Works, Volume 37Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 82
... present commercial capital of Khiva , is some sixty miles east of the site of the old city , near the present channel of the Oxus . The lists of Minorite convents in Kipchak , given by Wadding , contain a name which looks as if meant ...
... present commercial capital of Khiva , is some sixty miles east of the site of the old city , near the present channel of the Oxus . The lists of Minorite convents in Kipchak , given by Wadding , contain a name which looks as if meant ...
Page 218
... present he received at parting £ 33 . If we may judge from the calculations based on Ibn Batuta's statement of prices at Delhi in his time , the money would represent at least ten times as much wealth as at present . 1 This church ...
... present he received at parting £ 33 . If we may judge from the calculations based on Ibn Batuta's statement of prices at Delhi in his time , the money would represent at least ten times as much wealth as at present . 1 This church ...
Page 268
... present at a magnificent banquet of hers . And whilst I was seated on a chair of state in presence of the whole city she honoured me with splendid presents . For she bestowed on me a golden girdle , such as she was ac- customed to ...
... present at a magnificent banquet of hers . And whilst I was seated on a chair of state in presence of the whole city she honoured me with splendid presents . For she bestowed on me a golden girdle , such as she was ac- customed to ...
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early employment 4 sent by the Pope to Kúblái Khan letter from | 26 |
Chagatai 32 chronological difficulties in connexion with the dates | 35 |
Archbishop of Soltania 37 another work probably his but erroneously | 38 |
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