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... Persian influence can be traced.1 The survival , perhaps the sole survival , of an astrolabe representing a Greek type apparently unmodified by foreign ideas justifies the supposition that while oriental astronomy , itself nurtured upon ...
... Persian influence can be traced.1 The survival , perhaps the sole survival , of an astrolabe representing a Greek type apparently unmodified by foreign ideas justifies the supposition that while oriental astronomy , itself nurtured upon ...
Page 239
... Persian army and direct the defence of the Caucasian frontier . The life and soul of the intelligence service at Teheran was Mr. ( afterwards Sir John ) McNeill , who went thither in 1824 in a subordinate capacity , after a short career ...
... Persian army and direct the defence of the Caucasian frontier . The life and soul of the intelligence service at Teheran was Mr. ( afterwards Sir John ) McNeill , who went thither in 1824 in a subordinate capacity , after a short career ...
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... Persia ( 1812 ) ; Second Journey through Persia ( 1818 ) ; J. B. Frazer , Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan ( 1825 ) ; Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea ( 1826 ) . the Helmand ...
... Persia ( 1812 ) ; Second Journey through Persia ( 1818 ) ; J. B. Frazer , Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan ( 1825 ) ; Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea ( 1826 ) . the Helmand ...
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HONORARY FELLOWS | 12 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 192526 | 13 |
ON THE COLOPHONS AND MARGINALIA OF IRISH SCRIBES BY THE | 13 |
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