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... Arabic was the learned and polite language of the Muhammadan world to an even greater extent than was Latin that of mediaeval Christendom ; and that even now in Persia all serious works on Theology and Philosophy are written in Arabic ...
... Arabic was the learned and polite language of the Muhammadan world to an even greater extent than was Latin that of mediaeval Christendom ; and that even now in Persia all serious works on Theology and Philosophy are written in Arabic ...
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... Arabic ) . ( In addition to the Arabic vowels Old Persian had the long ō and the long è ( as in rōz , shēr ) : but in Îran these are now replaced by u and i . In India , Afghanistan and Turkistān the old vowels still survive , and ...
... Arabic ) . ( In addition to the Arabic vowels Old Persian had the long ō and the long è ( as in rōz , shēr ) : but in Îran these are now replaced by u and i . In India , Afghanistan and Turkistān the old vowels still survive , and ...
Page 519
... Arabic and occur in the Arabic list ; but Persian [ and also Hindostani and Turkish ] usage differs from that of Arabic in regard to one point - the retention of the short u of the nominative case in compound names of which the second ...
... Arabic and occur in the Arabic list ; but Persian [ and also Hindostani and Turkish ] usage differs from that of Arabic in regard to one point - the retention of the short u of the nominative case in compound names of which the second ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS BY THE RIGHT | 1 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
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