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... , in illuminated manuscript copies of Firdausi's work the " Shah Námeh , " which records , in heroic poetry , many romantic adventures of the ancient Persian kings . Names . SHAMÁKHI , the chief place of Long . OF SADIK ISFAHANI . 109.
... , in illuminated manuscript copies of Firdausi's work the " Shah Námeh , " which records , in heroic poetry , many romantic adventures of the ancient Persian kings . Names . SHAMÁKHI , the chief place of Long . OF SADIK ISFAHANI . 109.
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... as would render unnecessary the in- spection of other records ; because , if any inge- nious writer who undertook a general compilation of that extensive nature had accomplished his A design , the work would have amounted to a hun- A ...
... as would render unnecessary the in- spection of other records ; because , if any inge- nious writer who undertook a general compilation of that extensive nature had accomplished his A design , the work would have amounted to a hun- A ...
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... records . Now the titles of some extensive historical works of a general nature shall be offered to the reader ; among them I must first mention com- positions in the Arabic language . One is the " Táríkh Kebir , " 32 or " Great ...
... records . Now the titles of some extensive historical works of a general nature shall be offered to the reader ; among them I must first mention com- positions in the Arabic language . One is the " Táríkh Kebir , " 32 or " Great ...
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... records the memorable transactions of the sove- reigns , the vazírs ( or ministers ) , and the nobles ; furnishing , besides , various anecdotes of the learned men of that country , from the time when it was first subjugated by the ...
... records the memorable transactions of the sove- reigns , the vazírs ( or ministers ) , and the nobles ; furnishing , besides , various anecdotes of the learned men of that country , from the time when it was first subjugated by the ...
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... record the history of those sove- reigns who reigned over Irán and Túrán ( or Persia and Turkomania ) . Another Persian work of considerable extent is the " Táríkh ̈ Alfi , " comprising the annals of " 58 Works , " p . 49 ) " The birth ...
... record the history of those sove- reigns who reigned over Irán and Túrán ( or Persia and Turkomania ) . Another Persian work of considerable extent is the " Táríkh ̈ Alfi , " comprising the annals of " 58 Works , " p . 49 ) " The birth ...
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