A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... Constantinople , originally as dragoman to the French Embassy , then as Consul . In 1890 he was sent to Asia Minor to make a report on the Arabic epigraphy of that province , and he has made similar investigations in Syria . He was ...
... Constantinople , originally as dragoman to the French Embassy , then as Consul . In 1890 he was sent to Asia Minor to make a report on the Arabic epigraphy of that province , and he has made similar investigations in Syria . He was ...
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... Constantinople , St. Nîlus , who turned hermit about A.D. 400 - by the Sinai Arabs , when they reached a spring after a long journey . Sozomen , a Greek author , who wrote an ecclesiastical history in the fifth century , reports that in ...
... Constantinople , St. Nîlus , who turned hermit about A.D. 400 - by the Sinai Arabs , when they reached a spring after a long journey . Sozomen , a Greek author , who wrote an ecclesiastical history in the fifth century , reports that in ...
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... Constantinople , the Ghassânids . He was right well received by ' Amr ibn Ḥârith , but , after that prince's death , he returned to Ḥîra and was taken back into favour . When his patron died , he withdrew from the court of the usurper ...
... Constantinople , the Ghassânids . He was right well received by ' Amr ibn Ḥârith , but , after that prince's death , he returned to Ḥîra and was taken back into favour . When his patron died , he withdrew from the court of the usurper ...
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... Constantinople in his cause . He was given a guide to conduct him into Syria . When Al- Hârith ibn Zâlim , sent by Al - Mundhir to seize the treasure confided by Imru'ul - Qais to Samaual's care , laid siege to the castle , he seized ...
... Constantinople in his cause . He was given a guide to conduct him into Syria . When Al- Hârith ibn Zâlim , sent by Al - Mundhir to seize the treasure confided by Imru'ul - Qais to Samaual's care , laid siege to the castle , he seized ...
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... Constantinople , and passed through Damas- cus , where his first poem was written . When he re- turned , his father was dead . But the poet loathed official trammels . He preferred to remain free and independent , oscillating betwixt ...
... Constantinople , and passed through Damas- cus , where his first poem was written . When he re- turned , his father was dead . But the poet loathed official trammels . He preferred to remain free and independent , oscillating betwixt ...
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