Samarcand is inserted in the Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana, tom.i. p. 208, &c. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
In 1868 Russia seized Samarcand, and established over the khanate of. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute] Reference
For, ten daies after our departure, the king of Samarcand came with an armie, and besieged the said Citie of. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] Reference
The cities of Samarcand, Balckd, Ispahan, and Bagdad, were enveloped and surrounded by luxurious and splendid gardens. From Wordnik.com. [On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions] Reference
Grandees and Emirs of Samarcand and all prayed that he might be vouchsafed justice and victory and length of continuance. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
He was now on the road to Constantinople, with several mules laden with the merchandise of Bokhara, Samarcand, and the east of. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
Negush (Abyssinia), Khakan or Khan (Tartary), etc., who claimed to have extended their conquests to Samarcand and made war on China. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
It really designates a reaction against Islámism, which arose in the distant parts of the Empire, in Samarcand, Bokhara, Morocco, and Cordova. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
In the meantime he saw all that was curious in and about Samarcand, especially the valley of Sogda, so called from the river which waters it, and is reckoned by the. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights] Reference
We'll dance a merry saraband from here to drowsy Samarcand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mucker] Reference
Afghanistan, and peopled these countries even to Samarcand. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala] Reference
Samarcand of the Persians and took the city, and after that to. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Bokhara, Samarcand all became centres of culture and of education. From Wordnik.com. [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference
Constantinople and Samarcand: in most Colleges, except the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History] Reference
Constantinople must have yielded to the fate of Pekin, Samarcand, and. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6] Reference
(See SAMIEL.) = Samarcand Apple =, a perfect panacea of all diseases. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
It is worth while to ascend one of the lofty minarets to take a look over Samarcand. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
South-west of Tashkent is the district of Samarcand, with a capital of the same name. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
The great market-place of Samarcand is one of the finest squares I have seen in Asia. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
There is famine in the walled cities of India, and the cisterns of Samarcand have run dry. From Wordnik.com. [A House of Pomegranates] Reference
Bochara, and Samarcand were rich and populous under the yoke of the shepherds of the north. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
Its leading cities, Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand, have for many centuries been centres of bigotry. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
Tyrian dyes and carved cameos and frankincense and satin-wood and moon-stones and "Silks from Samarcand.". From Wordnik.com. [Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations] Reference
"These grapes of Samarcand came across the seas; but they are not so sweet as the fruit in my own garden, mamma.". From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Book] Reference
To these doctors he proposed a captious question, which the casuists of Bochara, Samarcand, and Herat, were incapable of resolving. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6] Reference
Samarcand again, on the north of the Amu-darya, stretches a country called Bukhara, ruled by an Emir, a prince under the supremacy of. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
Gems, eyes reflecting, 96. of heaven, 233. of Samarcand, all the, 437. rich and rare were the, 520. the starry girdle of the year, 513. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
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