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URús , a country bordering on the province of 1 2 3 اردوباد 1 آرش * Sir William
Ouseley describes his passage across this noble river , the Araxes , and notices
many classical allusions to the ancient bridges which its impetuous current had ...
URús , a country bordering on the province of 1 2 3 اردوباد 1 آرش * Sir William
Ouseley describes his passage across this noble river , the Araxes , and notices
many classical allusions to the ancient bridges which its impetuous current had ...
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... sur l'Origine et les Progrès des Arts de la Grèce , ” Supplem . ) But Sir William
Ouseley , who examined these stone inclosures ... ( See Sir W. Ouseley's Travels
, Vol . iii . p . 397. ) 4 UzKAND , ' a city of Turkistan . Umán OF SADIK ISFAHANI .
... sur l'Origine et les Progrès des Arts de la Grèce , ” Supplem . ) But Sir William
Ouseley , who examined these stone inclosures ... ( See Sir W. Ouseley's Travels
, Vol . iii . p . 397. ) 4 UzKAND , ' a city of Turkistan . Umán OF SADIK ISFAHANI .
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To this quotation from Sir W. Ouseley's work may be added , on his authority , that
Gibbon does not hesitate to use march in the singular ; for he says ( speaking of
Charlemagne ) : “ In his absence he instituted the Spanish march , which ...
To this quotation from Sir W. Ouseley's work may be added , on his authority , that
Gibbon does not hesitate to use march in the singular ; for he says ( speaking of
Charlemagne ) : “ In his absence he instituted the Spanish march , which ...
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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 ( vazír to one of the Sama . nian princes ) in the year of the
hejira ...
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 ( vazír to one of the Sama . nian princes ) in the year of the
hejira ...
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His nails are tinged with some red dye , ( probably hinná , ) according to a custom
of great antiquity in the East ( see Sir William Ouseley's “ Travels , " vol . iur . p .
565 ) ; and the drawing represents an extraordinary substitute for a sling , by ...
His nails are tinged with some red dye , ( probably hinná , ) according to a custom
of great antiquity in the East ( see Sir William Ouseley's “ Travels , " vol . iur . p .
565 ) ; and the drawing represents an extraordinary substitute for a sling , by ...
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| Title | Publications, Issue 20 Publications, Oriental Translation Fund |
| Author | Oriental Translation Fund |
| Publisher | Royal Asiatic Society, 1832 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2006 |
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