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The following anecdote is related by himself : Abd al - Malik Ibn Marwan sent me on an embassy to the king of the Greeks ; and that prince addressed me a number of questions , to all of which I returned satisfactory answers .
The following anecdote is related by himself : Abd al - Malik Ibn Marwan sent me on an embassy to the king of the Greeks ; and that prince addressed me a number of questions , to all of which I returned satisfactory answers .
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Al - Hajjaj was highly pleased with this answer and made him a present . - As - Shābi was inclined to pleasantry ; he was one day sitting in his house with a female when a person came in and asked : " Which of you two is " as - Shābi ?
Al - Hajjaj was highly pleased with this answer and made him a present . - As - Shābi was inclined to pleasantry ; he was one day sitting in his house with a female when a person came in and asked : " Which of you two is " as - Shābi ?
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... to which he made answer : My 66 66 master wishes to give you his dying injunctions . ... turned off from " the road and followed him till , at some distance , we found a man lying under 66 a tree and unable to give us any answer .
... to which he made answer : My 66 66 master wishes to give you his dying injunctions . ... turned off from " the road and followed him till , at some distance , we found a man lying under 66 a tree and unable to give us any answer .
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... to which he made answer : " The very dust which entered into Moawia's nostrils when accompanying God's 549 " blessed Prophet is a thousand times more holy than all Omar . Moawia was praying behind the Prophet when the latter said ...
... to which he made answer : " The very dust which entered into Moawia's nostrils when accompanying God's 549 " blessed Prophet is a thousand times more holy than all Omar . Moawia was praying behind the Prophet when the latter said ...
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-I answered , Commander of the faith- " ful ! I suppose Ibn Maadan al - Yahsubi . - It is not fit that a kādi should be " deaf , replied al - Mansūr , and he is . — It is then Ibn Lahia , said I. — The very " man , answered the khalif ...
-I answered , Commander of the faith- " ful ! I suppose Ibn Maadan al - Yahsubi . - It is not fit that a kādi should be " deaf , replied al - Mansūr , and he is . — It is then Ibn Lahia , said I. — The very " man , answered the khalif ...
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn Khallikān Volume 57 of Oriental Translation Fund Volume 57 of Publications (Oriental translation fund) |
| Author | Ibn Khallikān |
| Translated by | William MacGuckin baron de Slane |
| Publisher | Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 616 pages |
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