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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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... Christ , 1521 ) . See the " Notice de l'Histoire Universelle de Mirkhond , " by M. Am . Jourdain , in the ninth volume of " Extraits et Notices des Manuscrits de la Bibliot . Imperial , & c . Paris , 1812 , p . 163 . 2 مغرب صور البلدان ...
... Christ , 1521 ) . See the " Notice de l'Histoire Universelle de Mirkhond , " by M. Am . Jourdain , in the ninth volume of " Extraits et Notices des Manuscrits de la Bibliot . Imperial , & c . Paris , 1812 , p . 163 . 2 مغرب صور البلدان ...
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... Christ 1032 ) . See the “ Biblio- theque Orientale " of D'Herbelot ( in the article Ommiah ) , and a detailed account of this dynasty in Major Price's most excellent work , the " Retrospect of Mohammedan History . " The Tarikh or ...
... Christ 1032 ) . See the “ Biblio- theque Orientale " of D'Herbelot ( in the article Ommiah ) , and a detailed account of this dynasty in Major Price's most excellent work , the " Retrospect of Mohammedan History . " The Tarikh or ...
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... Christ 815 ) the number of males and females of this family amounted to thirty - three thousand persons . D'Herbelot gives a list of the thirty - seven ABBASSIDE Sovereigns ; see the " Bibliotheque Orientale , " in Abbassides , and ...
... Christ 815 ) the number of males and females of this family amounted to thirty - three thousand persons . D'Herbelot gives a list of the thirty - seven ABBASSIDE Sovereigns ; see the " Bibliotheque Orientale , " in Abbassides , and ...
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... Christ 1405 ) . To his name TIMOUR , TIMUR , or TAIMÚR , was often added the epithet lang signifying " lame " or " deformed , " and alluding to some per- sonal defect or infirmity : hence the strange title of Tamer- lane , which many ...
... Christ 1405 ) . To his name TIMOUR , TIMUR , or TAIMÚR , was often added the epithet lang signifying " lame " or " deformed , " and alluding to some per- sonal defect or infirmity : hence the strange title of Tamer- lane , which many ...
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