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This rule is by no means so certain as he imagined , and its weakness is ma- nifest in the present case . That the Arabs , when once converted into a people of rulers and occupied in the exercise of power , neglected learn- ing and left ...
This rule is by no means so certain as he imagined , and its weakness is ma- nifest in the present case . That the Arabs , when once converted into a people of rulers and occupied in the exercise of power , neglected learn- ing and left ...
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He held a long discourse on this topic , till the poet , al - Farazdak , who happened to be present and wished to humble his pride , made the remark that , had Abū Mūsa possessed no other merit than that of having cupped the Prophet ...
He held a long discourse on this topic , till the poet , al - Farazdak , who happened to be present and wished to humble his pride , made the remark that , had Abū Mūsa possessed no other merit than that of having cupped the Prophet ...
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See also the first volume of the present work , p . 501. ) ( 4 ) Mention has been made of this historian in the first volume , page 290 . ( 5 ) Amr , the son of Sinān al - Ahtam , an eminent chief of the tribe ...
See also the first volume of the present work , p . 501. ) ( 4 ) Mention has been made of this historian in the first volume , page 290 . ( 5 ) Amr , the son of Sinān al - Ahtam , an eminent chief of the tribe ...
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On this he muttered some words and a paper was put in my hand : " When you have given " to your master an account of your mission , " said he , present this paper to " him . " Having returned to Abd al - Malik , I informed him of the ...
On this he muttered some words and a paper was put in my hand : " When you have given " to your master an account of your mission , " said he , present this paper to " him . " Having returned to Abd al - Malik , I informed him of the ...
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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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| 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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