The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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... Herat ( 1597 ) , and drove them out of his dominions . In the wars he carried on with the Turks during nearly the whole of his reign , his successes were numerous , and he acquired or regained a large extent of territory . By the ...
... Herat ( 1597 ) , and drove them out of his dominions . In the wars he carried on with the Turks during nearly the whole of his reign , his successes were numerous , and he acquired or regained a large extent of territory . By the ...
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... Herat , about 70 miles below that city , where it encounters the spurs of the Safed Koh , which has been given as the northern boundary . The boundaries of Afghanistan can be stated here only roughly ; and , from the area thus broadly ...
... Herat , about 70 miles below that city , where it encounters the spurs of the Safed Koh , which has been given as the northern boundary . The boundaries of Afghanistan can be stated here only roughly ; and , from the area thus broadly ...
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... Herat is 2650 ; Kan- dahar , 3490 . The Afghans themselves make a broad distinction between Kabul , meaning thereby the whole basin of the Kabul river , and the rest of their country , excluding the former from the large and vague term ...
... Herat is 2650 ; Kan- dahar , 3490 . The Afghans themselves make a broad distinction between Kabul , meaning thereby the whole basin of the Kabul river , and the rest of their country , excluding the former from the large and vague term ...
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... Herat river below Herat . Generally , indeed , in such cases the trees appear to be mimosas , tamarisks , and the like , with little body of foliage . RIVERS . Next to the Kabul river in importance , and probably much exceeding it in ...
... Herat river below Herat . Generally , indeed , in such cases the trees appear to be mimosas , tamarisks , and the like , with little body of foliage . RIVERS . Next to the Kabul river in importance , and probably much exceeding it in ...
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... Herat , and AFGHAN TUR- KESTAN ( q.v. ) , to which are sometimes added the command of the Ghilzais and of the Hazaras . This list seems to omit the unruly districts of the eastern table - land , such as Kurram , Khost , & c . But we ...
... Herat , and AFGHAN TUR- KESTAN ( q.v. ) , to which are sometimes added the command of the Ghilzais and of the Hazaras . This list seems to omit the unruly districts of the eastern table - land , such as Kurram , Khost , & c . But we ...
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