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... Eastern literature . For the use of these Tracts ( illustrating Asiatic Geography ) I am indebted to Sir William Ouseley , in whose valuable and extensive Collection of Manuscripts they are preserved . To him also I must acknowledge ...
... Eastern literature . For the use of these Tracts ( illustrating Asiatic Geography ) I am indebted to Sir William Ouseley , in whose valuable and extensive Collection of Manuscripts they are preserved . To him also I must acknowledge ...
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... East . " These passages I have gladly incor- porated with my own part of the translation , availing myself , at the same time , of a few hints for short notes , which he obligingly added to his communication ; and I shall here ...
... East . " These passages I have gladly incor- porated with my own part of the translation , availing myself , at the same time , of a few hints for short notes , which he obligingly added to his communication ; and I shall here ...
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... eastern geo- graphers who , like Nasir ad'dín Túsi , Ham- dallah Kazvíni , and Ulugh Beig , calculate 6 -from the For از جزایر ( خالدات ) their longitude tunate Islands , ' and their latitude ( 1 ) ' from the Equinoctial Line . ' 66 ...
... eastern geo- graphers who , like Nasir ad'dín Túsi , Ham- dallah Kazvíni , and Ulugh Beig , calculate 6 -from the For از جزایر ( خالدات ) their longitude tunate Islands , ' and their latitude ( 1 ) ' from the Equinoctial Line . ' 66 ...
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... eastern writings , where the accents and diacritical points are often am- biguously expressed or altogether omitted , this becomes superfluous when the name of a place is accurately printed , not only in Arabic or Persian characters ...
... eastern writings , where the accents and diacritical points are often am- biguously expressed or altogether omitted , this becomes superfluous when the name of a place is accurately printed , not only in Arabic or Persian characters ...
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... Eastern Turks or Tátárs , who , ac- cording to D'Herbelot , obtained the name of Cabgiak , Cap- tchak , or Kiptchak , from their Prince Oghúz Khán , on the fol- lowing occasion : -A woman far advanced in pregnancy , to avoid the horrors ...
... Eastern Turks or Tátárs , who , ac- cording to D'Herbelot , obtained the name of Cabgiak , Cap- tchak , or Kiptchak , from their Prince Oghúz Khán , on the fol- lowing occasion : -A woman far advanced in pregnancy , to avoid the horrors ...
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