| ابن خلكان - 1842 - 740 pages
...a time when this anniversary found me " with four hundred female slaves standing behind me to await my orders, and " yet I thought that my son did not...but now my only wish is to have two sheep-skins, one to serve mi" for a bed and the other for a covering.' 1 gave her," said the narrator, " five " hundred... | |
| Robert Durie Osborn - 1878 - 430 pages
...anniversary found me with four hundred female slaves standing behind me to await my orders, and yet I thought my son did not provide for me in a manner adequate...now my only wish is to have two sheepskins — one to serve me for a bed, and the other for a covering.' I gave her five hundred dirhems, and she nearly... | |
| 1884 - 408 pages
...saying, " I make thee a present of them." It is related by Mohammed ibn er Rehman, a contemporary aalint or man of learning and a member of the Khalif's family...covering." Mohammed gave her five hundred dirhems,1 and she well-nigh died for excess of joy. Among the various pretexts put forward by Er Reshid 1 About £12... | |
| 1884 - 408 pages
...related by Mohammed ibn er Rehman, a contemporary aalim or man of learning and a member of the Khalifs family (the Hashimis), that he once saw at his mother's...covering." Mohammed gave her five hundred dirhems,1 and she well-nigh died for excess of joy. Among the various pretexts put forward by Er Reshid • l About £12... | |
| 1901 - 446 pages
...fostermother, after with great difficulty forcing her way into his presence, showed him his milk teeth and the curls of hair that she had kept from his childhood...covering." Mohammed gave her five hundred dirhems,1 and she well-nigh died for excess of joy. Among the various pretexts put forward by Er Reshid 1 About £12... | |
| 1901 - 450 pages
...fostermother, after with great difficulty forcing her way into his presence, showed him his milk teeth and the curls of hair that she had kept from his childhood...covering." Mohammed gave her five hundred dirhems,1 and she well-nigh died for excess of joy. Among the various pretexts put forward by Er Reshid 1 About £12... | |
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