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Page vii
... Syria , the scene of early Muhammadan success . The two MSS . of this work , to which the Translator has had access , are deposited in the British Museum , and belong to Rich's Col- lection . They are of different ages : the more recent ...
... Syria , the scene of early Muhammadan success . The two MSS . of this work , to which the Translator has had access , are deposited in the British Museum , and belong to Rich's Col- lection . They are of different ages : the more recent ...
Page xxvi
... Syria are described ; the traditionary sayings of Mu- hammad , miracles , legends , visions , are troduced ; the sacred cities of Damascus , Acre , Tyre , Antioch , & c . are mentioned ; many tra- ditions relating to the Patriarchs are ...
... Syria are described ; the traditionary sayings of Mu- hammad , miracles , legends , visions , are troduced ; the sacred cities of Damascus , Acre , Tyre , Antioch , & c . are mentioned ; many tra- ditions relating to the Patriarchs are ...
Page xxix
... Syria and Palestine . Many of the author's strange tales resemble the Talmudic legends , and were probably borrowed from a common source . Notices of various Kha- lífs , and other princes , of different dynasties , TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE ...
... Syria and Palestine . Many of the author's strange tales resemble the Talmudic legends , and were probably borrowed from a common source . Notices of various Kha- lífs , and other princes , of different dynasties , TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE ...
Page xxx
... Syria - Palestina was the cradle ; on the early corruptions of Christianity in the East ; on the brilliant exploits of the Crusaders , the ex- traordinary conquests of the Saracens , the rise of the Turkish power , and all the various ...
... Syria - Palestina was the cradle ; on the early corruptions of Christianity in the East ; on the brilliant exploits of the Crusaders , the ex- traordinary conquests of the Saracens , the rise of the Turkish power , and all the various ...
Page xxxvii
... them . Now the ex- tended space of this journey , and the great distance between the kingdom of Syria and the Egyptian country , greatly afflicted me ; and design was changed after design , resolution after reso- lution , X INTRODUCTION .
... them . Now the ex- tended space of this journey , and the great distance between the kingdom of Syria and the Egyptian country , greatly afflicted me ; and design was changed after design , resolution after reso- lution , X INTRODUCTION .
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