The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... object of the work is to trace the process by which the independent and hostile fragments of Arabia became one great and irresistible nation . " We are not aware that the mass of information presented by M. C. de Perceval , in his first ...
... object of the work is to trace the process by which the independent and hostile fragments of Arabia became one great and irresistible nation . " We are not aware that the mass of information presented by M. C. de Perceval , in his first ...
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... object , we are forced back upon the native tradition of Arabia . In a former paper in this Review the nature of Arab tradition has been discussed , and it has been shown that as regards genealogical and phylar- chal reminiscences , it ...
... object , we are forced back upon the native tradition of Arabia . In a former paper in this Review the nature of Arab tradition has been discussed , and it has been shown that as regards genealogical and phylar- chal reminiscences , it ...
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... objects to the story upon chronological grounds ; but his objections appear to be removed by the explanation of M. C. de Perceval , who makes the Abyssinians to receive the first check and overthrow in 575 , but not to be finally ...
... objects to the story upon chronological grounds ; but his objections appear to be removed by the explanation of M. C. de Perceval , who makes the Abyssinians to receive the first check and overthrow in 575 , but not to be finally ...
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... objects , and concluding the pilgrimage by the sacrifice of some victim , a camel , a sheep , or a kid . At what remote period the country about Mecca began to be regarded as inviolable ( Haram , ) we have no means of judging ; but the ...
... objects , and concluding the pilgrimage by the sacrifice of some victim , a camel , a sheep , or a kid . At what remote period the country about Mecca began to be regarded as inviolable ( Haram , ) we have no means of judging ; but the ...
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... object was defeated . by the still remaining imperfection of the cycle ; for the year being yet shorter by one day and a fraction than the real year , each recurring season accelerated the time of pilgrimage : so that , when after two ...
... object was defeated . by the still remaining imperfection of the cycle ; for the year being yet shorter by one day and a fraction than the real year , each recurring season accelerated the time of pilgrimage : so that , when after two ...
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