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Al - Masłdi , in his Murūj ad - Dahab , gives the following anecdote on the authority of some natives of Basra : " We set out , " said they ... to which he made answer : My 66 66 master wishes to give you his dying injunctions .
Al - Masłdi , in his Murūj ad - Dahab , gives the following anecdote on the authority of some natives of Basra : " We set out , " said they ... to which he made answer : My 66 66 master wishes to give you his dying injunctions .
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... —a shop between the columns ( of the mosque ) and without a lock , where you give religion in exchange for the money of the poor . You have made of religion a falcon wherewith to catch your prey , but falconers never acquire riches ...
... —a shop between the columns ( of the mosque ) and without a lock , where you give religion in exchange for the money of the poor . You have made of religion a falcon wherewith to catch your prey , but falconers never acquire riches ...
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He filled the office of justifier and impugner of witnesses ( 4 ) ; but neither he nor any of his sons would ever give evidence in a court of law , on account of a vow which he had previously made against doing so this particularity is ...
He filled the office of justifier and impugner of witnesses ( 4 ) ; but neither he nor any of his sons would ever give evidence in a court of law , on account of a vow which he had previously made against doing so this particularity is ...
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( We shall give the life of his father and that of his son . ) This fine preacher , who was equally remarkable for the elegance of his figure and the harmony of his style , was kādi of Mosul and taught the Traditions in that city ...
( We shall give the life of his father and that of his son . ) This fine preacher , who was equally remarkable for the elegance of his figure and the harmony of his style , was kādi of Mosul and taught the Traditions in that city ...
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Give here the wine in its robe of glass , like a ruby set round with brilliants ; the water forms on its surface bubbles of silver rising in circlets which break and form again . It has the quality of preserving me from the flames of ...
Give here the wine in its robe of glass , like a ruby set round with brilliants ; the water forms on its surface bubbles of silver rising in circlets which break and form again . It has the quality of preserving me from the flames of ...
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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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