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The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)

Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 636

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ted Ismail from his place of confine-ment, mounted him upon a horse and proclaimed him through Al-arif, in Spanish, Alarifc, means an inspector of public works ; and,according to Ibnu-l-Khatlib, the Grand Wizir of Yusuf I., and of his son,Mohammed V., the site of the Generalife belonged to a person… … (+°3) The Geiieralife. 407 the city as their Sultan. How Mohammed had the good fortuneto escape is thus set forth by his Wizir : At the time these events were taking place, the SultanMohammed was absent from the Alhambra, having gone,together with a son of his, to reside at a delightful country…

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Islamic architecture · Decoration and ornament, Arabic

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