The British Government agree to help in the formation of an Arab Empire completely independent in its internal and foreign affairs, bounded on the east by the Persian Gulf, on the west by the Red Sea, the Egyptian frontier and the Mediterranean, on the... Journal of the American Oriental Society - Page 357by American Oriental Society - 1913Full view - About this book
| Compendium - 1835 - 58 pages
...bounded, On the north, by Palestine and Chaldita. On the south, by the Indian Ocean, or Erythracum Mare On the east, by the Persian Gulf. On the west, by the Red Sea. How was Arabia divided ? Into three parts, Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, And Arabia Deserta.... | |
| American Oriental Society - 1912 - 938 pages
...demons" (Dinkart IX), — some divinity of an earlier race adopted by the Persians as their arch-devil? Arrian likewise refers to this story (Indika 37) in...origin of the name, admits the story of Erythras as follows (16, 3. 1.): "Nearchus and Orthagoras relate that an island Ogyris lies to the south, in the... | |
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