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... says that in the time of King Solomon , ( on whom be peace ! ) Nímrúz was a lake ( or covered with water ) : that holy per- sonage commanded the Díves , or Demons , to fill up with sand , and render it a country fit for the habitations ...
... says that in the time of King Solomon , ( on whom be peace ! ) Nímrúz was a lake ( or covered with water ) : that holy per- sonage commanded the Díves , or Demons , to fill up with sand , and render it a country fit for the habitations ...
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... say , in Sind . KINNISERÍN , a place in Shám ( or Syria ) KANÚJ , in India Long . Lat . 88 0 37 0 . 100 50 38 30 72 0 35 • 105 50 • 36 40 41 0 KÚNÍEH , in the province of Rúm 66 30 KIRWAN , the capital of Africa : the distance of this ...
... say , in Sind . KINNISERÍN , a place in Shám ( or Syria ) KANÚJ , in India Long . Lat . 88 0 37 0 . 100 50 38 30 72 0 35 • 105 50 • 36 40 41 0 KÚNÍEH , in the province of Rúm 66 30 KIRWAN , the capital of Africa : the distance of this ...
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... say , of Ar- menia VERÁMÍN , a place in the terri- tory of Rai URUJERD 86 40 35 30 88 15 37 0 8 HAJÚ , a place in Kúch 128 0 · 30 0 HICHLI 122 0 32 0 HERAT , in Khurasan ; the capi- tal of that province 94 30 34 30 HIRKELAH , in Rúm 74 ...
... say , of Ar- menia VERÁMÍN , a place in the terri- tory of Rai URUJERD 86 40 35 30 88 15 37 0 8 HAJÚ , a place in Kúch 128 0 · 30 0 HICHLI 122 0 32 0 HERAT , in Khurasan ; the capi- tal of that province 94 30 34 30 HIRKELAH , in Rúm 74 ...
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... says the learned Reland , ( Dissert . ix . ) præfectum provinciæ vel regioni in finibus imperii sitæ . ' ( See also Castelli Lexic . col . 3557. ) The Persian term is compounded of marz ( e ) , the " " boundary , or border of a country ...
... says the learned Reland , ( Dissert . ix . ) præfectum provinciæ vel regioni in finibus imperii sitæ . ' ( See also Castelli Lexic . col . 3557. ) The Persian term is compounded of marz ( e ) , the " " boundary , or border of a country ...
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... says ( speaking of Charlemagne ) : " In his absence he instituted the Spanish march , which extended from the Pyrenees to the river Ebro ; " and in a note on this passage , " The governors or counts of the Spanish march , " & c . ( Rom ...
... says ( speaking of Charlemagne ) : " In his absence he instituted the Spanish march , which extended from the Pyrenees to the river Ebro ; " and in a note on this passage , " The governors or counts of the Spanish march , " & c . ( Rom ...
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