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... given in the former work , ) also the degrees of longitude and latitude . From what points these are com- puted the author does not state ; but it is evident that he follows those eastern geo- graphers who , like Nasir ad'dín Túsi , Ham ...
... given in the former work , ) also the degrees of longitude and latitude . From what points these are com- puted the author does not state ; but it is evident that he follows those eastern geo- graphers who , like Nasir ad'dín Túsi , Ham ...
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... given to strangers inquiring the road towards Constantinople , styled , like most great capitals , " the town , " or " the city , " Kar ' ežoɣnv . But some zealous Muhammedans have , by a puerile alteration , changed Istanbul into ...
... given to strangers inquiring the road towards Constantinople , styled , like most great capitals , " the town , " or " the city , " Kar ' ežoɣnv . But some zealous Muhammedans have , by a puerile alteration , changed Istanbul into ...
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... given to it . There is likewise a city of the same name in Kámtá , northward of Bengálah . BEHISHT - I - GONG , 10 a city of Turkestán , the last structure towards the east : it was the capital of Afrásiáb , " and it is also called ...
... given to it . There is likewise a city of the same name in Kámtá , northward of Bengálah . BEHISHT - I - GONG , 10 a city of Turkestán , the last structure towards the east : it was the capital of Afrásiáb , " and it is also called ...
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... given to a tribe in Gilán , and from that tribe the country was called Tálishistán . The Arabs write this name Tálish . * 8 TAIBÁD , a town in the vicinity of Herát . TABÁDEKÁN , 9 a town in the territory of Mesh- hed Mekudds Tús.10 ...
... given to a tribe in Gilán , and from that tribe the country was called Tálishistán . The Arabs write this name Tálish . * 8 TAIBÁD , a town in the vicinity of Herát . TABÁDEKÁN , 9 a town in the territory of Mesh- hed Mekudds Tús.10 ...
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... given to the tract of country extending from Derbend in Bákúieh3 to Bagh- 4 dád , and from Hamadán to the extreme borders of Rúm.5 TAFT , ( equivalent in metre to Haft , ' ) a place in the territory of Yezd . 8 TAFARSH , a place between ...
... given to the tract of country extending from Derbend in Bákúieh3 to Bagh- 4 dád , and from Hamadán to the extreme borders of Rúm.5 TAFT , ( equivalent in metre to Haft , ' ) a place in the territory of Yezd . 8 TAFARSH , a place between ...
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