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Roger Hollis, head of MI5 from 1956 to 1965, was under suspicion by his colleagues in Britain and America of being a Soviet GRU mole. Decades after the 'Spycatcher' affair, have historians managed to definitively settle the question once and for all?

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The Caliphate of Cordoba collapsed in 1031, but there presumably many Umayyad princes still about. So, where did all the Umayyads go? Do we have any record of them post-1031, or did they totally vanish from history's eyes?

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al-Hakam II of Cordoba, according to his English Wikipedia page, was a known homosexual, openly kept a male harem, and was only able to produce an heir after dressing a concubine in boys' clothes. Do we have any primary sources for these claims?

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On Muhammad's birth year.

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"Gladio", or the various "stay-behind" networks set up in case of a Soviet invasion of Europe, are blamed by many for various violent happenings, from Italy's Years of Lead to the Brabant killers. How much of this is fair? What do historians make of such claims?

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I've read that 'prestige accents' (i.e Received Pronunciation and Transatlantic) were acquired by students at elite boarding schools. How exactly did teachers go about instilling a certain accent onto their students? Did they themselves have to put it on?

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Roger Hollis, head of MI5 from 1956 to 1965, was under suspicion by his colleagues in Britain and America of being a Soviet GRU mole. Decades after the 'Spycatcher' affair, have historians managed to definitively settle the question once and for all?	1447	AskHistorians
The Caliphate of Cordoba collapsed in 1031, but there presumably many Umayyad princes still about. So, where did all the Umayyads go? Do we have any record of them post-1031, or did they totally vanish from history's eyes?	521	AskHistorians
al-Hakam II of Cordoba, according to his English Wikipedia page, was a known homosexual, openly kept a male harem, and was only able to produce an heir after dressing a concubine in boys' clothes. Do we have any primary sources for these claims?	306	AskHistorians
On Muhammad's birth year.	18	AskHistorians
"Gladio", or the various "stay-behind" networks set up in case of a Soviet invasion of Europe, are blamed by many for various violent happenings, from Italy's Years of Lead to the Brabant killers. How much of this is fair? What do historians make of such claims?	2	AskHistorians
I've read that 'prestige accents' (i.e Received Pronunciation and Transatlantic) were acquired by students at elite boarding schools. How exactly did teachers go about instilling a certain accent onto their students? Did they themselves have to put it on?	0	AskHistorians