Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 - 616 pages |
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Page 41
... talent and superior abilities ; they were clear in their meaning and easy in their style . These qualities , joined to a fertile genius and a mind prompt in conceiving ori- ginal ideas of great beauty , inclined him to cultivate the ...
... talent and superior abilities ; they were clear in their meaning and easy in their style . These qualities , joined to a fertile genius and a mind prompt in conceiving ori- ginal ideas of great beauty , inclined him to cultivate the ...
Page 44
... talent may induce him to depict it in other co- " lours than its own ; of such a nature must certainly be that satire which , it is reported , you have composed on me . I have now just heard of the state " to which you are reduced and ...
... talent may induce him to depict it in other co- " lours than its own ; of such a nature must certainly be that satire which , it is reported , you have composed on me . I have now just heard of the state " to which you are reduced and ...
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... talents and his wit . He became the inseparable companion of Tahir Ibn al - Husain and enjoyed his favour to such a degree , that even in travelling , he rode behind him on the same camel or was borne in the same litteral . His first ...
... talents and his wit . He became the inseparable companion of Tahir Ibn al - Husain and enjoyed his favour to such a degree , that even in travelling , he rode behind him on the same camel or was borne in the same litteral . His first ...
Page 57
... talent and a contemporary of Ibn ar - Rûmi and al - Bohtori . It is he who is denominated an - Nashi ' l - Akbar ( the elder Nâshi ) , to distinguish him from an - Nâshi al - Asghar , or the younger , whose life is to be found in this ...
... talent and a contemporary of Ibn ar - Rûmi and al - Bohtori . It is he who is denominated an - Nashi ' l - Akbar ( the elder Nâshi ) , to distinguish him from an - Nâshi al - Asghar , or the younger , whose life is to be found in this ...
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... talent is equally conspicuous . One of his tardiyas , containing the description of a falcon , runs as follows : When the veil of darkness was rent off the face of the heavens , and the light of the morning rejoiced in shedding its ...
... talent is equally conspicuous . One of his tardiyas , containing the description of a falcon , runs as follows : When the veil of darkness was rent off the face of the heavens , and the light of the morning rejoiced in shedding its ...
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