The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... 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 steps of various ...
... 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 steps of various ...
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... whole ex- tent by the Red Sea , runs a chain of lofty mountains . These take their rise in Syria , and forming the high land to the east of the Dead Sea , sweep south to Mount Sinai , and thence to the straits of Bâb al Mandeb , where ...
... whole ex- tent by the Red Sea , runs a chain of lofty mountains . These take their rise in Syria , and forming the high land to the east of the Dead Sea , sweep south to Mount Sinai , and thence to the straits of Bâb al Mandeb , where ...
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... whole of this vast continent has been peopled from time immemorial by the Arab race who , secluded from the rest of the world by their pathless deserts , peninsular position , and peculiar habits , have throughout all ages retained a ...
... whole of this vast continent has been peopled from time immemorial by the Arab race who , secluded from the rest of the world by their pathless deserts , peninsular position , and peculiar habits , have throughout all ages retained a ...
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... whole Arab progeny . Their birth , according to the variety of opinion above expressed , may have taken place from 400 to 700 B. C. The pure races from this descent are termed Mutáriba ; those mixed with supposed Ishmaelite blood ...
... whole Arab progeny . Their birth , according to the variety of opinion above expressed , may have taken place from 400 to 700 B. C. The pure races from this descent are termed Mutáriba ; those mixed with supposed Ishmaelite blood ...
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... whole story is given at length by Hishami , pp . 7 et . seq , and is common among the Mahometan historians . The reader will not fail to observe the ridiculous " fore- shadowing " of Mahomet's flight to Medina . ( See Journal Asiatique ...
... whole story is given at length by Hishami , pp . 7 et . seq , and is common among the Mahometan historians . The reader will not fail to observe the ridiculous " fore- shadowing " of Mahomet's flight to Medina . ( See Journal Asiatique ...
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