 | French examination papers - 1881 - 322 pages
...thousand gold dinars — before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. Gibbon. II.... | |
 | William Perry Fogg - 1881 - 394 pages
...is generally regarded as the most profuse and generous of all the Caliphs of Bagdad. At his nuptials a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, gifts in lands and houses were scattered in lottery tickets among the populace, and before... | |
 | John Frederick Rowbotham - Music - 1887 - 648 pages
...half gold dinars before he drew his foot from the stirrup, and at the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride. The great palace of the Caliphs in Bagdad had thirtyeight thousand pieces of tapestry hanging... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...thousand gold dinars — before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
 | Henry Morton Stanley - Africa - 1895 - 456 pages
...2,400,000 gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup." "At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune." Tradition... | |
 | Henry Morton Stanley - Africa - 1895 - 448 pages
...2,400,000 gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup." "At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune." Tradition... | |
 | Dana Carleton Munro - Middle Ages - 1902 - 296 pages
...added to the magnificence of the spectacle when an ambassador was received. At the nuptials of Mamun " a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride." The tales in the Arabian Nights reflect very faithfully the luxury and life of Bagdad under... | |
 | Dana Carleton Munro - Middle Ages - 1902 - 290 pages
...added to the magnificence of the spectacle when an ambassador was received. At the nuptials of Mamun "a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride." The tales in the Arabian Xights reflect very faithfully the luxury and life of Bagdad under... | |
 | Archibald Henry Sayce - Arabian Peninsula - 1906 - 612 pages
...2,400,000 gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - World history - 1906 - 612 pages
...2,400,000 gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
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At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. 
