Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 - 616 pages |
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... expression in his Yatima when speaking of the poet Abu Faras Ibn Hamdân , " who , " says he , " received the lesson of adversity ( lite- rally the misfortune of correction ) and " was taken prisoner by the Greeks . " In this case , the ...
... expression in his Yatima when speaking of the poet Abu Faras Ibn Hamdân , " who , " says he , " received the lesson of adversity ( lite- rally the misfortune of correction ) and " was taken prisoner by the Greeks . " In this case , the ...
Page 57
... expressed in poetry . He died A. H. 240 ( A. D. 854-5 ) .— The word Amaithal serves to desig- nate a number of things , and , amongst the rest , the lion ; that such is its mean- ing in the present case is perfectly evident . ( 1 ) In ...
... expressed in poetry . He died A. H. 240 ( A. D. 854-5 ) .— The word Amaithal serves to desig- nate a number of things , and , amongst the rest , the lion ; that such is its mean- ing in the present case is perfectly evident . ( 1 ) In ...
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... expressed by as - Salami : In embracing her waist , I have clasped a pliant spear ; and you will recognise its deadly point in the glances of her eyes . It was from this verse that Ibn an - Nabîh al - Misri ( 4 ) borrowed the idea which ...
... expressed by as - Salami : In embracing her waist , I have clasped a pliant spear ; and you will recognise its deadly point in the glances of her eyes . It was from this verse that Ibn an - Nabîh al - Misri ( 4 ) borrowed the idea which ...
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... expression : " The man whose lungs are diseased cannot help spitting . " — Hudali means belonging to Hudail ; this is a large tribe , and the majority of those who inhabit Wadi Nakhla , near Mekka , belong to it . Abd Allah , Obaid ...
... expression : " The man whose lungs are diseased cannot help spitting . " — Hudali means belonging to Hudail ; this is a large tribe , and the majority of those who inhabit Wadi Nakhla , near Mekka , belong to it . Abd Allah , Obaid ...
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... expressed by our author and the genealogists who like him lived under the authority of the Abbaside khalifs , cannot be of any weight , as they could not have dared to enounce any other . M. de Sacy's Exposé des doctrines des Druzes ...
... expressed by our author and the genealogists who like him lived under the authority of the Abbaside khalifs , cannot be of any weight , as they could not have dared to enounce any other . M. de Sacy's Exposé des doctrines des Druzes ...
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