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... Christians . 5 b 6 TABRISTAN , a province of Irán or Persia : it is also called Mázinderán . The chief city of it is Ámol ; and it comprises besides , Sári , Farrahá- bád , and other towns ; and , according to one account , Tabristán ...
... Christians . 5 b 6 TABRISTAN , a province of Irán or Persia : it is also called Mázinderán . The chief city of it is Ámol ; and it comprises besides , Sári , Farrahá- bád , and other towns ; and , according to one account , Tabristán ...
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... era corresponds to 780 of Christ . † In the article " TÚRÁN , " our author has already men- tioned the region of Zulmát , the hyperborean country of Cimmerian darkness , ف FAREH , ' a place in the territory of OF SADIK ISFAHANI . 37.
... era corresponds to 780 of Christ . † In the article " TÚRÁN , " our author has already men- tioned the region of Zulmát , the hyperborean country of Cimmerian darkness , ف FAREH , ' a place in the territory of OF SADIK ISFAHANI . 37.
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... Christ . No part of the ancient Gour is nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles and a half ; and some parts which were originally washed by that river are now twelve miles from it . Gour must have extended fifteen miles ...
... Christ . No part of the ancient Gour is nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles and a half ; and some parts which were originally washed by that river are now twelve miles from it . Gour must have extended fifteen miles ...
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... Christian era . • Mausel , according to Zakaría Kazvini in his rare MS . work entitled " Seir al belád , " ( سیر clim . iv . ) is situated upon the western bank of the river Dijleh ( or Tigris ) : and on the eastern side is a certain ...
... Christian era . • Mausel , according to Zakaría Kazvini in his rare MS . work entitled " Seir al belád , " ( سیر clim . iv . ) is situated upon the western bank of the river Dijleh ( or Tigris ) : and on the eastern side is a certain ...
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... Christ 1221 ) : the particulars are detailed by D'Her- belot ( Biblioth . Orient . in Gelaleddin ) and by Petis de la Croix ( in his History of Gengizcan ) . The barbarian con- queror , who ran to the shore , was astonished on beholding ...
... Christ 1221 ) : the particulars are detailed by D'Her- belot ( Biblioth . Orient . in Gelaleddin ) and by Petis de la Croix ( in his History of Gengizcan ) . The barbarian con- queror , who ran to the shore , was astonished on beholding ...
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