The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... ancient Babylon , and skirting the southern shore of the Persian Gulph and the boundary of Omân , till it meets the Indian Ocean , will give the eastern side of our figure : and the corresponding parallel on the west runs from Suez , or ...
... ancient Babylon , and skirting the southern shore of the Persian Gulph and the boundary of Omân , till it meets the Indian Ocean , will give the eastern side of our figure : and the corresponding parallel on the west runs from Suez , or ...
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... ancient seats of Himyar rule , and as we are assur- ed that writing was known to the nation , and that the country * Vide Art . IV . No. XXXVIII . -On the Aboriginal Tribes of Arabia . + Vide Art . I. No. XXXVII . pp . 42 , 43 , and ...
... ancient seats of Himyar rule , and as we are assur- ed that writing was known to the nation , and that the country * Vide Art . IV . No. XXXVIII . -On the Aboriginal Tribes of Arabia . + Vide Art . I. No. XXXVII . pp . 42 , 43 , and ...
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... ancient names in the Himyar dynasty , * the foundation is not broad enough to build any sure theory upon . We have , however , the indisputable fact , that events of some description , and most likely the names of the ancient kings ...
... ancient names in the Himyar dynasty , * the foundation is not broad enough to build any sure theory upon . We have , however , the indisputable fact , that events of some description , and most likely the names of the ancient kings ...
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... ancient aborigines , such as the Amâlica , Adites , Thamûd , Jadis , Tasm : —who , it is held , be- came extinct ; but more likely merged into the more powerful Mutáriba and Mustá- riba tribes . The three words are different forms of ...
... ancient aborigines , such as the Amâlica , Adites , Thamûd , Jadis , Tasm : —who , it is held , be- came extinct ; but more likely merged into the more powerful Mutáriba and Mustá- riba tribes . The three words are different forms of ...
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... ancient African Prince , with Gregory the Patrician , who commanded in Africa , when invaded by Othmân . He well adds ; " On voit là un exemple de peu de scrupule avec lequel l ' ignorance de quelques écrivains orientaux rapproche les ...
... ancient African Prince , with Gregory the Patrician , who commanded in Africa , when invaded by Othmân . He well adds ; " On voit là un exemple de peu de scrupule avec lequel l ' ignorance de quelques écrivains orientaux rapproche les ...
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