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Word: muhammad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...because there are no electives in Arabic or Persian open to either graduates or undergraduates. A university library ought to have books that a scholar will need, whatever line of study he may be pursuing. The works of Abu-1-Fazl and Mirza-Shafi, and the Arabic grammar of Muhammad bin Daud may not be of interest to the man of "general culture," - a phenomenon of which Harvard College, it is gratifying to know, is growing suspicious, - but they will certainly prove useful to the student of Turkish literature, and will be valuable to a scholar who intends travelling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERSIAN POETRY. | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

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