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... appear in the list of your books , I send the third volume con- taining those Tables , so that you may form a just opinion respecting the comparative merits of Sadik Isfahani and his prede- cessors . " In my translation from some ...
... appear in the list of your books , I send the third volume con- taining those Tables , so that you may form a just opinion respecting the comparative merits of Sadik Isfahani and his prede- cessors . " In my translation from some ...
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... appears that this village ( Ázádán ) gave a surname to the father of Mirza Muhammed Sadik the author . Here is inserted ( in the original manuscript ) , between " " " ÁKSU " and 66 ÁBKHAZ , " the name " ÁK KUINLAH " ( all ) which ...
... appears that this village ( Ázádán ) gave a surname to the father of Mirza Muhammed Sadik the author . Here is inserted ( in the original manuscript ) , between " " " ÁKSU " and 66 ÁBKHAZ , " the name " ÁK KUINLAH " ( all ) which ...
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... ; and it does not appear that is noticed in the best Turkish dictionaries . Our author , Sádik Isfahani , describes " Iraván " as a castle or fortress ; and 2 CHARKEZ , 1 also written CHARKES , is the 20 THE GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS.
... ; and it does not appear that is noticed in the best Turkish dictionaries . Our author , Sádik Isfahani , describes " Iraván " as a castle or fortress ; and 2 CHARKEZ , 1 also written CHARKES , is the 20 THE GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS.
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... appears from the quantity of gold produced in its immediate vicinity . The writer of this note has lately seen a very handsome watch - chain , made by native artists of Tellicherry from pure gold found at Soonergong , in the pre- sence ...
... appears from the quantity of gold produced in its immediate vicinity . The writer of this note has lately seen a very handsome watch - chain , made by native artists of Tellicherry from pure gold found at Soonergong , in the pre- sence ...
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... appears under the title of Mazhdak ( j ) , who is described as a learned magian or fire- worshipper in the time of king Kobád , father of the great Núshirván : having introduced some heretical doctrines , he was put to death by the ...
... appears under the title of Mazhdak ( j ) , who is described as a learned magian or fire- worshipper in the time of king Kobád , father of the great Núshirván : having introduced some heretical doctrines , he was put to death by the ...
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