Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 - 616 pages |
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... verses : 368 We arrived at Kûmis , worn away by our journey and the fatiguing pace of our camels , now no longer restive . My companions then said : " Dost thou mean to lead us ( to " earth's farthest limits , ) to the place of sunrise ...
... verses : 368 We arrived at Kûmis , worn away by our journey and the fatiguing pace of our camels , now no longer restive . My companions then said : " Dost thou mean to lead us ( to " earth's farthest limits , ) to the place of sunrise ...
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... verses and charming letters of his are still preserved . One of his pieces is as follows : We are a people who yield to the force of large and brilliant eyes , and yet ( armour of ) iron yields to our ( blows in war ) . Submissive to ...
... verses and charming letters of his are still preserved . One of his pieces is as follows : We are a people who yield to the force of large and brilliant eyes , and yet ( armour of ) iron yields to our ( blows in war ) . Submissive to ...
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... 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 different ...
... 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 different ...
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... verses of Ibn Sara's inculcate the renunciation of the world and its pleasures : O thou who hearkenest to the call of the cupbearer , though warned of thy approaching end by gray hairs and age ! If thou wilt not listen to my admonitions ...
... verses of Ibn Sara's inculcate the renunciation of the world and its pleasures : O thou who hearkenest to the call of the cupbearer , though warned of thy approaching end by gray hairs and age ! If thou wilt not listen to my admonitions ...
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... verses addressed by him to a certain emir who had got himself bled : May He who possesses all perfections grant to you , from thy blood - letting , reco- very and health . Say now to thy right hand : " May thy bounties never cease ...
... verses addressed by him to a certain emir who had got himself bled : May He who possesses all perfections grant to you , from thy blood - letting , reco- very and health . Say now to thy right hand : " May thy bounties never cease ...
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