Works, Volume 37Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 7
... writer was recurring to his experiences in Southern India , we should then see that he is speaking of the Ethiopian ... writing about 1330 , seems to speak of Socotra in the following extract : [ " Ultra versus meridiem procedendo est ...
... writer was recurring to his experiences in Southern India , we should then see that he is speaking of the Ethiopian ... writing about 1330 , seems to speak of Socotra in the following extract : [ " Ultra versus meridiem procedendo est ...
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... writing the Persian character on a paper in his hand , according to the usual practice , does really by some natural necessity write e cœlo ad stomachum , a practice which , by becoming systematised or copied by a people to whom writing ...
... writing the Persian character on a paper in his hand , according to the usual practice , does really by some natural necessity write e cœlo ad stomachum , a practice which , by becoming systematised or copied by a people to whom writing ...
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... writing materials before him . Every great officer has his seal and distinctive bearings . It is the duty of certain ... writers quoted the passage of Rashíd - ud - dín which is a peremptory proof of the antiquity of the use of finger ...
... writing materials before him . Every great officer has his seal and distinctive bearings . It is the duty of certain ... writers quoted the passage of Rashíd - ud - dín which is a peremptory proof of the antiquity of the use of finger ...
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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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