History of the dominion of the Arabs in Spain, tr. by mrs. Jonathan Foster, Volume 2 |
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... thee free of all tribute for the remainder of thy life . " This happened on the twelfth day of the moon Dylhagia , in the year 374 . We find it related , that when the Hagib Muhamad Ben Abdallah Ben Abi Amer Almanzor departed from ...
... thee free of all tribute for the remainder of thy life . " This happened on the twelfth day of the moon Dylhagia , in the year 374 . We find it related , that when the Hagib Muhamad Ben Abdallah Ben Abi Amer Almanzor departed from ...
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... thee other vestments for festal occasions , and thou canst then preserve this as it merits . " 66 66 This learned man dedicated many books to the Hagib Muhamad Almanzor ; as , for example , the Kiteb Fusûs , or book of topazes ; the ...
... thee other vestments for festal occasions , and thou canst then preserve this as it merits . " 66 66 This learned man dedicated many books to the Hagib Muhamad Almanzor ; as , for example , the Kiteb Fusûs , or book of topazes ; the ...
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... thee roses Blooming , whate'er the season , all admire That marvel , and demand if flowery Spring Her steps hath quickened . " No , " they quick reply , The grateful multitude , " still hold their pace , The circling seasons , and this ...
... thee roses Blooming , whate'er the season , all admire That marvel , and demand if flowery Spring Her steps hath quickened . " No , " they quick reply , The grateful multitude , " still hold their pace , The circling seasons , and this ...
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... thee prone . Yet had mine eyes Not seen thy valour , and the power supreme Of thine all - conquering genius , this faint heart Now leaping in my bosom , must have quailed Before the coming perils . But I see thee ! I see thee raging ...
... thee prone . Yet had mine eyes Not seen thy valour , and the power supreme Of thine all - conquering genius , this faint heart Now leaping in my bosom , must have quailed Before the coming perils . But I see thee ! I see thee raging ...
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... thee from all harm ! How many powerful monarchs have thy roofs Seen pass beneath their splendours . Yet the stars Now calmly look upon the silent graves Of kings and heroes who have there abode . Tell to the world , then , whose ...
... thee from all harm ! How many powerful monarchs have thy roofs Seen pass beneath their splendours . Yet the stars Now calmly look upon the silent graves Of kings and heroes who have there abode . Tell to the world , then , whose ...
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Abdallah Abdelaziz Abdelmelic Almudafar Abdelmumen Ben Aly Abderahman Aben Abed Aben Omar Aben Taxfin Abu Bekir Abu Meruan Abul Africa Ahmed Alameri Alcaides Alcasim Alcazar Alfonso Algarve Algezira Aljama Allah Almagreb Almeria Almohades Almoravides Aly Ben Hamud Ameer Andalusia army assembled Atia Badajoz battle Cabilas Cadi called caused cavalry Cebta Christians Comarcas commanded Cordova death declared defend Denia Dylnoun Edris enemy father favour force fortresses frontier Gallicia Gehwar Granada Hagib Muhamad Almanzor Hairan hath host Infidels Ismail Juzef Aben Juzef Ben Taxfin King Aly King Hixem King Juzef King of Seville King of Toledo King of Valencia Lamtuna letters lord Malaga Medina Mehedi moon Morocco Moslemah mosque Muhamad Aben Muhamad Ben Hixem Murcia Muyad Billah noble possession Prince Radmir received Saragossa Sclavonian sent sovereign Spain Suleiman Ben Alhakem Tangiers territory thee thou Toledo took troops Valencia victory Vizier Wadha Wali Xeques Yahye Zeiri