Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 - 616 pages |
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Page 42
... thou whom destruction has placed among the dead . It was thou to whom belonged the pre - eminence of learning , of polished manners , and of worth . Never did an if or an unless diminish the value ( of the favours conferred by thee ) ...
... thou whom destruction has placed among the dead . It was thou to whom belonged the pre - eminence of learning , of polished manners , and of worth . Never did an if or an unless diminish the value ( of the favours conferred by thee ) ...
Page 43
... thou " who art the joy of our friendly and convivial band . " And she answered with a voice enfeebled by inebriation , and interrupted like that of one who stammers : " I understand thy words , but the juice of the purple ( fruit ) has ...
... thou " who art the joy of our friendly and convivial band . " And she answered with a voice enfeebled by inebriation , and interrupted like that of one who stammers : " I understand thy words , but the juice of the purple ( fruit ) has ...
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... thou mean to lead us ( to " earth's farthest limits , ) to the place of sunrise ? " - " No , " I replied ; " but to the point " where the sun of generosity riseth over the world . " I may here observe , before going farther , that Abû ...
... thou mean to lead us ( to " earth's farthest limits , ) to the place of sunrise ? " - " No , " I replied ; " but to the point " where the sun of generosity riseth over the world . " I may here observe , before going farther , that Abû ...
Page 58
... thou- sand verses , all terminating in the same rhyme , and in this poem he treated of various sciences . A number of fine works were written by him , and he com- posed a great quantity of verses on the animals used for hunting , on the ...
... thou- sand verses , all terminating in the same rhyme , and in this poem he treated of various sciences . A number of fine works were written by him , and he com- posed a great quantity of verses on the animals used for hunting , on the ...
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... Thou knowest well . He trembles for crimes the horridness of which cannot be concealed from Thee , and thou alone art the sole object of his hopes and fears . In whom should hopes be placed , -whom should man fear but Thee ? nought can ...
... Thou knowest well . He trembles for crimes the horridness of which cannot be concealed from Thee , and thou alone art the sole object of his hopes and fears . In whom should hopes be placed , -whom should man fear but Thee ? nought can ...
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Abd al-Malik Abd Allah Ibn Abd ar-Rahmân Abù Abu Abd Abu Bakr Abû Ishak Abû l-Hasan ad-Dawlat ad-din al-Fadl al-Hasan Ibn al-Husain al-Mansûr al-Marwazi al-Mutanabbi Aleppo Amr Ibn anecdote ar-Rashid Arabic Arbela as-Saffah as-Shâfi autograph az-Zuhri Baghdad Basra Cairo celebrated composed Damascus death died A. H. diwân doctor Egypt eminent emir father favour hâfiz Hajji Khalifa heart Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ibn al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Ibn Khallikân Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim imâm interred Jaafar Jumâda jurisconsult jurisprudence kâdi kasida katib khalif Khorasan Kitâb Koran l-Hasan Ali Ibn l-Kaada l-Kâsim learned Mâlik master mawla means belonging Mekka mentioned month Moslim mosque Mosul Muharram Nasr native Obaid Allah Omar Ibn person poems poet poetry possessed prince recited replied Saad sect Shafite shaikh Sibawaih surnamed Syria thee thou took traditionist Traditions treatise tribe vizir whilst words Yûsuf