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... quoted by Ibn Haukal places the frontiers of Sin close to Mâ - warâ - n - Nahr , and an Arab poet speaks of Kutaybah , the conqueror of Transoxiana for the Moslem , as being interred in the land of Sin , whilst it is known from other ...
... quoted by Ibn Haukal places the frontiers of Sin close to Mâ - warâ - n - Nahr , and an Arab poet speaks of Kutaybah , the conqueror of Transoxiana for the Moslem , as being interred in the land of Sin , whilst it is known from other ...
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... quoted by Klaproth , distinguishes North and South China as the Chin and Machin of the Hindus ( Journ . As . , sér . ii , tom . i , 115 ) . But there is no proof that the Hindus ever made this distinction , nor has anyone that I know of ...
... quoted by Klaproth , distinguishes North and South China as the Chin and Machin of the Hindus ( Journ . As . , sér . ii , tom . i , 115 ) . But there is no proof that the Hindus ever made this distinction , nor has anyone that I know of ...
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... quoted , applied in the same way . The German speaks of the Duvan , by which the main Oxus of Wood seems meant , as crossed by a bridge to the north of Badakhshan . Wood tells us ( p . 398 ) that it is bridged in that quarter . And the ...
... quoted , applied in the same way . The German speaks of the Duvan , by which the main Oxus of Wood seems meant , as crossed by a bridge to the north of Badakhshan . Wood tells us ( p . 398 ) that it is bridged in that quarter . And the ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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