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The following anecdote is related by himself : Abd al - Malik Ibn Marwan sent me on an embassy to the king of the Greeks ; and that prince addressed me a number of questions , to all of which I returned satisfactory answers .
The following anecdote is related by himself : Abd al - Malik Ibn Marwan sent me on an embassy to the king of the Greeks ; and that prince addressed me a number of questions , to all of which I returned satisfactory answers .
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They say that he was a mawla to Amr Ibn Alkama al - Kināni , and " that he drew his origin from one of those Persians whom Chosroes had sent " by sea to Yemen , when he expelled the Abyssinians from that country ( 5 ) .
They say that he was a mawla to Amr Ibn Alkama al - Kināni , and " that he drew his origin from one of those Persians whom Chosroes had sent " by sea to Yemen , when he expelled the Abyssinians from that country ( 5 ) .
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Some time after , Ibn Hazim was reduced to poverty and removed from that neighbourhood ; this came to the ears of Said , who immediately sent to him a present of ten thousand dirhims , some trunks of clothes , a horse with his harness ...
Some time after , Ibn Hazim was reduced to poverty and removed from that neighbourhood ; this came to the ears of Said , who immediately sent to him a present of ten thousand dirhims , some trunks of clothes , a horse with his harness ...
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There was always a man in the hall of his house occupied from morning till night in pounding almonds for sweetmeats ; these his master sent as presents to different persons in the city , such as al - Kāfür al - Ikhshidi and others of ...
There was always a man in the hall of his house occupied from morning till night in pounding almonds for sweetmeats ; these his master sent as presents to different persons in the city , such as al - Kāfür al - Ikhshidi and others of ...
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Ibn Tabātabā , perceiving from this that some envious person wished his ruin , immediately mounted his horse and rode off to Kāfūr ; when they were together , he told him that he had not sent the cake through a feeling of pride or ...
Ibn Tabātabā , perceiving from this that some envious person wished his ruin , immediately mounted his horse and rode off to Kāfūr ; when they were together , he told him that he had not sent the cake through a feeling of pride or ...
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn-Ḫallikān Volume 57 of Oriental translation fund |
| Author | Ibn-Ḫallikān |
| 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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