| 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 death of his... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1802 - 408 pages
...of 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, and the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 406 pages
...of the Seljukian dynasty ; and the passenger might read and meditate this useful inscription -j- : " O YE " WHO HAvE SEEN THE GLORY OF ALP ARSLAN " EXALTED TO THE HEAvENS, REPA1R TO MARU, " AND YOU W1LL BEHOLD IT BUR1ED 1N THE DUST!" The annihilation of the inscription,... | |
| Congregational churches - 1809 - 612 pages
...Brattle Street. [Sept. 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 forcibly... | |
| Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1823 - 286 pages
...art the king of the world, the greatest and most invincible of warriors. These armies are no longer mine ; and in the confidence of my personal strength,...safety ; that a haughty spirit goeth before a fall ; «that the highest of mortals are not so far exalted above the lowest, as to warrant toward them... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1825 - 488 pages
...deposited in the tomb 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,r and you will behold it buried in the dust!" The annihilation of the inscription, and the tomb... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...deposited in the tomb 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, and the tomb... | |
| 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 his eagle... | |
| 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 to the heavens, come and see it buried under the dust." The monarchs of Ghiznee saw wrested from them the fine plains... | |
| Henry White - History - 1844 - 594 pages
...and guarded by 200,000 hardy warriors. He died in 1073, and on his tomb might be read the following inscription : — " O ye who have seen the glory of...Mara, and you will behold it buried in the dust!" Malek-Shah, the eldest son of Alp, was victorious over all his competitors for the sovereignty, and... | |
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