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Page vii
... Holy City of Jerusalem , wherein these places of worship are situated , and of Palestine and Syria , the scene of early Muhammadan success . The two MSS . of this work , to which the Translator has had access , are deposited in the ...
... Holy City of Jerusalem , wherein these places of worship are situated , and of Palestine and Syria , the scene of early Muhammadan success . The two MSS . of this work , to which the Translator has had access , are deposited in the ...
Page xxv
... Holy City at different eras , and a slight sketch of its history . Although the whole work is inscribed A History of the Masjidu - l - Aksá , ' yet the contents of this first chapter would justify us in entitling it A History of ...
... Holy City at different eras , and a slight sketch of its history . Although the whole work is inscribed A History of the Masjidu - l - Aksá , ' yet the contents of this first chapter would justify us in entitling it A History of ...
Page xxvi
... cities of Damascus , Acre , Tyre , Antioch , & c . are mentioned ; many tra- ditions relating to the Patriarchs are brought forward ; the peculiar privileges of the Holy City , ( especially the Masjidu - l - Aksá and Al Sakhra , ) and ...
... cities of Damascus , Acre , Tyre , Antioch , & c . are mentioned ; many tra- ditions relating to the Patriarchs are brought forward ; the peculiar privileges of the Holy City , ( especially the Masjidu - l - Aksá and Al Sakhra , ) and ...
Page xxvii
... Holy Abode , ( more especially , as he hints , to readers and copiers of the Korán , pious men , and constant adorers in the sacred precincts , ) he heaps up ... Holy City are nearer to Heaven than any of TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . XXVII.
... Holy Abode , ( more especially , as he hints , to readers and copiers of the Korán , pious men , and constant adorers in the sacred precincts , ) he heaps up ... Holy City are nearer to Heaven than any of TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . XXVII.
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Oriental Translation Fund. the Holy City are nearer to Heaven than any of the rest of men , they are obviously the proper persons who ought to be selected by absent wealthy Musalmáns for that purpose . All this is amusing , but perhaps ...
Oriental Translation Fund. the Holy City are nearer to Heaven than any of the rest of men , they are obviously the proper persons who ought to be selected by absent wealthy Musalmáns for that purpose . All this is amusing , but perhaps ...
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