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Will flow after the Khalifs have passed away in Baghdad.
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But the sun of Andalusian glory, which had attained its meridian splendour under the Khalifs of Cordova, once more emerged before the close of its course from the clouds and darkness which surrounded it; -- and its setting rays shone, with concentrated lustre, over the kingdom of GRANADA.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various
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Khalifs waged war with the navies of 'Abd-er-Rahmān, the Great
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole
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Idrīs (A.D. 788) and Aghlab (800); these in turn had given way to the Fātimī Khalifs (909); and when these schismatics removed their seat of power from their newly founded capital of Mahdīya to their final metropolis of Cairo (968), their western empire speedily split up into the several princedoms of the Zeyrīs of Tunis, the
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole
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Khalifs conquered and held all the larger islands of the Western
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole
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Hitherto the princes of his line had contented themselves with the style of _Amirs of the Moslems, _ and _Beni-Kholaifah_ or "sons of the Khalifs;" but in
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various
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Because, as a rule, or as a matter of fact, they have compiled the Common Law from different sources irrespective of the Koran, and the commentators of the Common Law take the trouble of vindicating its views, principles and casuistries, and justifying the Moslem conquests under the Khalifs by the authority of the Koran.
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This is particularly true of the tomb mosques, situated in the mausolea on the east side of the city, and known as the Tombs of the Khalifs.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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-- _Islam under the Khalifs of Baghdad_, pp. 78-9.
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Farther on were seen the towers above the Bâb Zuweyler gate; then the Tombs of the Khalifs, blended together, and still farther there appeared the shadowy outlines of the old Mosque of Amr. At our feet stood the citadel, while the
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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