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The word mawla ( 3 ) is derived from the verb wala ( to be near ) ; its grammatical form shows it to belong to that class of nouns which are called nouns of place ( Kla ) , and serve to designate either the place in which the action ...
The word mawla ( 3 ) is derived from the verb wala ( to be near ) ; its grammatical form shows it to belong to that class of nouns which are called nouns of place ( Kla ) , and serve to designate either the place in which the action ...
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Wald results from enfranchisement or from approximation ; it is therefore of two kinds , relationship by enfranchisement ( walā ' l - atāka ) , called also relationship by favour ( walā ` n - nźma ) , and relationship by approximation ...
Wald results from enfranchisement or from approximation ; it is therefore of two kinds , relationship by enfranchisement ( walā ' l - atāka ) , called also relationship by favour ( walā ` n - nźma ) , and relationship by approximation ...
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... gives the following anecdote on the authority of some natives of Basra : " We set out , " said they , " to perform the pilgrimage , and on our way we saw a boy standing by the side of the road , " who called out to us to know if any ...
... gives the following anecdote on the authority of some natives of Basra : " We set out , " said they , " to perform the pilgrimage , and on our way we saw a boy standing by the side of the road , " who called out to us to know if any ...
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Abū Muhammad had another son called Abd ar - Rahman , who studied the Traditions and history , and wrote some works , one of which was on the conquests of the Moslims . - Abū Muhammad was born A. H. 150 ( A. D. 767-8 ) ; some say 155 ...
Abū Muhammad had another son called Abd ar - Rahman , who studied the Traditions and history , and wrote some works , one of which was on the conquests of the Moslims . - Abū Muhammad was born A. H. 150 ( A. D. 767-8 ) ; some say 155 ...
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It is said that most of the learned men ( of that time ) called the Adab al - Kātib a preface without a book , and the Islāh al - Mantik ( Ibn as - Sikkit's work ) a book without a preface ; but this observation betrays a certain degree ...
It is said that most of the learned men ( of that time ) called the Adab al - Kātib a preface without a book , and the Islāh al - Mantik ( Ibn as - Sikkit's work ) a book without a preface ; but this observation betrays a certain degree ...
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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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