the floodlights went out.

Having shown interest in Trevize earlier ( as he is an individual who has spoken out against the Second Foundation frequently ), Gendibal endeavors to follow Trevize, reasoning that he should be able to find out who has altered the mind of the native.

Having accidentally killed his father-in-law Electryon, king of Mycenae, Amphitryon was driven out by Electryon's brother, Sthenelus.