The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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Page 23
... course of diffusion , it is probable that Christianity had reached across the desert by that period . The Government of Hira , however , was addicted to idolatry for some time after . brious site , the famous palace of Khawarnac . The ...
... course of diffusion , it is probable that Christianity had reached across the desert by that period . The Government of Hira , however , was addicted to idolatry for some time after . brious site , the famous palace of Khawarnac . The ...
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... course gathered from the Greek and Latin authorities alone . Joshua the Stylite , a contemporary historian , calls these invaders Thalabites . Their leader is also called by Theophanes , Aretas surnamed Thalabanes , ' O rĥs Oaλaßavns ...
... course gathered from the Greek and Latin authorities alone . Joshua the Stylite , a contemporary historian , calls these invaders Thalabites . Their leader is also called by Theophanes , Aretas surnamed Thalabanes , ' O rĥs Oaλaßavns ...
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... course extensive in proportion to the remoteness of the name with which it is coupled . Thus the Bani Modhar include the branches of Hawâzin and Ghata- fan ; but do not include those of Bakr and Taghlib : while the Bani Nizûr ( father ...
... course extensive in proportion to the remoteness of the name with which it is coupled . Thus the Bani Modhar include the branches of Hawâzin and Ghata- fan ; but do not include those of Bakr and Taghlib : while the Bani Nizûr ( father ...
Page 56
... course between them and their mother - country . From Ye- men , no doubt , they brought with them , or subsequently re- ceived , Sabeanism , stone worship , and idolatry ; and these they connected with the well of Zamzam , the source of ...
... course between them and their mother - country . From Ye- men , no doubt , they brought with them , or subsequently re- ceived , Sabeanism , stone worship , and idolatry ; and these they connected with the well of Zamzam , the source of ...
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... course ; and peace was enforced between the two tribes , by Mundzir III . , Prince of Hîra , whose common authority they owned . The amnesty was proclaimed at Mecca ; a treaty was recorded and signed ; and eighty youths of either tribe ...
... course ; and peace was enforced between the two tribes , by Mundzir III . , Prince of Hîra , whose common authority they owned . The amnesty was proclaimed at Mecca ; a treaty was recorded and signed ; and eighty youths of either tribe ...
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