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... writers , Tabri , Firdausi , and others , who notice their wars with the Sassanian monarchs , and relate some curious anec- dotes of their kings . The Dictionary " Burhán - i - Káteâ " informs us that Haiáteleh ( all spelt with the ...
... writers , Tabri , Firdausi , and others , who notice their wars with the Sassanian monarchs , and relate some curious anec- dotes of their kings . The Dictionary " Burhán - i - Káteâ " informs us that Haiáteleh ( all spelt with the ...
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... writers assign it to the adjoining province of Irák Âjem : thus Emín Rázi ( in his " Haft aklim " ) informs us that " Aberkúh formerly was reckoned as a town of Fárs , but now belongs to Irák : " ابرقوه سابق داخل فارس بوده و الحال تعلق ...
... writers assign it to the adjoining province of Irák Âjem : thus Emín Rázi ( in his " Haft aklim " ) informs us that " Aberkúh formerly was reckoned as a town of Fárs , but now belongs to Irák : " ابرقوه سابق داخل فارس بوده و الحال تعلق ...
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... writers ; " and , as a descriptive Catalogue , may be " considered almost singular in not only praising excellencies , but censuring defects . 66 66 " I therefore should not hesitate to am- " plify the title superscribed on its cover by ...
... writers ; " and , as a descriptive Catalogue , may be " considered almost singular in not only praising excellencies , but censuring defects . 66 66 " I therefore should not hesitate to am- " plify the title superscribed on its cover by ...
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... , as would render unnecessary the in- spection of other records ; because , if any inge- nious writer who undertook a general compilation of that extensive nature had accomplished his A design , the work would have amounted to a hun- A ...
... , as would render unnecessary the in- spection of other records ; because , if any inge- nious writer who undertook a general compilation of that extensive nature had accomplished his A design , the work would have amounted to a hun- A ...
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... writers to express the title of this work by Habib al Seir , as D'Herbelot styles it in his Bibliothéque Orientale , translating those Arabic words " l'Ami du Voyage ; " and he adds , " c'est ce que nous appellons dans l'usage du ...
... writers to express the title of this work by Habib al Seir , as D'Herbelot styles it in his Bibliothéque Orientale , translating those Arabic words " l'Ami du Voyage ; " and he adds , " c'est ce que nous appellons dans l'usage du ...
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