The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... 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 ( Id . ) p . 65 . was far ...
... 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 ( Id . ) p . 65 . was far ...
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... rule for above seventy years ; after that , they would be overthrown , and would be succeeded by an inspired prophet of the Coreishite stock , to whose rule all Arabia would submit , and whose law would prevail till the day of judgment ...
... rule for above seventy years ; after that , they would be overthrown , and would be succeeded by an inspired prophet of the Coreishite stock , to whose rule all Arabia would submit , and whose law would prevail till the day of judgment ...
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... rule was distasteful to the natives , and a Himyarite of the royal house , named Saif , whether impelled by the tyranny of the invaders , or by the hope of succeeding to the throne of his ancestors , sought for foreign aid , first ...
... rule was distasteful to the natives , and a Himyarite of the royal house , named Saif , whether impelled by the tyranny of the invaders , or by the hope of succeeding to the throne of his ancestors , sought for foreign aid , first ...
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... rule of MALIK the Azdite ( A. D. 195-215 , ) was terminated by his son , who in the darkness mistook him for an enemy , and killed him by an arrow . As the father was dying he repeated these touching lines ; - فلما اشتد ساعده رماني ...
... rule of MALIK the Azdite ( A. D. 195-215 , ) was terminated by his son , who in the darkness mistook him for an enemy , and killed him by an arrow . As the father was dying he repeated these touching lines ; - فلما اشتد ساعده رماني ...
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... rule , carried terror and devastation throughout Syria . These were the Bani Bakr , and other central tribes , who under the guidance of the Kinda - ite chief Hârith , son of Amr al Macsûr ( of whom there will be further mention ...
... rule , carried terror and devastation throughout Syria . These were the Bani Bakr , and other central tribes , who under the guidance of the Kinda - ite chief Hârith , son of Amr al Macsûr ( of whom there will be further mention ...
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