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-	{{Template}}'''Peter Lamborn Wilson''' (b. [[New York]], [[1945]]) is an [[United States|American]] political writer, essayist, and poet, perhaps best known for first proposing the concept of the [[Temporary Autonomous Zone]] (TAZ), based on a historical review of [[pirate utopia]]s. He sometimes writes under the name '''Hakim Bey'''. The pseudonym may or may not have been a name-of-convenience or [[:Category:Collective pseudonyms|collective pseudonym]] used by other radical writers since the [[1970]]s {{Fact|date=February 2007}} and is a combination of the Arabic word for 'wise man' and a last name common in the [[Moorish Science Temple]]. ''Bey'', originally a Turkic word for "chieftain," traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. In historical accounts, many Turkish, other Turkic and Persian leaders are titled bey, beg or beigh. They are all the same word with the simple meaning of "leader." Also in [[Turkish language|Turkish]], ''Hakim'' means judge and ''Bey'' is a generic word for a gentleman (mister) generally used after a name.	+	{{Template}}'''Peter Lamborn Wilson''' (b. [[New York]], [[1945]]) is an [[United States|American]] political writer, essayist, and poet, perhaps best known for first proposing the concept of the [[Temporary Autonomous Zone]] (TAZ), based on a historical review of [[pirate utopia]]s. He sometimes writes under the name '''Hakim Bey'''. The pseudonym may or may not have been a name-of-convenience or [[:Category:Collective pseudonyms|collective pseudonym]] used by other radical writers since the [[1970]]s and is a combination of the Arabic word for 'wise man' and a last name common in the [[Moorish Science Temple]]. ''Bey'', originally a Turkic word for "chieftain," traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. In historical accounts, many Turkish, other Turkic and Persian leaders are titled bey, beg or beigh. They are all the same word with the simple meaning of "leader." Also in [[Turkish language|Turkish]], ''Hakim'' means judge and ''Bey'' is a generic word for a gentleman (mister) generally used after a name.
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Peter Lamborn Wilson (b. New York, 1945) is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, perhaps best known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of pirate utopias. He sometimes writes under the name Hakim Bey. The pseudonym may or may not have been a name-of-convenience or collective pseudonym used by other radical writers since the 1970s and is a combination of the Arabic word for 'wise man' and a last name common in the Moorish Science Temple. Bey, originally a Turkic word for "chieftain," traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. In historical accounts, many Turkish, other Turkic and Persian leaders are titled bey, beg or beigh. They are all the same word with the simple meaning of "leader." Also in Turkish, Hakim means judge and Bey is a generic word for a gentleman (mister) generally used after a name.