The People of PersiaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pages |
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... learned , which reduced their ad- vantage to three hundred killed , two guns taken , and five hundred prisoners . On being questioned why they exaggerated so much , when they must be certain that the real facts must speedily transpire ...
... learned , which reduced their ad- vantage to three hundred killed , two guns taken , and five hundred prisoners . On being questioned why they exaggerated so much , when they must be certain that the real facts must speedily transpire ...
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... learned for myself , long before leaving the country , that my only security was , to act upon the suppo- sition that every man was unworthy of trust . " This , as he justly observes , is not merely the impression to which passing ...
... learned for myself , long before leaving the country , that my only security was , to act upon the suppo- sition that every man was unworthy of trust . " This , as he justly observes , is not merely the impression to which passing ...
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... learned assigned to that worship . This superstition is not extinct . It is still cherished by those descendants of the ancient Persians who retained the old religion , and of whom almost two thousand families still linger in the ...
... learned assigned to that worship . This superstition is not extinct . It is still cherished by those descendants of the ancient Persians who retained the old religion , and of whom almost two thousand families still linger in the ...
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... learned men , and , after their death , were , in a certain sense , canonized as the four Imaums , spiritual heads , or high - priests of the established faith . The four sects or schools founded by them , have been denominated the four ...
... learned men , and , after their death , were , in a certain sense , canonized as the four Imaums , spiritual heads , or high - priests of the established faith . The four sects or schools founded by them , have been denominated the four ...
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... learned among themselves , who , however , urge that this proves that he considered the claims of Ali too manifest to be called in question . Indeed , Ali himself acknowledged before his death , that " the prophet " did not appoint any ...
... learned among themselves , who , however , urge that this proves that he considered the claims of Ali too manifest to be called in question . Indeed , Ali himself acknowledged before his death , that " the prophet " did not appoint any ...
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Abraham Abubekr Amer ancient appear Arabian Arabic Armenians Baghdad believe British and Foreign caliph caliphat called carpets Caspian Sea chief Christ Christian claims courts death declare descendants dish Divine doctrine dove's dung earth Euphrates European faith favour give gospel habit hand Harro Hassan honour Hossein houses imaum inhabitants Isfahan Islam Jews Justin Perkins Kerbelah Koran Kufah learned Lord Martyn matter Mecca medan Meerza ment Meshid missionaries Mohammed Mohammedan mollah Moses Moslem Moslem doctors mosques Nadir Shah nations observed occasion Omar peculiar Persian language Persians person pilgrimage plastered prayers present priest prince principles prophet racter Ramazan received regard religion religious respect Romanist roof sacred says scarcely Scott Waring Scripture sect servant Shah Sheahs sheikh-ul-islam Shiraz Sooffeeism Sooffees successor Sunnees supposed thee tion translation truth Turkey Turks unclean unto usually walls whole words worship Yezid
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Page 58 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Page 179 - And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Page 178 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Page 57 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Page 179 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Page 42 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 58 - Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Page 155 - Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Page 130 - Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst 1 leave it, and come down to you?
Page 58 - My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.