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... Hamdallah Kazvini , we can scarcely doubt , although it will be found on examination that he differs from them in numerous instances respecting either the longitude of certain places or the latitude , or sometimes both . He has sup ...
... Hamdallah Kazvini , we can scarcely doubt , although it will be found on examination that he differs from them in numerous instances respecting either the longitude of certain places or the latitude , or sometimes both . He has sup ...
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... Hamdallah Mastowfi Kazvini , enumerates Alenjek among the strong castles ( with Súrmári , Mughan , and others , ) belonging to the territory of Nakhchuván in Armenia . 1 ANDAMÁNKÚH , a fortress in the territory of Herát 8 THE ...
... Hamdallah Mastowfi Kazvini , enumerates Alenjek among the strong castles ( with Súrmári , Mughan , and others , ) belonging to the territory of Nakhchuván in Armenia . 1 ANDAMÁNKÚH , a fortress in the territory of Herát 8 THE ...
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... Hamdallah Kazvíni , ( in his celebrated MS . Geography , c . xviii . ) comprises nearly three hundred villages , and is for the greater part watered by the river Sháhrúd ( , ) . He considers it as belonging to the pro- vince of ...
... Hamdallah Kazvíni , ( in his celebrated MS . Geography , c . xviii . ) comprises nearly three hundred villages , and is for the greater part watered by the river Sháhrúd ( , ) . He considers it as belonging to the pro- vince of ...
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... Hamdallah Kazvini , ( in his MS . Treatise on Persian Geography , c . xviii . ) is one of the seven Tumáns or districts ( ) comprised in the great province of Mázinderán ; but even in his time ( almost five hundred years ago ) the town ...
... Hamdallah Kazvini , ( in his MS . Treatise on Persian Geography , c . xviii . ) is one of the seven Tumáns or districts ( ) comprised in the great province of Mázinderán ; but even in his time ( almost five hundred years ago ) the town ...
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... Hamdallah Mastowfi , author of the celebrated geographical work entitled " Nuzhat al Kulub , " ( i ) quotes a tetrastich , which enumerates Gan- jah among the four most delightful cities of Irán or Persia ; the other three being Isfahan ...
... Hamdallah Mastowfi , author of the celebrated geographical work entitled " Nuzhat al Kulub , " ( i ) quotes a tetrastich , which enumerates Gan- jah among the four most delightful cities of Irán or Persia ; the other three being Isfahan ...
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