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Makkari, it was but a type and prelude of the direful war which ended in the downfall of the Moslem kingdom of Granada.
The Alhambra 2002
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Makkari, it was but a type and prelude of the direful war which ended in the downfall of the Moslem kingdom of Granada.
The Alhambra 2002
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Makkari, History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain, trans. by Pascual de Gayangos, Vol.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Makkari, History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain, trans. by Pascual de Gayangos, Vol.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Makkari, History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain, trans. by Pascual de Gayangos, Vol.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Al-Makkari -- "Al-mansur attacked and defeated them with great loss" -- but a far different account is given by the Christian chroniclers, who represent the Moslems as only saved from a total overthrow by the approach of night.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various
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Pascual de Gayangos, the state of science and literature is detailed in the words of Makkari, the original Arab author of that work, and in it many once celebrated authors are mentioned, of whom not only their productions, but even their very names, have since perished.
Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature F. F. Arbuthnot 1867
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Before leaving this subject it may be mentioned that Makkari, in his great encyclopædia of Spain, enumerates fifteen astronomers of
Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature F. F. Arbuthnot 1867
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He was, by birth, from Andalusia, whence also many others travelled to the East, either for instruction or for trade or as pilgrims, and of whom about a couple of dozen are mentioned by Makkari.
Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature F. F. Arbuthnot 1867
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Makkari also wrote a history of Fez and Morocco, as well as an account of Damascus.
Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature F. F. Arbuthnot 1867
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