The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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Page 13
... thing . This was the Abyssinians , who , they foretold , would overrun Yemen from Aden to Najrân , and rule for above seventy years ; after that , they would be overthrown , and would be succeeded by an inspired prophet of the ...
... thing . This was the Abyssinians , who , they foretold , would overrun Yemen from Aden to Najrân , and rule for above seventy years ; after that , they would be overthrown , and would be succeeded by an inspired prophet of the ...
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... thing to us more remarkable than the gross ignorance of some of the leading fea- tures of Christianity , which , notwithstanding all their means of information , is dis- played by Mahomet and his early followers . with the daughter of ...
... thing to us more remarkable than the gross ignorance of some of the leading fea- tures of Christianity , which , notwithstanding all their means of information , is dis- played by Mahomet and his early followers . with the daughter of ...
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... thing else than furnishing matter for his articles . The practice , however , has been retained , of prefixing the ... things to an old Indian . If indeed a young man affects to know what he does not know , or condemns customs of which ...
... thing else than furnishing matter for his articles . The practice , however , has been retained , of prefixing the ... things to an old Indian . If indeed a young man affects to know what he does not know , or condemns customs of which ...
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... thing surprises you , no one is surprised at you . As soon as you are cradled in this litter , like a patrician of ancient Rome , a beggar , who deafens you with his lamentations , seeks alms in the name of Allah ! You have a view of ...
... thing surprises you , no one is surprised at you . As soon as you are cradled in this litter , like a patrician of ancient Rome , a beggar , who deafens you with his lamentations , seeks alms in the name of Allah ! You have a view of ...
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... things which are not in the ⚫ books . For example , he will tell you that the Government ' of the Honorable Company is very much liked by the natives , except in four particulars : -stamped paper - the in- ' terference of the state ...
... things which are not in the ⚫ books . For example , he will tell you that the Government ' of the Honorable Company is very much liked by the natives , except in four particulars : -stamped paper - the in- ' terference of the state ...
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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