History of the Dominion of the Arabs in Spain, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... arrived in Cordova , one of his first acts was to appoint a man , of whose reputation for learning he had heard much discourse , to be Prefect of Azala , or Chief Priest in the Mosque of King Hixem . This was Said Ben Edris Ben Yahye ...
... arrived in Cordova , one of his first acts was to appoint a man , of whose reputation for learning he had heard much discourse , to be Prefect of Azala , or Chief Priest in the Mosque of King Hixem . This was Said Ben Edris Ben Yahye ...
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... Arrived at Medina } Fez , they besieged that city , and having taken it , the Chotba , or public prayer , for the Ömeyas of Spain , which had been interrupted by the pretensions of the Zeiries of Sanhaga , A.D.986 . ] HONOURS CONFERRED ...
... Arrived at Medina } Fez , they besieged that city , and having taken it , the Chotba , or public prayer , for the Ömeyas of Spain , which had been interrupted by the pretensions of the Zeiries of Sanhaga , A.D.986 . ] HONOURS CONFERRED ...
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... with the principal Xeques , great lords , and noble cavaliers of the city . Arrived at the gardens , those damsels , each holding an ivory wand inlaid with gold in her hand , stood to guard 12 DOMINION OF THE ARABS IN SPAIN . [ A.D. 987 .
... with the principal Xeques , great lords , and noble cavaliers of the city . Arrived at the gardens , those damsels , each holding an ivory wand inlaid with gold in her hand , stood to guard 12 DOMINION OF THE ARABS IN SPAIN . [ A.D. 987 .
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... arrived , they all entered into the spacious court , and seated themselves amidst the stately orange- trees and jasmines by which it was surrounded . While * The Zawiyas were hospitals for professed beggars : each of them was governed ...
... arrived , they all entered into the spacious court , and seated themselves amidst the stately orange- trees and jasmines by which it was surrounded . While * The Zawiyas were hospitals for professed beggars : each of them was governed ...
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... arrived at the end of the street in which the dwelling of Yahye stood , before he heard himself called by name , and returning to the place he had left , he found the friend to whom he had just wished long life , dead on his divan ...
... arrived at the end of the street in which the dwelling of Yahye stood , before he heard himself called by name , and returning to the place he had left , he found the friend to whom he had just wished long life , dead on his divan ...
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