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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 68

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century after century had passed away, The Alhambra. 5 and still they retained a hold upon the land.* A period hadelapsed equal to that which has passed since England wassubjugated by the Normans ; and the descendants of Musatand Taric might as little anticipate being forced into exileacross the… … THE ALHAMBRA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA. a brilliant exotic that took no fixed root in the soil it adorned. * The Moors were not finally expelled from Spain until 1610.f It is a little singular that not only the Arab Governor of North Africa,Viceroy of the Caliph Welid, who despatched from Ceuta the…

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

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