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This they under- took and accomplished ; labouring to establish their own right to public respect , they gave consistence to Islamism ; and the conquests of the Arabs received stability from the more peaceful occupations of the mawlas .
This they under- took and accomplished ; labouring to establish their own right to public respect , they gave consistence to Islamism ; and the conquests of the Arabs received stability from the more peaceful occupations of the mawlas .
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And yet the importance of obtaining a clear insight into the causes which gave to the character of a great and polished nation its peculiar cast and form cannot but be deeply felt . Were it possible to dissipate the obscurity in which ...
And yet the importance of obtaining a clear insight into the causes which gave to the character of a great and polished nation its peculiar cast and form cannot but be deeply felt . Were it possible to dissipate the obscurity in which ...
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Abū Mūsa was kādi of Basra under the khalif Omar and afterwards , in the reign of Othman , he acted as a kādi at Kūfa ; his ( grand ) son Bilāl was also kādi of Basra : this was the circumstance which gave rise to the saying , three ...
Abū Mūsa was kādi of Basra under the khalif Omar and afterwards , in the reign of Othman , he acted as a kādi at Kūfa ; his ( grand ) son Bilāl was also kādi of Basra : this was the circumstance which gave rise to the saying , three ...
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Haiyat had a cousin who , on learning " the circumstance , took his salary also and gave it in alms ; he then sought it “ under his mattress , but found nothing ; and Haiyat , to whom he complained of " his disappointment , said to him ...
Haiyat had a cousin who , on learning " the circumstance , took his salary also and gave it in alms ; he then sought it “ under his mattress , but found nothing ; and Haiyat , to whom he complained of " his disappointment , said to him ...
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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 , although his memory be a little weak . He then 66 6 gave orders for his appointment ...
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 , although his memory be a little weak . He then 66 6 gave orders for his appointment ...
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn-Ḫallikān Volume 57 of Oriental translation fund |
| Author | Ibn-Ḫallikān |
| Translated by | William MacGuckin 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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