| Joseph Dacre Carlyle - Arabic poetry - 1796 - 280 pages
...assassin. He was buried in the city of Maru, and the following inscription engraved upon his tomb; O ye who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens repair to Maru, and you will behold it buried in the dust." Malec Shah mounted the throne upon the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1802 - 408 pages
...the Seljukian dynafty ; and the paflenger might read and meditate this ufeful infcription 4" : " O YE '* WHO HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF ALP ARSLAN " EXALTED TO THE HEAVENS, REPAIR TO MARU, " AND YOU WILL BEHOLD IT BURIED IN THE '* DUST !" The annihilation of the infcription,... | |
| Congregational churches - 1809 - 612 pages
...of the Seljukian dynasty, and the passenger might read and meditate this useful inscription : •- O ye, who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens, repair to Maru, and you will behold it buried in the dust!" The annihilation of the tomb itself more... | |
| Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...into the hand of an assassin."— -Upon the tomb of the Sultan was this teaching inscription : " O ye who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan, exalted to the heavens, repair to Mara, and you will behold it buried in the dust !" Whether the above cited Turkish narrative... | |
| Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1823 - 286 pages
...fall into the hand of an assassin." Upon the tomb of the Sultan was this teaching inscription : " O ye who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan, exalted to the heavens, repair to Mara, and you will behold it buried in the dust !" Whether the above cited Turkish narrative... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...of the Seljukian dynasty; and the passenger might read and meditate this useful inscription * : " O ye who have seen the glory of " Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens, repair to Maru, " and you will behold it buried in the dust!" The annihilation of the inscription,... | |
| Dugald Moore - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 276 pages
...the Seljukian dynasty, and the passenger might read and meditate this useful inscription -.—" Oh, ye who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens, repair to Maru— and you will behold it buried in the dust !" — Vide GIBBON. HE started — and... | |
| Hugh Murray - India - 1832 - 314 pages
...throne of Bagdad; and shook thai of Constantinople ; Alp Arslan, who wrote on his tomb at Meru, " Ye'who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens,...the lineage of Mahmoud sought in vain to contend. They saw wrested from them the fine plains of Khorassan and Iran, even that of Balkh, and their dominions... | |
| Hugh Murray - India - 1833 - 318 pages
...subverted the imperial throne of Bagdad, and. shook that of Constantinople ; Alp Arslan, who wrote ori his tomb at Meru, "Ye who have seen the glory of Alp...the lineage of Mahmoud sought in vain to contend. They saw wrested from them the fine plains of Khorassan and Iran, even that of Balkh, and their dominions... | |
| Josiah Harlan - Afghanistan - 1842 - 246 pages
...Prophet. He was followed by Alp Arslan, that just and gallant warrior, who wrote upon his tomb at Mer'w, "Ye who have seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted...the heavens, come and see it buried under the dust." The monarchs of Ghiznee saw wrested from them the fine plains of Khorassaun and Iraun — even that... | |
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