A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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Page 14
... letter of credentials , and dis- covered that the king therein commanded the governor to put him to death . Thinking his nephew's letter contained the same order , he counselled him to open it . But Tarafa would not break the king's ...
... letter of credentials , and dis- covered that the king therein commanded the governor to put him to death . Thinking his nephew's letter contained the same order , he counselled him to open it . But Tarafa would not break the king's ...
Page 56
... letter Ain - the peculiar onomatopoeia of the Arab tongue , which reproduces the grunt of the camel as it is being loaded - pronounced the sad or emphatic ș wrong , and could not produce the guttural ḥ at all . Another Persian who ...
... letter Ain - the peculiar onomatopoeia of the Arab tongue , which reproduces the grunt of the camel as it is being loaded - pronounced the sad or emphatic ș wrong , and could not produce the guttural ḥ at all . Another Persian who ...
Page 60
... letter of the alphabet . He was a living encyclopædia . He had begun by being a thief and a rogue . Some verses which he found on the person of a man he had robbed in the middle of the night stirred his vocation in him . He wrote poetry ...
... letter of the alphabet . He was a living encyclopædia . He had begun by being a thief and a rogue . Some verses which he found on the person of a man he had robbed in the middle of the night stirred his vocation in him . He wrote poetry ...
Page 61
... letters into . the various provinces of the Empire , recommending that al - Zuhri should be consulted in any legal difficulties , " for no man , " he says , " is better acquainted with the customs of the past days . " When at home , he ...
... letters into . the various provinces of the Empire , recommending that al - Zuhri should be consulted in any legal difficulties , " for no man , " he says , " is better acquainted with the customs of the past days . " When at home , he ...
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... letter in them . He had a long neck , and was somewhat gibed at on this account . He died in 748 . But the theological works of those days have not come down to us . The collection of the Arab proverbs now began to attract some ...
... letter in them . He had a long neck , and was somewhat gibed at on this account . He died in 748 . But the theological works of those days have not come down to us . The collection of the Arab proverbs now began to attract some ...
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