Asiatic Papers: Part III. |
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Abûl Fazl according Afghanistan Afghans Ahmad Ahura Mazda Ain-i-Akbari Akbar ancient Iranians ancient Persians appearance arrow attitude Aurangzeb Avesta bigahs Blochmann's Bombay built Bundehesh called chak-nâmeh Chap China comet copy Court Dastur document Dordi drink dynasty Elliot's History Emperor farmân Fazl's Firdousi Fravashis garden given gives Gocheher Gujarati Halley's comet hand Hijri History of India Hoshang Ibid India inscription Jahân Jamshed Jehangir Kabul Kashmir Khan Khazars king known land Maçoudi Mahâbat Khân Mahomedan Meherji Mehernoush Mogul Mullâ Mulla Jamasp Naosari nirang Noshirwân Pahlavi Pahlavi word paper Parsee Parsi Pass Pazend Persian person prayer priests Rawalpindi recital referred reign ritual royal says sculptures seal seems Seistan Shâh Sharh speaks spoken Steingass Surat tablet tail Text throne tion translation tribes Tuzuk Vide Virnâg wall wine writing Yasht Zoroastrian ابن این زمین شد که متصل محمد
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Page 231 - Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib, und Gesang Der bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang;" and when he advised a young scholar perplexed with fore-ordination and free-will, to get well drunk.
Page 68 - They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep: And Bahram, that great Hunter — the Wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep.
Page 232 - TAKE especial care that thou delight not in wine ; for there never was any man that came to honour or preferment that loved it; for it transformeth a man into a beast, decayeth health, poisoneth the breath, destroyeth natural heat, brings a man's stomach to an artificial heat, deformeth • the face, rotteth the teeth, and, to conclude, maketh a man contemptible, soon old, and despised of all wise and worthy men; hated in thy servants, in thyself, and companions; for it is a bewitching and infectious...
Page 235 - ... upright ; then you all entirely forgot yourselves ; you, that you were king, and they, that you were their governor ; and then for the first time I discovered that you were celebrating a festival, where all were allowed to talk with equal liberty, for you never ceased talking.
Page 1 - WHO has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples, and grottos, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave...
Page 52 - God, that no revenue on fruit-trees has been taken during my reign ; and I gave orders that if any one were to plant a garden in cultivated land, he was not to pay any revenue.
Page 139 - She collected the scum little by little ; when much rose-water was obtained a sensible portion of the scum was collected. It is of such strength in perfume that if one drop be rubbed on the palm of the hand, it scents a whole assembly, and it appears as if many red rose buds had bloomed at once.
Page 55 - One," answered she. Whereat Anushirwan marvelled, and calling for the register of the village taxes saw that its assessment was but little and bethought him to increase it on his return to his palace, saying in himself, " A village where they get this much juice out of one sugar-cane, why is it so lightly taxed ? " He then left the village and pursued his chase ; and, as he came back at the end of the day, he passed alone by the same door and called again for drink; whereupon the same damsel came...
Page 16 - Kashmir is a garden of eternal spring, or an iron fort to a palace of kings — a delightful flower-bed, and a heart-expanding heritage for dervishes. Its pleasant meads and enchanting cascades are beyond all description. There are running streams and fountains beyond count. Wherever the eye reaches, there are verdure and running water.
Page 75 - I have deter30 mined to sacrifice it for you." Then he applied himself to the work, and bent the bow with all the power God had given him ; then he shot, and fell asunder into pieces. By order of God the wind bore the arrow away from the mountain of Ruyan and brought it to the utmost frontier of Khurasan between Farghana and Tabaristan ; there it hit the trunk of a nut-tree that was so large that there had never been a tree like it in the world. The distance between the place where the arrow was...