The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... period when the whole were united under the banner of Islam . With incon- ceivable labour , he has thrown together the multitudinous and often discrepant genealogies , and accounts of individuals and of tribes ; collating the several ...
... period when the whole were united under the banner of Islam . With incon- ceivable labour , he has thrown together the multitudinous and often discrepant genealogies , and accounts of individuals and of tribes ; collating the several ...
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... period is known by historical fact or synchronism ; but he admits that thirty years would , in general , suffice for an Arab generation . ( Vol . I. p . 248 - Note 1. ) Spren- ger allows three generations to 100 years , but he admits ...
... period is known by historical fact or synchronism ; but he admits that thirty years would , in general , suffice for an Arab generation . ( Vol . I. p . 248 - Note 1. ) Spren- ger allows three generations to 100 years , but he admits ...
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... period of greater historical certainty . * Vide note at page 6 , Art I. No. XXXVII . of this Journal . The Himyar was , probably , the indigenous tongue of the Yectanide races ; but it may have become assimilated with the Abrahamic ...
... period of greater historical certainty . * Vide note at page 6 , Art I. No. XXXVII . of this Journal . The Himyar was , probably , the indigenous tongue of the Yectanide races ; but it may have become assimilated with the Abrahamic ...
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... period that Aelius Gallus , after having taken Negranes , or Negra ( Najrân , ) attacked , and was repulsed from , Marsyaba , ( Mariaba or Mâreb , ) a city belonging to the Yemenites , † who were then governed by Ilasare . The name of ...
... period that Aelius Gallus , after having taken Negranes , or Negra ( Najrân , ) attacked , and was repulsed from , Marsyaba , ( Mariaba or Mâreb , ) a city belonging to the Yemenites , † who were then governed by Ilasare . The name of ...
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... period , the history of Hîra has been preserved . As we advance , the detail becomes greater and more certain . The position of Hîra , closely influenced by the adjoining empire of Persia , and on the highway to Syria , induced an early ...
... period , the history of Hîra has been preserved . As we advance , the detail becomes greater and more certain . The position of Hîra , closely influenced by the adjoining empire of Persia , and on the highway to Syria , induced an early ...
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