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Page 101
After a 23-day run across the Indian Ocean, the Ghats Mountains of India were
sighted, and Calicut was reached on May 20. ... Welcomed by the Zamorin, the
Hindu ruler, of Calicut (then the most important trading centre of southern India), ...
After a 23-day run across the Indian Ocean, the Ghats Mountains of India were
sighted, and Calicut was reached on May 20. ... Welcomed by the Zamorin, the
Hindu ruler, of Calicut (then the most important trading centre of southern India), ...
Page 232
In the following year he joined the Khilafat movement, which sought to strengthen
the spiritual ties of Indian Muslims to the Turkish sultan, and in 1921 he was
elected president of a district Khilafat committee in his native North- West Frontier
...
In the following year he joined the Khilafat movement, which sought to strengthen
the spiritual ties of Indian Muslims to the Turkish sultan, and in 1921 he was
elected president of a district Khilafat committee in his native North- West Frontier
...
Page 243
O. ceratophthalmus, found on beaches of the Indian and Pacific oceans, uses its
claws to catch flies from the undersides ... movements that represented an
attempt of Indians in the western United States to rehabilitate their traditional
cultures.
O. ceratophthalmus, found on beaches of the Indian and Pacific oceans, uses its
claws to catch flies from the undersides ... movements that represented an
attempt of Indians in the western United States to rehabilitate their traditional
cultures.
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