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Hali Adali, nicknamed "The Terrible Turk" and "The Sultan's Lion", was a professional wrestler


 * September 30, 1898: Adali arrives in America from Turkey and issues a challenge to wrestlers for the American title via Arizona Republican
 * November 3, 1898: Tom Jenkins agrees to fight Adali via The Sun


 * November 6, 1898: A profile of Adali via The San Francisco Call
 * November 9, 1898: The Jenkins–Adali fight, which ended in a draw, was poorly received by spectators and press via The Saint Paul Globe
 * November 18, 1898: A fight between Adali and Australian champion wrestler Rudolph Wolff at the Quaker City Athletic Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is announced. Adali is said to be from Adrianople, Turkey and defeated the former "Terrible Turk" Yusuf İsmail at a palace of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1893 via The Sun
 * December 6, 1898: Adali beats Tom Cannon "without incident" in a two out of three falls match via Saint Paul Globe
 * December 10, 1898: It was announced Adali would fight Duncan C. Ross, who had been retired since 1893 via The Indianapolis Journal
 * December 11, 1898: Adali's manager Antonio Pierri issues a challenge to wrestlers in the Northwest via The Saint Paul Globe
 * December 13, 1898: Aldali forfited a match against Charles Wittmer in Cincinnati, Ohio via The Saint Paul Globe