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512 INDEXMuhitu'J-Multit (Arabic Dictionary),326-Muhtadi ('Abbasid Caliph),254, 345Muir, Sir William,191, 192, 210, 211, 219, 220,222, 224, 226, 227, 229, 240,251, 317, 342 345Mu'izzu'd-Dawla (Buwayhid),164, 364, 367-Mu'izz (Fatimid Caliph), 367,399Mujallidi, Sharif of Gurgan,15, 16-Mu'jam fi Ma'abiri Ash'ari'Ajam, 473Itiijmalu't-Tavrarikh, no-Mukhtar, 228, 229, 231, 233,234, 238-Muktati ('Abbasid Caliph),357, 358Mulamma' poetry, 467Ibn Muljam, 224Miiller, Friedrich, 64, 153Miiller, Joseph ,64, 72Muluku t-Tawa'if, 79, HI, 118.See also.ParthiansMundhir (King of Hira), 179,262Munk, 479*-Munqidh mina'd Dalai (of-Ghazzali), 422-Muntasir ('Abbasid Caliph),254- 345Miinter, 60-Muqaddasi (geographer), 293Ibnu'l-Muqaffa', 76, 110, 113,123, 169, 207-208, 273, 306,319, 332-Muqanna' ("Veiled Prophetof Khurasan "), 247, 309, 311,313, 318-323Ibn Muqla, 76, 275, 364-Muqtadir ('Abbasid Caliph),164, 358-360, 363, 364, 428,429, 431Murghab, 113-Muriyani, Abu Ayyub ,258-Murjiya (sect), 279-281, 386Abu Murra.b. 'Urwa-Thaqafi,Murshid (spiritual director),424*Murujit'dh-Dhahab(oi -Mas-'itdi, q.v.), 169, 230, 257,267, 297, 324, 368, 417Muruwwa (" Virtue," as conceivedby Pagan Arabs),190, 193Musa b. 'Ali . . . b. 'Abbas,254Musa -Kadhm (Seventh Imamof " Sect of the Twelve "),206, 393Abu Musa -Ash'ari, 216, 219Abu Musa b. Nusayr, 263Mus'ab b.-Zubayr, 228, 229Musawwida (" Those whowear Black as their badge,"i.e., the partisans of the'Abbasids), 242, 243Mushabbiha. See Anthropomorphism.-Nadim -Warraq -Baghdad!Xadr b. -Harith -'Abdari, 269Mnshammasun (grade of (author of -Fihrist, q.v.),Alanichaeans), 164373, 378. 383188, Music, 380, 382, 383*Nafaliatti'l-Uns (of Jami).Muslim -Nishaburi (traditionist),351437299, 362, 417, 4 l8 , 423, 425,Muslim b. -Walid (poet), 276 Nahawand, 79 ;Battle of,Abu Muslim, 240-244, 248, 200, 247247, 256, 308-310, 313-315, Nahid (Venus), 461317, 320, 322, 328, 392, 410. -Nahrajuri, Abu AhmadMuslimiyya (the Sect of Abu (one of the Ikhwann 's-Safa,Muslim), 313, 315-Mustafid (" the Subsequent "
INDEX 513Nazar, -'Aziz Abu Mansur(Fatimld Caliph), 371Nazuk (Captain of the Guard),435Nehemiah, 61-Nejashi (= -Najashi, q. v.),175, 186-188.N'ejran (= Kajran, q. v.), 175Neo-Platonists, 96, 167, 300,301, 304, 381, 420-421, 441Neo-Pythagoreans, 381Neriosengh, 63, 67, 68, 106Newcastle, Coals to , 456Ni?aya, 32, 35Nicholson, K. A., 167, ."99,420, 421, 440Nidhami -'Arudi -Samarqandi(author of Chahar Maqala,q.v.), 15-17, 317, 449, 456,470Nidhami of Ganja, 15, 18, 52,lfiki-nama (poem in Tabaridialect), 478Nile, 400Nine (number), 410Nineteen (number), 98, 100,101Nineveh, 21Niratigistait, 99, 102Nirvana, 443Nishapur, 12, 244, 308, 309,314. 347, 35i. 355, 368. 4
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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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THE PERSIAN EPIC 123This Pahlawi Kh
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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 HAjI-ABAD INSCRIPTION 153We oug
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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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AL-FAKHRt'S NARRATIVE 197concealed
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AL-FAKHRJ'S NARRATIVE 199possession
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CONVERSION OF THE PERSIANS 201retai
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EARLY PERSIAN CONVERTS 203soldiers
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PERSIAN INDISPENSABLE TO ARABS 205i
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SURVIVAL OF "FIRE WORSHIP'' 207the
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CHAPTER VITHE UMAYYAD PERIOD (A.D.
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THE CALIPHATE 211the metropolis of
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THE PROPHET'S ACHIEVEMENT 213missio
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CALIPHATE OF 'UTHMAN 215UMAYYAAbul-
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MURDER OF 'UTHAlAN 217able for thei
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AND MU'AWIYA 219raise aloft on thei
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221like Tamim), and the heroes of Q
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THE KHARIJITES 223cried out, "Thou
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YAZfD 22$It was still worse when, o
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KERBELA 227devotion ;but henceforth
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REBELLION OF AL-MUKHTAR 229the murd
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CAUSES OF DISCONTENT 231sanctity of
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233it not the sole aim. But this di
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'UMAX IBN 'ABDU'L-'AZfZ 235unto men
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THE lABBASID PROPAGANDA 237outbreak
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SECTS OF THE SHPA 239Broadlyspeakin
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PRESAGES OF DISASTER 241A.D. 745, a
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THE REVOLUTION 243Abbasid, whereupo
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DISILLUS10NMENJ 245the lesser Zab b
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EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION 247his re
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CHAPTER VIIGENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
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CHARACTER OF 'ABBASID RULE 253all f
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THE OFFICE OF WAZtR 255tuality) lar
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THE OFFICE OF WAZ/R 257as we have s
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REVIVAL OF PERSIAN CUSTOMS 259Anoth
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CONTEMPT OF ARABS FOR LETTERS 261ob
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LITERARY PRE-EMINENCE OF PERSIANS 2
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THE SHU'tfBIYYA 265Christian than t
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PRIDE OF THE PERSIANS 267They hare
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THE SHU'tfBIYYAThe Sku'ubiyya contr
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EVOLUTION OF MUSLIM SCIENCES 271nec
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EARLIEST ARABIC PROSE 273handed on
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CHIEF WRITERS OF THIS PERIOD 275The
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CHIEF WRITERS OF THIS PERIOD 277(22
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Wfi0CHAPTER VIIITHE DEVELOPMENTS OF
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THE MWTAZILA 281Uraayyad period per
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THE DOCTRINE OF FREE WILL 283Caliph
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THE MU'TAZILA DOMINANT 285Withiq fo
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DOCTRINE OF THE MU'TAZILA 287of the
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DECLINE OF THE MU'TAZILA 289but see
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AL-ASH'ARf 291and its siteploughed
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THE IKHWANU 'S-SAFA 293of the 'Abba
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THE ORTHODOX SCHOOLS 295Persian des
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THE EARLY StfF/Swritten with the so
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THE EARLY StfF/S 299sharply with th
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ORIGIN OF SUF1ISM 301not convinced
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THE SABAEANS 303their hair extremel
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THE SYRIANS OF HARRAN 30$great tran
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HERESY IN FASHION- 307says: "Philos
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BIH-AFARfDH 309he had beheld him de
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THE ULTRA-SHf'ITES 311[who believe
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SINBADH "THE MAGIAN" 313followers o
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THE RAWANDIYYA 315Fihnst (p. 345) h
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USTADHS/3places, believing that the
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"THE VEILED PROPHET" 319al-Muqanna'
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"THE VEILED PROPHET" 321"This verse
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BABAK AL-KHURRAMf 323teenth century
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BABAK AL-KHURRAMf* 325went forth in
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BABAK AL-KHURRAMf 327" 'So when it
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EXECUTION OF BABAK 329the Khurramis
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THE TRIAL OF AFSH/N 331two others w
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THE TRIAL OF AFSHfN 333" what means
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THE TRIAL OF AFSHiN 335flies ' (mea
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BOOK IVON THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE D
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340 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEand sti
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342 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATETurkish
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344 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEbadges,
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346 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEIt was
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348 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEfounded
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350 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEslaves
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DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATE" " Occulta
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'-354 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEThe s
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356 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATERawdhak
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358 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEardent
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360- DECLINE >OF THE CALIPHATEdynas
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362 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATE"Those
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364 DECLINE OP THE CALIPHATEmay men
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366 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEthe sam
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'368 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATECarmat
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3/0 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATE>others
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372of Islam. This Sabuktagin was or
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374 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEwith ea
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376 DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATEof Isld
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378 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREo
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380 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREI
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.ii.382 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERAT
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384 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREh
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386 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREF
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388 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREH
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390 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREo
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392 THE ISMAlLi SECT(especially tho
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394 ^HE ISMA'/Lf SECTMaymtin al-Qad
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1 a'396 THE ISMAfli SECTtheir oppre
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398 THE ISMA'JLI SECTof Syria was i
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400 THE ISMA'JLf SECTwhile, on the
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402 THE iSMAlLt SECTafter this (A.D
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404set in its place, to the infinit
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406 THE ISMA'lLf SECTTo Europeans t
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408 THE ISMAIL! SECT("owing allegia
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410 THE ISMAiLJ SECT5. Space, or Pl
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412 THE ISMAfLI SECTthat the skins
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4HTHE ISMAftf SECTnot the last of t
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CHAPTER XIIIRELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OF
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4J8THE StfFf MYSTICISMcame into use
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420 THE $tfFI MYSTICISMan enormous
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422 THE StfFf MYSTICISMthan the gre
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424 THE StfFf MYSTICISMthe Turkish
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426 THE $tfFJ MYSTICISMSayings of S
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428 THE Sl)Fl MYSTICISMregarding Go
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430 THE SIJF1 MYSTICISMin one of th
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432 THE StiFI MYSTICISMpurpose ;whi
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434 THE StfFf MYSTICISMwoman named
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436 THE StfFl MYSTICISMAdh-Dhahabi
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438 THE StfFf MYSTICISMstudy, espec
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440 THE SUFI MYSTICISMreveals the N
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442 THE StfFf MYSTICISMescape from
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444 THE SI)Ft MYSTICISMthere are le
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446 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIA(includ
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448 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIArare ma
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450 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAwriting
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452 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAJ. B. E
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454 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAthough
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456 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAagrees
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458 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAThou mi
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460 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAits san
Page 484 and 485: 462 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIABut for
Page 486 and 487: 464 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAHamada'
Page 488 and 489: 466 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAAbu Bak
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Page 494 and 495: 472 THE LITERATURE OF PERSIAmetrica
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Page 504 and 505: 482 BIBLIOGRAPHYin Geiger and Kuhn'
Page 506 and 507: 484 BIBLIOGRAPHYI16. G. Ravvlinson'
Page 508 and 509: 486 BIBLIOGRAPHY40. C. de Harlez :
Page 510 and 511: BIBLIOGRAPHY62. Dr. W.Wright: The C
Page 512 and 513: 490 BIBLIOGRAPHY*8o.Wellhausen's Mt
Page 514 and 515: 492 BIBLIOGRAPHY105. Von Hammer :Hi
Page 516 and 517: 494 BIBLIOGRAPHY/-. 'Ushshdq (" Lov
Page 518 and 519: 496 BIBLIOGRAPHYLatinum Etymologicu
Page 520 and 521: 498 INDEXAdhar- (Atur-) Farnbag, so
Page 522 and 523: 5ooINDEXAvestic language (so-called
Page 524 and 525: 502 INDEXChrist See ?*$ (
Page 526 and 527: 504 INDEXFargard (chapters of Vendi
Page 528 and 529: 506 INDEXHebrew. language. 40, 41,
Page 530 and 531: 508 INDEX-Juybari, Abu Ishaq Ibrahi
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