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... Traditions from those of less credibility , an " exact knowledge of the isnāds ( 1 ) was found necessary , and a close scrutiny " was directed into the character of those persons through whom traditional knowledge had passed down .
... Traditions from those of less credibility , an " exact knowledge of the isnāds ( 1 ) was found necessary , and a close scrutiny " was directed into the character of those persons through whom traditional knowledge had passed down .
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The following is one of the ( curious philological ) passages which , according to his statement , he had learned from al - Asmāi : " An Arab of the desert , " said he , " passed near 548 " us in search of his son , and we said to him ...
The following is one of the ( curious philological ) passages which , according to his statement , he had learned from al - Asmāi : " An Arab of the desert , " said he , " passed near 548 " us in search of his son , and we said to him ...
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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 ; he had passed some time at Baghdad in the study of the latter ...
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 ; he had passed some time at Baghdad in the study of the latter ...
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For he was a " land - mark set up in the tracts of science , and he counted among the last remnants of a holy race now passed away . And God knoweth my grief for his " death , my desolation in the world now deprived of the blessing of ...
For he was a " land - mark set up in the tracts of science , and he counted among the last remnants of a holy race now passed away . And God knoweth my grief for his " death , my desolation in the world now deprived of the blessing of ...
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I shall not say what passed ; question me not , but think the best . Here is another pretty piece not to be found in his collected poetical works , but which all those who first transmitted his poems by oral tradition agree in ...
I shall not say what passed ; question me not , but think the best . Here is another pretty piece not to be found in his collected poetical works , but which all those who first transmitted his poems by oral tradition agree in ...
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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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