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... 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 further obligations : together with the two ...
... 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 further obligations : together with the two ...
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... Tracts of Sadik Isfahani are noticed ( p . 11 ) under the titles of " Tahkik al Iráb , " ( two copies , No. 380 , in quarto , and No. 381 , in folio , ) and " Takwim al Buldan , " No. 383 , a folio MS . " although , as both treat on the ...
... Tracts of Sadik Isfahani are noticed ( p . 11 ) under the titles of " Tahkik al Iráb , " ( two copies , No. 380 , in quarto , and No. 381 , in folio , ) and " Takwim al Buldan , " No. 383 , a folio MS . " although , as both treat on the ...
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... tracts , ( some of which I possess , ) constituting a Miscellany deno- minated Shahid Sádik ' ( lol ) : to this belonged the two tracts now in your hands , and I believe that it did not contain any other work on the subject of geography ...
... tracts , ( some of which I possess , ) constituting a Miscellany deno- minated Shahid Sádik ' ( lol ) : to this belonged the two tracts now in your hands , and I believe that it did not contain any other work on the subject of geography ...
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Oriental Translation Fund. and various passages scattered throughout his Geographical Tracts show that he was much better acquainted with that country than most Persian writers . 6 " He has not quoted any authority for the geographical ...
Oriental Translation Fund. and various passages scattered throughout his Geographical Tracts show that he was much better acquainted with that country than most Persian writers . 6 " He has not quoted any authority for the geographical ...
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... Tract ( the ' Tahkík al Iráb ' ) they certainly would seem misplaced : of each , however , some mention might be made in the form of a note . But every name of a person from whom any country or city has received its denomination belongs ...
... Tract ( the ' Tahkík al Iráb ' ) they certainly would seem misplaced : of each , however , some mention might be made in the form of a note . But every name of a person from whom any country or city has received its denomination belongs ...
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