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D'Herbelot enumerates the fourteen Khalifahs or sovereigns of the family, which
would have been totally exterminated by the Beni Abbas or Abbasides, had not
Abdar'rahman ben Moaviah preserved it in Spain, where he began to reign in the
...
D'Herbelot enumerates the fourteen Khalifahs or sovereigns of the family, which
would have been totally exterminated by the Beni Abbas or Abbasides, had not
Abdar'rahman ben Moaviah preserved it in Spain, where he began to reign in the
...
Page 6
The great sovereigns of Iran and Turan"1 (Per- 6 (.lis Jo We learn from D'Herbelot
, that of this dynasty (which he denominates the Abbassides) thirty-seven Kh
alifahs reigned during a space of 523 years, from the year of the hejirah 132 until
...
The great sovereigns of Iran and Turan"1 (Per- 6 (.lis Jo We learn from D'Herbelot
, that of this dynasty (which he denominates the Abbassides) thirty-seven Kh
alifahs reigned during a space of 523 years, from the year of the hejirah 132 until
...
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By some writers Hejdz is identified with Arabia Petraca or the Stony ; by others
confounded with Arabia Deserta. ls ^^j Arabia Felix, or the Happy. " Iaman, ou
Yemen," says M. D'Herbelot, " province de 1' Arabic, qui fait la troi- thors.14 But
the ...
By some writers Hejdz is identified with Arabia Petraca or the Stony ; by others
confounded with Arabia Deserta. ls ^^j Arabia Felix, or the Happy. " Iaman, ou
Yemen," says M. D'Herbelot, " province de 1' Arabic, qui fait la troi- thors.14 But
the ...
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Monsieur D'Herbelot says the same." We learn from Sir W. Ouseley's Preface to
Ebn Haukal's " Oriental Geography," that the Persian translation of Tabri's great
work was made by a man of considerable learning (vazir to one of the Sama-
nian ...
Monsieur D'Herbelot says the same." We learn from Sir W. Ouseley's Preface to
Ebn Haukal's " Oriental Geography," that the Persian translation of Tabri's great
work was made by a man of considerable learning (vazir to one of the Sama-
nian ...
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71 <sSť-JL Selajekah, the Seu6kians, or Selgiccides, asD'Herbelot calls them,
were divided, according to that writer, into three branches — that of Irdn, or Persia
; of Kir m tin ; and of Rum. The two former began to reign about the year 429, ...
71 <sSť-JL Selajekah, the Seu6kians, or Selgiccides, asD'Herbelot calls them,
were divided, according to that writer, into three branches — that of Irdn, or Persia
; of Kir m tin ; and of Rum. The two former began to reign about the year 429, ...
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| Title | Publications, Issue 20 Publications, Publications |
| Contributor | Oriental Translation Fund |
| Publisher | Royal Asiatic Society, 1832 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2006 |
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