A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... King of Sheba , and the children of ' Adnân , of the house of Ish- mael , and the wars of the tribes connected with them , whose migrations led them hither and thither across the mountains and over the wide sand wastes , which evoked ...
... King of Sheba , and the children of ' Adnân , of the house of Ish- mael , and the wars of the tribes connected with them , whose migrations led them hither and thither across the mountains and over the wide sand wastes , which evoked ...
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... King Solomon , and the existence of which , in the first centuries of the Christian era , is proved by monuments now in ruins , in Yemen and Hadramaut , and by inscriptions in Himyaric characters , surveyed by J. Halévy and Glaser ...
... King Solomon , and the existence of which , in the first centuries of the Christian era , is proved by monuments now in ruins , in Yemen and Hadramaut , and by inscriptions in Himyaric characters , surveyed by J. Halévy and Glaser ...
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... king , came of a southern race , the Kinda . His ancestors had built up a principality in Najd . His father , Hujr , a severe man , desiring to punish his son for the amorous passion which possessed him , sent him away to act as ...
... king , came of a southern race , the Kinda . His ancestors had built up a principality in Najd . His father , Hujr , a severe man , desiring to punish his son for the amorous passion which possessed him , sent him away to act as ...
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... Kings Al - Mundhir III . and Al - Mundhir IV . This town became a literary centre whence poetry radiated all over the Peninsula . The successor of the last - named King , Nu'mân Abû Qâbûs , grew angry with the poet , who had used too ...
... Kings Al - Mundhir III . and Al - Mundhir IV . This town became a literary centre whence poetry radiated all over the Peninsula . The successor of the last - named King , Nu'mân Abû Qâbûs , grew angry with the poet , who had used too ...
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... king himself , who , to get rid of him , bethought him of sending him with his uncle Mutalammis on a mission to the Governor of Bahrain . The uncle opened his own letter of credentials , and dis- covered that the king therein commanded ...
... king himself , who , to get rid of him , bethought him of sending him with his uncle Mutalammis on a mission to the Governor of Bahrain . The uncle opened his own letter of credentials , and dis- covered that the king therein commanded ...
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