The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... effect upon the Yemen state , till after the Christian era . M. de Sacy conjectures , that the insecurity of the dam was not the real cause of the emigration ; but was invented by the later Azdites , to cover one less honorable ...
... effect upon the Yemen state , till after the Christian era . M. de Sacy conjectures , that the insecurity of the dam was not the real cause of the emigration ; but was invented by the later Azdites , to cover one less honorable ...
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... effects of the great commercial change , migrated likewise , and finally took up their position in the mountains of Ajâ and Salmâ , to the north of Najd and the Hejâz . About four successions later , we find , towards the close of the ...
... effects of the great commercial change , migrated likewise , and finally took up their position in the mountains of Ajâ and Salmâ , to the north of Najd and the Hejâz . About four successions later , we find , towards the close of the ...
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... effects . Philostorgius informs us that the inhabitants of Yemen con- sisted at that time , partly of Jews and partly of Pagans . The latter , though the most numerous , practised the rite of circum- cision , like the Jews , on the ...
... effects . Philostorgius informs us that the inhabitants of Yemen con- sisted at that time , partly of Jews and partly of Pagans . The latter , though the most numerous , practised the rite of circum- cision , like the Jews , on the ...
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... effect , and sent Missionaries throughout Arabia , calling upon the Arabs to make the new pilgrimage . The Meccans were dis- pleased , and killed one of his emissaries ; while a Coreishite had the audacity to defile the precincts of the ...
... effect , and sent Missionaries throughout Arabia , calling upon the Arabs to make the new pilgrimage . The Meccans were dis- pleased , and killed one of his emissaries ; while a Coreishite had the audacity to defile the precincts of the ...
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... effects of the visionary chastisement , and made haste not only to withdraw the prohibition , but to allow the erection of churches , and to welcome the ministration of ecclesiastics . This narrative is said to have been received by a ...
... effects of the visionary chastisement , and made haste not only to withdraw the prohibition , but to allow the erection of churches , and to welcome the ministration of ecclesiastics . This narrative is said to have been received by a ...
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