The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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Page 11
... seen good grounds for believing that a cause of far greater depth and extent had long been at work , paving the way for this emigration . The drying up of the Yemen commerce , and stoppage of the carrying trade , had , no doubt ...
... seen good grounds for believing that a cause of far greater depth and extent had long been at work , paving the way for this emigration . The drying up of the Yemen commerce , and stoppage of the carrying trade , had , no doubt ...
Page 18
... seen , led numerous tribes to move northward from Yemen , and transplant themselves from the shores of the Indian sea , in some instances , even to those of the Mediterranean , or the banks of the Euphrates . The emigration of the ...
... seen , led numerous tribes to move northward from Yemen , and transplant themselves from the shores of the Indian sea , in some instances , even to those of the Mediterranean , or the banks of the Euphrates . The emigration of the ...
Page 43
... seen , they took part in the establishment of the kingdom of Hîra . But the descendants of Máadd were destined to be still excluded from the administration of the Kaaba and of Mecca : for about 207 A. D. , it was seized upon by their ...
... seen , they took part in the establishment of the kingdom of Hîra . But the descendants of Máadd were destined to be still excluded from the administration of the Kaaba and of Mecca : for about 207 A. D. , it was seized upon by their ...
Page 47
... seen , he was also called Coreish . But . the received doctrine refers that title many generations back . Weil conjectures that Cussai was the first Coreish ; and that it was not till after Mahomet's death that the appellation ( the ...
... seen , he was also called Coreish . But . the received doctrine refers that title many generations back . Weil conjectures that Cussai was the first Coreish ; and that it was not till after Mahomet's death that the appellation ( the ...
Page 51
... seen , attribute them to Abraham and Ishmael , and connect a part of their ceremonial with bibli- cal legends ; but their traditional narrative we have already concluded to be a mere fable , devoid of probability and of consistency ...
... seen , attribute them to Abraham and Ishmael , and connect a part of their ceremonial with bibli- cal legends ; but their traditional narrative we have already concluded to be a mere fable , devoid of probability and of consistency ...
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administration Agra ancient appear appointed Arab Arabia Assam authority Bani beautiful Benares Bengal Board of Control Bombay brahmas British Budha Calcutta called canal Canara Captain century chief Christian Cis-Sutlej civil Clause Court of Directors cultivation Cussai Delhi déwas district Doab double Government duty East India Company enquiry existence feet Ganges give Gótama Government of India hills Himyar Hindu Hîra House improvement interest irrigation Kaaba king labour Lahore lakhs land Lord M. C. de Perceval Madras Mahomet Malabar Mecca ment Méru miles mountains Nágaséna native North West Provinces North Western Provinces object officers party passed Persian population possession present proprietors Punjab Raja Reform revenue river road ruins rules rupees Ryotwari Shah Sikh Sir Charles Wood Taghlib teak teak forests temple tenure thing Thomason timber tion tomb traveller trees tribes village whole Yemen