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... and often deprived of the advantages of political independence : but it was favoured in other respects : Egypt was a sort of debateable land , wherein the contending zealots of Muham- madan sects TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . XV.
... and often deprived of the advantages of political independence : but it was favoured in other respects : Egypt was a sort of debateable land , wherein the contending zealots of Muham- madan sects TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . XV.
Page xvi
Oriental Translation Fund. land , wherein the contending zealots of Muham- madan sects met upon more common ground . The soi - disant Fátemite Khalífs , whilst they naturally professed considerable respect for Alí , endeavoured to ...
Oriental Translation Fund. land , wherein the contending zealots of Muham- madan sects met upon more common ground . The soi - disant Fátemite Khalífs , whilst they naturally professed considerable respect for Alí , endeavoured to ...
Page xxix
... Land . This subject he appears , according to Muhammadan notions , to exhaust ; and we may in short agree with him in his declaration , that he who reads this book will need no other ( Muhammadan ) guide in matters relating to the ...
... Land . This subject he appears , according to Muhammadan notions , to exhaust ; and we may in short agree with him in his declaration , that he who reads this book will need no other ( Muhammadan ) guide in matters relating to the ...
Page xxxvii
... land , whether we should set off in company . I made up my mind then to remain . ( in the performance of religious duties in the Temple of Mecca ) . I said , To remain within * the venerable House of God is better than to return ...
... land , whether we should set off in company . I made up my mind then to remain . ( in the performance of religious duties in the Temple of Mecca ) . I said , To remain within * the venerable House of God is better than to return ...
Page xxxvii
... land affords , then my heart dwelt upon the accounts of the Baitu - l - Mukaddas , and longed to accom- plish all my wish by visiting it ; Yet when I arrived in Egypt , certain impediments ( of busi- ness ) which I met with in that part ...
... land affords , then my heart dwelt upon the accounts of the Baitu - l - Mukaddas , and longed to accom- plish all my wish by visiting it ; Yet when I arrived in Egypt , certain impediments ( of busi- ness ) which I met with in that part ...
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