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LC: Library of Congress · 1815 English

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LC: Library of Congress · 1814 Persian

The poems of Badr al-Dīn al-Hilālī with an introduction.



LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1811 Arabic

The Scottish orientalist John Richardson (circa 1740--95) was born in Edinburgh. He studied law as well as Arabic and Persian in London. He was much influenced by his friend, the …


LC: Library of Congress · 1810 English

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LC: Library of Congress · 1810 Persian

Persian Nowruz poem, or an iambic pentameter quatrain (ruba'i), by calligrapher Mir Muhammad Salih, writen in black (Indian) Naskh script on 1810 CE. Dimensions of Written Surface: 8.2 (w) x …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1809 English

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-19


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1809 French

This map of western Asia dating from 1809 is by Pierre M. Lapie (1779-1850). It covers the region between Novgorod and Arkhangelsk, Russia in the northwest and the mouth of …