The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, Tom 1Thomas Spencer Baynes R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... Herat ( 1597 ) , and drove them out of his dominions . In the wars he carried on with the Turks during nearly the whole of his reign , his successes were numerous , and he acquired or regained a large extent of territory By the victory ...
... Herat ( 1597 ) , and drove them out of his dominions . In the wars he carried on with the Turks during nearly the whole of his reign , his successes were numerous , and he acquired or regained a large extent of territory By the victory ...
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... Herat and the Murghâb or river of Merv . The half - independent Hazara tribes stretch across these branches and down into the Oxus basin , so that it is difficult here to assign a boundary . We assume it to continue along the range ...
... Herat and the Murghâb or river of Merv . The half - independent Hazara tribes stretch across these branches and down into the Oxus basin , so that it is difficult here to assign a boundary . We assume it to continue along the range ...
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... Herat is 2650 ; Kan- dahar , 3490 . The Afghans themselves make a broad distinction between Kabul , meaning thereby the whole basin of the Kabul river , and the rest of their country , excluding the former from the large and vague term ...
... Herat is 2650 ; Kan- dahar , 3490 . The Afghans themselves make a broad distinction between Kabul , meaning thereby the whole basin of the Kabul river , and the rest of their country , excluding the former from the large and vague term ...
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... Herat river below Herat . Generally , indeed , in such cases the trees appear to be mimosas , tamarisks , and the like , with little body of foliage . RIVERS . Next to the Kabul river in importance , and probably much exceeding it in ...
... Herat river below Herat . Generally , indeed , in such cases the trees appear to be mimosas , tamarisks , and the like , with little body of foliage . RIVERS . Next to the Kabul river in importance , and probably much exceeding it in ...
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... Herat , commanding the ordin assailant . The town walls were destroyed by Pollock , butary passage and summer ford of the Helmand . It was held have probably been restored . CLIMATE . ] and south , and only two gates. miles , and ending ...
... Herat , commanding the ordin assailant . The town walls were destroyed by Pollock , butary passage and summer ford of the Helmand . It was held have probably been restored . CLIMATE . ] and south , and only two gates. miles , and ending ...
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Strona 134 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Strona 292 - Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die : and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Strona 33 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Strona 53 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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