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This argument is not to the point ; the Chinese organisation may not have been carried out and still Firúz may have taken a refuge at Zaranj or Tsi ling . The following works on Seistan do not throw any light on the question : Journal ...
This argument is not to the point ; the Chinese organisation may not have been carried out and still Firúz may have taken a refuge at Zaranj or Tsi ling . The following works on Seistan do not throw any light on the question : Journal ...
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The goods carried thither are deposited on the further side of a certain river beside what the Seres have for sale ... if content with the bargain , carry them off .; acting , in fact , as if in contempt of the luxury to which they ...
The goods carried thither are deposited on the further side of a certain river beside what the Seres have for sale ... if content with the bargain , carry them off .; acting , in fact , as if in contempt of the luxury to which they ...
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The whole business carried on in this way takes some six months ; the journey thither being accomplished more slowly than the return , chiefly because of the cattle that accompany them , and also because they make great haste on the way ...
The whole business carried on in this way takes some six months ; the journey thither being accomplished more slowly than the return , chiefly because of the cattle that accompany them , and also because they make great haste on the way ...
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Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinas Sinas | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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| Title | Works, Volume 38 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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