 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...Khan, or emperor of the Moguls and XT VIII CHAP. Tartars*. The reason of Zingis was not informed XLVIIL by books. The Khan could neither read nor write ; and except the tribe of the Igours, the greatest pajt of the Moguls and Tartars were as illiterate as their sovereign. The memory of their exploits... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1851 - 694 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books : the khan could neither read...Zingis, these traditions were collected and transcribed ; 7 the brevity of their domestic annals may be supplied by the Chinese,8 Persians,9 Armenians,10 Syr7... | |
 | World history - 1851 - 614 pages
...daring, that the Mongols were mingled iii the destinies of all nations, and, as has been well observed, the brevity of their domestic annals may be supplied by the Chinese, Persians, Armenians, Syrians, Arabians, Greeks, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, and Latins, and each nation... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1855 - 628 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books; the khan could neither read...brevity of their domestic annals may be supplied by the Chinese,t Persians,^ Armeniaus,§ Syrians,^ * In the year 1294, by the command of Cazan, khan of Persia,... | |
 | Henry Tyrrell (teacher of elocution.) - 1879 - 476 pages
...calm legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sect. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books ; the khan could neither read nor write; and, except the tribe of the Ingours, the greatest part of the Moguls and Tartars were as illiterate as their sovereign. The memory... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1880 - 662 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of 2ingis was not informed by books : the khan could neither read...exploits was preserved by tradition : sixty-eight yean after the death of Zingis, these traditions were collected and transcribed : 7 the brevity of... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1894 - 460 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books — the Khan could neither read...their domestic annals may be supplied by the Chinese, Persians, Armenians, Syrians, Arabians, Greeks, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, and Latins ; and each... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 660 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books : the khan could neither read...exploits was preserved by tradition : sixty-eight yean after the death of Zingis, these traditions were collected and transcribed : 7 the brevity of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 688 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books; the khan could neither read...nor write; and, except the tribe of the Igours, the greater part of the Moguls and Tartars were as illiterate as their sovereign. The memory of their exploits... | |
 | Esther Singleton - World history - 1908 - 524 pages
...legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books ; the Khan could neither read...nor write ; and, except the tribe of the Igours, the greater part of the Moguls and Tartars were as illiterate as their sovereign. The memory of their exploits... | |
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Bokhara, the insolent victor might trample the Koran under his horse's feet ; but the calm legislator respected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects. The reason of Zingis was not informed by books — the Khan could neither read nor write... 
