A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes |
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... prisoner by him , he altered his sentiments , and became a zealous Mussulman . He died in 653 ; and a century after his death , his grandson Abulabbas , surnamed Saffah , was chosen caliph , in whom began the dynasty of the Abbassides ...
... prisoner by him , he altered his sentiments , and became a zealous Mussulman . He died in 653 ; and a century after his death , his grandson Abulabbas , surnamed Saffah , was chosen caliph , in whom began the dynasty of the Abbassides ...
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... prisoner by the prince of Elam , Abram armed his ser- vants , and retook his nephew , and the spoil . Having no prospect of a child by Sarah , he took Hagar , an Egyptian , as a concubine , by whom he had Ishmael ; but at the age of ...
... prisoner by the prince of Elam , Abram armed his ser- vants , and retook his nephew , and the spoil . Having no prospect of a child by Sarah , he took Hagar , an Egyptian , as a concubine , by whom he had Ishmael ; but at the age of ...
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... prisoner , leading him in triumph through Italy , with the king of Illyria his ally . On his arrival at Rome , he obtained a magnificent triumph , in which Perses and his family led the way . He afterwards served the office of censor ...
... prisoner , leading him in triumph through Italy , with the king of Illyria his ally . On his arrival at Rome , he obtained a magnificent triumph , in which Perses and his family led the way . He afterwards served the office of censor ...
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... prisoner by Albert , who afterwards fell into the same errors as his predecessor . The exasperated nobles applied to Margaret , queen of Denmark and Norway , who marched into the coun- try , and took Albert and his son prisoners after a ...
... prisoner by Albert , who afterwards fell into the same errors as his predecessor . The exasperated nobles applied to Margaret , queen of Denmark and Norway , who marched into the coun- try , and took Albert and his son prisoners after a ...
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... prisoner . At the death of Henry II . he was chosen one of the regency . He was killed at the battle of Dreux in 1562. The Huguenots called him " the harquebuseer of the West . His daughter , it is said , was poisoned by her mother for ...
... prisoner . At the death of Henry II . he was chosen one of the regency . He was killed at the battle of Dreux in 1562. The Huguenots called him " the harquebuseer of the West . His daughter , it is said , was poisoned by her mother for ...
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