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... sovereign in many of the towns . Intelligence of these things having been sent to Cordova , the Hagib Muhamad Almanzor instantly despatched a select body of cavalry , conducted by his vizier Abu Alhakem Omar Ben Abdallah Ben Abi Amer ...
... sovereign in many of the towns . Intelligence of these things having been sent to Cordova , the Hagib Muhamad Almanzor instantly despatched a select body of cavalry , conducted by his vizier Abu Alhakem Omar Ben Abdallah Ben Abi Amer ...
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... supplied all their wants , he returned thanks in the name of their lord , the King Hixem Ben Alhakem ; and on his return to Cordova , relating the facts to the young sovereign , he proposed A.D. 984. ] EXPEDITION OF THE HAGIB ALMANzor . 5.
... supplied all their wants , he returned thanks in the name of their lord , the King Hixem Ben Alhakem ; and on his return to Cordova , relating the facts to the young sovereign , he proposed A.D. 984. ] EXPEDITION OF THE HAGIB ALMANzor . 5.
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José Antonio Conde. relating the facts to the young sovereign , he proposed that Chateb and his family should be freed from the pay- ment of all tributes . Almanzor furthermore invited Aben Chateb to the capital , where he paid him great ...
José Antonio Conde. relating the facts to the young sovereign , he proposed that Chateb and his family should be freed from the pay- ment of all tributes . Almanzor furthermore invited Aben Chateb to the capital , where he paid him great ...
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... sovereign , and to avoid angering those troops , Jatût Ben Balkin agreed to let it be done peaceably , although not without reluctance . Intelligence of the advantage thus ob- tained was then sent to Cordova , where it was celebrated ...
... sovereign , and to avoid angering those troops , Jatût Ben Balkin agreed to let it be done peaceably , although not without reluctance . Intelligence of the advantage thus ob- tained was then sent to Cordova , where it was celebrated ...
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... sovereign , whom God preserve ; and as I have no gala dress more valuable than this - may God reward the giver , —so I have put it on . " " Thou hast done well , " replied Almanzor . But , to the end that a mantle so precious may not be ...
... sovereign , whom God preserve ; and as I have no gala dress more valuable than this - may God reward the giver , —so I have put it on . " " Thou hast done well , " replied Almanzor . But , to the end that a mantle so precious may not be ...
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