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Sino-Iranica - The Search For Mecca

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IRANO-SINICA-MINERALS, METALS<br />

.finish, and is hence called pa.-f «« (<br />

^°PPeJ It is also<br />

it is tootmgue (Tamil ««>« ^fT Ca— name pateng.<br />

Unown to Signers m*e * »'<br />

*£*£&£W*> Tt is mentioned as early as a.d. 2U5<br />

i whl the definition^^^SSSS^<br />

name «***<br />

This aUoy was adopted by the ^<br />

Persuutf un<br />

(Arahic Vullers<br />

^-'-IJrhlr: wtunXm^ris mortal.^<br />

into mirrors and arrowheads, a wo<br />

ts and<br />

cites a passage from the<br />

£**££tf^m." QazwW speaks of<br />

spnrns his friend pierces his heart with *ar ?«m<br />

y^ ^<br />

very efficient lance-heads and harpoons o£,"^pe „ ^g^and which<br />

mean.<br />

iJe further the term»which .<br />

- ende^<br />

More<br />

accordingly represents<br />

over, there is Persian .<br />

^fZ" ^ (German spiauter, speauter,<br />

"whitish in appearance.<br />

English spelter ( ^<br />

Russian<br />

a<br />

Spiauter), designat on<br />

spialter, °^; 1S<br />

£ as „ metal<br />

word.' DimaSql, who wrote about 1325,<br />

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