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Excerpt from Journal Asiatique, 1881, Vol. 17: Ou Recueil de Mémoires d'Extraits Et de Notices Relatifs A l'Histoire, A la Philosophie, aux Langues Et A la Littérature des Peuples Orientaux L'orgueil des khalifes exalté au point que les lois divines et humaines n'étaient plus un frein pour eux, l'or et l'argent ruisselant de toutes parts, au mépris des prescriptions sévères de l'islam primitif, et au. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.