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... other 66 66 66 66 66 66 persons who had adopted the Persian habits of settled life ; for them , the arts and the sciences were a customary occupation , these habits having taken root among them at the origin of the Persian empire .
... other 66 66 66 66 66 66 persons who had adopted the Persian habits of settled life ; for them , the arts and the sciences were a customary occupation , these habits having taken root among them at the origin of the Persian empire .
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The reason of this we shall here explain : No peculiar faculty can be developed in the mind by the study of the Koran , because the declaration that it is impossible to produce anything equal to it prevents it from being taken " as a ...
The reason of this we shall here explain : No peculiar faculty can be developed in the mind by the study of the Koran , because the declaration that it is impossible to produce anything equal to it prevents it from being taken " as a ...
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I exclaimed , " had I known the contents , I should not have taken charge of it ; had he ever seen you , he would not have said such a thing ! " " Are you aware , " said Abd al - Malik , " why he wrote it . " - " I am not .
I exclaimed , " had I known the contents , I should not have taken charge of it ; had he ever seen you , he would not have said such a thing ! " " Are you aware , " said Abd al - Malik , " why he wrote it . " - " I am not .
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... but it is related that he himself mentioned that his birth took place the year in which the town of Jalūlā was taken , and this oc- curred A. H. 19 ( A. D. 640 ) ( 7 ) : he died suddenly , A. H. 104 ( A. D. 722-3 ) ; other accounts ...
... but it is related that he himself mentioned that his birth took place the year in which the town of Jalūlā was taken , and this oc- curred A. H. 19 ( A. D. 640 ) ( 7 ) : he died suddenly , A. H. 104 ( A. D. 722-3 ) ; other accounts ...
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( 1 ) Taalikas were of two kinds : the first consisted of notes taken by the student during the lessons of his professor ; and the second , of notes composed to clear up obscure passages in an author and supply his omis- sions ; a sort ...
( 1 ) Taalikas were of two kinds : the first consisted of notes taken by the student during the lessons of his professor ; and the second , of notes composed to clear up obscure passages in an author and supply his omis- sions ; a sort ...
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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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