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... William Ouseley , who examined these stone inclosures , ( now called Jángú , the " scene of debate , " or " consultation , " ) found that whatever had been the original design in their con- struction , they had latterly been used as ...
... William Ouseley , who examined these stone inclosures , ( now called Jángú , the " scene of debate , " or " consultation , " ) found that whatever had been the original design in their con- struction , they had latterly been used as ...
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... Ouseley did not know , when he visited this place , that the gold and silver ... William , " that in the Turkí language Chukhúr signified a place of abode ... William adds from the MS . Chronicle Âálum Árái , seems to indicate some ...
... Ouseley did not know , when he visited this place , that the gold and silver ... William , " that in the Turkí language Chukhúr signified a place of abode ... William adds from the MS . Chronicle Âálum Árái , seems to indicate some ...
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... William Ouseley ( quo- ted in the Preface ) that Sadik Isfahani , like most of the older Persian geographers , reckoned the degrees of longitude ( INL ) " from the Fortunate Islands , " and of latitude ( 1 ) " from the equinoctial line ...
... William Ouseley ( quo- ted in the Preface ) that Sadik Isfahani , like most of the older Persian geographers , reckoned the degrees of longitude ( INL ) " from the Fortunate Islands , " and of latitude ( 1 ) " from the equinoctial line ...
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... WILLIAM OUSELEY , THE EDITOR . ORIENTE LUX LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . SOLD BY JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET ; PARBURY , ALLEN , AND CO . , LEADENHALL STREET . M.DCCC.XXXII ...
... WILLIAM OUSELEY , THE EDITOR . ORIENTE LUX LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . SOLD BY JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET ; PARBURY , ALLEN , AND CO . , LEADENHALL STREET . M.DCCC.XXXII ...
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... William Ouseley , through whose kindness it has been communicated to me . Having lately availed myself of Sir William's permission to publish an extract from his letter as a Preface to the Translation of SADIK ISFAHANI'S " Geographical ...
... William Ouseley , through whose kindness it has been communicated to me . Having lately availed myself of Sir William's permission to publish an extract from his letter as a Preface to the Translation of SADIK ISFAHANI'S " Geographical ...
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Page 44 - Lucknouti," says Major Rennell, "a city also called ' Gour,' the ancient capital of Bengal, and supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy, stood on the left bank of the Ganges about twenty-five miles below Rajemal. It was the capital of Bengal 730 years before Christ.
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