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 1 Pre     |         appointed Sheikh Hussein ibn Juban to the governorship
 2 Pre     |        old enemy, while Mahommad ibn Muzaffar, who had earned
 3 Pre     |     against Yezd, where Mahommad ibn Muzaffar and his sons were
 4 Pre     |          Shudja, son of Mahommad ibn Muzaffar, and Abu Ishac
 5 Pre     |   Persepolis.~The Arab traveller Ibn Batuta, who visited Shiraz
 6 Pre     |     Sultans was not very high in Ibn Batuta's time); "he is fair
 7 Pre     | considerable~[1. The "Travels of Ibn Batuta," edited by Defrémery
 8 Pre     |       observation on the part of Ibn Batuta. But he relates a
 9 Pre     |        of learning; "but," sighs Ibn Batuta, "how far is the
10 Pre     |          descendants of Mahommad ibn Muzaffar were not deficient,
11 I(*)    |          an Arabic poem by Yezid ibn Moawiyah, the second Khalif
12 III(*)  |     letter upon her breast. Wahb ibn Manabbih says that there
13 III(*)  |        dress of honour for Jafar ibn Yahya, the Vizir.' A few
14 III(*)  |        burning the body of Jafar ibn Yahya.' (The kerit of Baghdad
15 XXX(*)  |         highest place in heaven.~Ibn Batuta, the Arab traveller
16 XXX(*)  |        and the evening prayers." Ibn Batuta struck up acquaintance
17 XXX(*)  |          the Koran. In answer to Ibn Batuta's questions, he told
18 XXX(*)  |       admired his conduct," adds Ibn Batuta. "One of the mausoleums
19 XXXIX(*)|           His real name was Musa ibn Dhafar. He was a magician