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A Literary Historyof PersiaFrom the
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StackAnnexPtPrefaceFOR many yearsI
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PREFACEixdown to the Mongol Invasio
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PREFACExl7f," says a well-known Eas
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xivCONTENTSCHAPTERVII.BOOK IIION TH
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CHAPTER IINTRODUCTORYTHIS book, as
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THE OLD PERSIAN LANGUAGE 5in the th
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PERIODS OF THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE 7Pd
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DISUSE OF PAHLAWt SCRIPT $Armenian
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BEGINNINGS OF MODERN PERSIAN 11char
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BEGINNINGS OF PERSIAN POETRY 13glee
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BARBAD THE MINSTREL 15were transcri
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BARBAD AND RtfDAGt I?"When Rudagi r
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THE MEDES 19now enter is, unfortuna
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THE MEDES 21and disclosed by Mordec
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THE MEDES 23bcrceau du Zoroastrisme
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LANGUAGE OF THE AVESTA **>same unan
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PERSIAN DIALECTS 27" Pehlevi-Musulm
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DATE OF THE A VESTA 29Paris, 1892-3
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'THE CRIME OF " MA GICIDE " }tSasin
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fORIGIN OF THE IRANIANS 33the race
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GEOGRAPHY OF THE A VESTA 35the reli
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SEMTTIC INFLUENCES 37Greek is far m
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CHAPTER IITHE DISCOVERY AND INTERPR
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ARABIC CHAIRS FOUNDED 41according t
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THOMAS HYDE 43the Arabic Mah prefix
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ANQUETIL DU PERRON 45year above men
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ANQUETIL DU PERRON 47immediately co
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S7R WILLIAM JONES 49whence, after a
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SJR W. JONES AND ANQUETIL 51de Us e
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S/R W. JONES AND ANQUETIL 53Sir Wil
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WILLIAM JONES 55with many of them,
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VINDICATION OF ANQUETIL 57catholic
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DECIPHERMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS 59know
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DECIPHERMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS 61of t
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DECIPHERMENT OF INSCRIPTIONS 63Yet,
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ORIGIN OF PERSIAN CUNEIFORM 65From
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BURNOUF'S WORK 67and the like, in t
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"THE WAR OF THE METHODS" 69acumen,"
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PAHLA Wt INSCRIPTIONS 71The Sdsania
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HUZVARISH 73more as to the essentia
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HUZVARISH 75at." So in like manner
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RECAPITULATION 77so whatever they w
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RECAPITULATION 79language " be used
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RECA PITULA TION8 iof the third and
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MODERN DIALECTS 83added concerning
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DIALECTAL POETRY 853-Vi-shum, vdshu
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DIALECTS OF PERSIA 87Kirman, Rafsin
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A PERSONAL EXPLANATION 89(iii) The
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ACHAEMENIAN INSCRIPTIONS 91produce
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ACHMMENIAN INSCRIPTIONS 93Any obser
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THE A VESTA 95heard itsaid by Engli
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Avesta during the periodTHE A VESTA
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, THE AVESTA 99festation of the Ine
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THE AVESTA 101spiritual hierarchy.T
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PAHLAWt INSCRIPTIONS 103III.THE PAH
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PAHLA Wt L1TERA TURE 16$1. Pahlawi
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PAHLA Wt LITERA TURE 107Bridge of $
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thoughPAHLAWt LITERATURE 109the con
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THE PERSIAN EPICinsources inscripti
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DOCTORTHE PERSfAMBfcWEN MIN4SJAN,th
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THE PERSIAN EPICitsDevil, who begui
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THE PERSIAN EPIC 117the Avesta as a
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THE PERSIAN EPICas follows. The fir
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THE PERSIAN EPIC 121and professedly
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CHAPTER IVTHE SAsANIAN PERIOD (A.D.
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DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS 129were withd
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BfB/ SHAHR-BANti 131Now whether thi
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BiBt SHAHR-BANll 133the Persian hat
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TOLERATION A SIN 135delivered up un
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LEGEND OF ARDASHJR 137Sasanian dyna
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LEGEND OF ARDASH/R 139Karnamak."Aft
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141Brilliantly blazing like the bri
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LEGEND OF ARDASHJR 143The next epis
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LEGEND 01^ ARDASH/R 145Hard by our
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LEGEND OF HAFTAN-BOKHT 147foot of t
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LEGEND OF HAFTAN-BdKHT 149When the
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'THE HAji-ABAD INSCRIPTION 151of th
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THE MANICHJEANS 155the former (nota
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THE MANICHJEANS 157corrupted thy re
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THE MANICHAEANS 159Manichasans. ...
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THE MANICHJSANS 161.presents itself
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THE MANICHAEANS 163Progress of \.(A
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THE MANICH^EANS 165standing " ;the
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MAZDAK 167reckless cruelty, nor fro
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MAZDAK 169the fourth Excursus (Uebe
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MAZDAK 171we have already seen (p.
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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SAsAN 173no ye
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THE CHRISTIANS OF NEJRAN 175Bilqis
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"THE PEOPLE OF THE ELEPHANT" 177Whi
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seek relief from one of the two gre
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REGICIDE AND ANARCHY 181in the midd
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THE PROPHETS MESSAGE 183the doomed
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CHAPTER VTHE ARAB INVASION" DURING
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MUSLIMS BEFORE THE NEGtfSH 187of th
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THE EARLY MUSLIMS 189down his leg,
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191and tribal interests to the dema
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THE PAGAN ARABS 193And if Hudhayl b
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AL-FAKHRt'S NARRATIVE 195and their
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3o6all scientific endeavours, who g
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CHAPTER IXTHE GREAT PERSIANHERESIAR
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312 THE GREAT PERSIAN HERESIARCHSex
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1 Some account of this is found in
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1Babak's pedigree was, however, ver
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CHAPTER XTHE GENERAL PHENOMENA OF T
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THE PERSIAN RENAISSANCE 341Tahirid
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N349Persia, then, at the epoch of w
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REIGN OF AL-MU'TAMID 351Much more i
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AHMAD OF KHUJISTAN 355.power a cert
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MEN OF LETTERS (A.D. 874-900) 357me
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REIGN OF AL-MUQTADIR 359political e
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'REIGN OF AL-MUQTADIR 363Hulul (Inc
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THE SAMANWS 365was wielded for thir
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REIGN OF AL-MUTI1367Ai-KuHnf (or Ku
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AL-MUTANABB! 369mand of his royal m
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375that four hundred camels would b
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THE IKHWANU S-SAFA 379of which a co
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DOCTORTHE FiHRis'JARO 6Wof the name
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THE FIERIST 385Section in. Describi
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THE FIHRIST 387Arithmeticians, Musi
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EQUIPMENT OF PERSIAN STUDENT 389esp
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CHAPTER XIIRELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OF T
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THE IMAM JSMA'IL 393As far as the s
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NOT SO BLACK AS PAINTED 395on every
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THE FATIMID CALIPHS 399temporal rul
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THE CARMATHIANS 405monograph. Of th
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THE ISMA'fLl DOCTRINE 407to restore
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THE ISMAfLf DOCTRINE 409" Speaker"(
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THE ISMA'/L/ DOCTRINE 411such as th
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THE ISMA'fLf DOCTRINE 413that this
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THE ISMAfll DOCTRINE 415but by his
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ETYMOLOGY OF " StfFf'' 417writings
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THEORIES OF ITS ORIGIN 419words to
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THEORIES OF ITS ORIGIN 421extent di
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RELATION TO OTHER SECTS 423even sch
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which He may bestow.APHORISMS 425Th
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BAYAZ/D AND JUNAYD 427Adam being th
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PERSIAN StfFJ POETS 437from the Tre
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439Darling," and the like. Thus Jam
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441" When Colourlessness became the
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"ANNIHILATION IN GOD" 443"For love
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CHAPTER XIVTHE LITERATURE OF PERSIA
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DOWN TO A.D. 1000 447formerly repet
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DOWN TO A.D. 1000 473Persian poetic
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DOWN TO A.D. 1000 479vailed in Engl
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A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINCIP
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 483*7. Darmesteter's E
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 485Paris und Bombay, m
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 487*5i. OnE. W. West :
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 489*7i. Noldeke : Gesc
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 491*93. Idem, Cultnrge
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 493n.. Professor Th. N
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 495For the study of Ar
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INDEXIn the following Index, where
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INDEX 499Ansar, 213, 215, 230, 231.
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INDEXBibliotheque du Roi,Nationale
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INDEX 503Batinis,Ta'limis, Ta'wil.,
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505Grammarians. Early Arab ,275-278
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INDEX 507Iran, 4, 5, 115. 139 ; (pr
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INDEX 509Kimiva-i-Sa'adat (of -Ghaz
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'INDEXMedes. 19-14. 36, 28, 30, 31,
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INDEX 513Nazar, -'Aziz Abu Mansur(F
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'INDEX 515Ram Hurmuz (or -Hurmazd),
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INDEXShapur II, 75. 2-Shaybani, 'AH
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INDEX 521Dynasty, 359, 360,364-365,