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Page 61
... caliph ' Abd ar - Rahman III , Hisdai gradually gained eminence in the Arab world , acting as vizier without title . He used his linguistic talents ( he knew Hebrew , Ara- 61 Hisham bic , and Latin ) and persuasive personality in ...
... caliph ' Abd ar - Rahman III , Hisdai gradually gained eminence in the Arab world , acting as vizier without title . He used his linguistic talents ( he knew Hebrew , Ara- 61 Hisham bic , and Latin ) and persuasive personality in ...
Page 454
... caliph in 909 , claiming de- scent - through a line of " hidden imams " - from Muḥammad , son of Isma'il , and through him from Fatimah , daughter of the Prophet , whence the dynastic name . The Fatimids conquered Egypt in 969 ; while ...
... caliph in 909 , claiming de- scent - through a line of " hidden imams " - from Muḥammad , son of Isma'il , and through him from Fatimah , daughter of the Prophet , whence the dynastic name . The Fatimids conquered Egypt in 969 ; while ...
Page 782
... caliph who had appointed him was suc- ceeded by Süleyman , who dismissed him . Un- til 724 he lived in retirement but was then giv- en the highly important governorship of Iraq , where he exercised ruthless brutality to achieve an ...
... caliph who had appointed him was suc- ceeded by Süleyman , who dismissed him . Un- til 724 he lived in retirement but was then giv- en the highly important governorship of Iraq , where he exercised ruthless brutality to achieve an ...
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