Seistan: A Memoir on the History, Topography, Ruins, and People of the Country, in Four Parts, Volume 1Superintendent government printing, 1910 - Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan) |
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... Kaiāni Maliks ; who claim to be the descendants of the most ancient dynasty of Monarchs who ruled over the Persian ... Kaiani who advance such a claim , and whose pretensions are tolerated or assented to by that Community . Oriental ...
... Kaiāni Maliks ; who claim to be the descendants of the most ancient dynasty of Monarchs who ruled over the Persian ... Kaiani who advance such a claim , and whose pretensions are tolerated or assented to by that Community . Oriental ...
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... Kaiani and other rulers of Seistan . These privileges were granted a very long time ago - it is not known by what king or to what particular dynasty he belonged , but they were bestowed , in return for the service rendered by the Reis ...
... Kaiani and other rulers of Seistan . These privileges were granted a very long time ago - it is not known by what king or to what particular dynasty he belonged , but they were bestowed , in return for the service rendered by the Reis ...
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... Kaiani known in history as the Coppersmith ( in Arabic Saffär ) ; from the occupation he followed . This term Saffär gave its name to that dynasty , and it has always been the appellation by which it has been known in history . There ...
... Kaiani known in history as the Coppersmith ( in Arabic Saffär ) ; from the occupation he followed . This term Saffär gave its name to that dynasty , and it has always been the appellation by which it has been known in history . There ...
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... Kaiani Maliks ruled in the country , some member of this family enjoyed that dignity ; and in the family was fixed the charge of educating the sons of the Princes , and of the lead- ing men . They had the charge of the State College or ...
... Kaiani Maliks ruled in the country , some member of this family enjoyed that dignity ; and in the family was fixed the charge of educating the sons of the Princes , and of the lead- ing men . They had the charge of the State College or ...
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... Kaiani family but belonged to an Arab family domi- ciled in Seistan . The other family was that of the Mir - i - ' Arab of Chakansur ; and it is possi- ble that a member of either of these powerful families may have attempted to seize ...
... Kaiani family but belonged to an Arab family domi- ciled in Seistan . The other family was that of the Mir - i - ' Arab of Chakansur ; and it is possi- ble that a member of either of these powerful families may have attempted to seize ...
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alluvial soil Amir ancient Arabs baked bricks Balkh banks basin buildings built called canal capital century Chakansur channel Chief Chigini Chingiz Khan citadel clay cliffs course cultivation dasht débris descendants desert district dynasty east exist Farah Rud farsakhs Fath Ali Khan feet floods formed fortress gate Gheiath-ud-din ground Hamun Helmand Herat Husen Ilkhan inhabitants irrigated Istakhri Jallal-ud-din Juwein Kaiani Kala-i-Fath Kandahar karez Khalaf Khariji Khash Khurassan Kirman Kundarak lands latter Malik Hamza Malik Kutb-ud-din Malik Mahmud Malik Shah Malik Shams-ud-din miles minaret Mirza Moghols mound Muhammad Nad Ali Nadir Nial Tigin Nikudaris Nishapur northern delta Oxus palace period Persian plateau present Prince of Seistan probably remains river Rud-i-Biyaban ruins ruler Rustam Sabzawar sand Sar-o-Tar Seistan Shah Shahristan Shela southern Sultan Tahir Taj-ud-din tamarisk Timur took tower town traces tract Trakun tribes troops walls weir Zahidān Zaranj Zarkan Ziarat