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■ *■’! A ft" ^P®ta'"®u U- succeeded by Abu'l Abbas, of the khahf. The seat of government was I'emoved from Damascus to a town on the AEbubpahsr faatmesi l•y aa ncdh annoowe
accompanied with the loss of Spain, which became an independent Muslim kin»dom. °
; In this year also ( = 132 A. H.” of Ferisht., Elph.), the Muslims expelled from S in d ,-w h ich
remained in the possession ot the Hindus nearly “ five hundred ” years.
Tnm appointed by Abu’l Abbas governor of Oman, building the mosque of Janah or
Jamah. He secretly countenanced the doctrines ofthe el-Ib ad h iyah ,-an d this sect, takin» the »ov-
v J Z T j [!>e>r own hands,_ established Julanda-bin-Mas’ud as the first rightful imam “of Oman
Y eteo n th Í maintaining a successful opposition against Abu’l Abbqs “ two years and
iure “c oAmbmouetn cthedis byye aAr n”a (nS tbeeinn scDha.v iiid. .8), origin of the Karaite sect among the Jews, and K araite litera,
. “y te J '” M y and Blair), through the influence of Zacharias archbishop of Rome, Chil-
deiic IIL of France forced into a monastery ; and succeeded bv P&pin son of Charles Martel The
M eiovinpan or First French dynasty, giving place to the Caríovingian. In return, Pepin ceded the
Exarcliate ot Ravenna with other territory to the archbishop of Rome.
wWiitthh tnhteet eNr'e stek hi Arfat}b"ic ,T ha “v e' tbee en discovered in Egypt"■. P- 53 >) WNtten iu a character nearly identical
“ q y A D .” (A lst., and N icok), at Rome, Zacharias succeeded by Stephanus the youn»er- and
before the close of the year, by Stephanus the third, twenty-eighth archbishop.
ffii rstt ystn b u ted ttheet ela”n dtes" i'n'® f ee, anród’ t«ot oh aCvzee kgihvse nor toB othhee mwihanolse ucnodmerm udnuiktye aN ceoznasmtUysult,i o“nsaali dfo rtmo h’’ave
iissssuiieed/ lbtey AEl- Mt ea nsur, are figured by Marcel p. 44. 5 EI-Mansur, second Abbassid khalif. Coins
“ The same year ” (Pauth. 315), by a census, the population of China found to consist of “ 52 884 -
lit1e8r aptei,r sboonnsz,e sn, ont oirn scllauvdeinsg.” p*rinces, nobles, mandarins, nor those in their service, nor the military
hbvy tfhh e Chinesfet* ’a”r chæologistt Tefh oPu®-y»e«ouu 3.S2), end of the Thoung-tian ; an encyclopedic statistical work
. ..“■'■'te/te®® te"te’ te'™? f 0 "°« Constantinople (by some ranked as a general Council), con-
w te tentetionete thirty-eight ” bishops. The exclusion of images of saints from churches
crhhrronn“. tteabl tlee).# ' THer c‘o'"n'’tiin‘u®e’’df ™to tfea"v'o'u r Christianity (insc*r6ip tT. hSainn»ga”n four) . Fifteenth dynasty (Chinese
W ifitete “te l ■^®"'' f r Ú''- + “ 2° }to®re” of Nata Kasuma, Raffles x ), Kasuma
kffltetef J a /te ° ° Nirmala, fifth lineal descendant from Jaya Misana and now
the tete T E m ftró’ ft™ Lombard king Aistulph compelled by Pepin of France to cede
!th e® .?t?e/m porafl ‘p ow™e r,”U o fK tahvee nchnuar ctho othf eR oRmome.an archbishop Stephanus the third. The beginning of
r n E T f Z T E N te'-«'®ta® Called in Britain hop, in Anglo-Saxon “ hymele,” in
u te te t e , " te ft®P"’„ ‘róyman “ hopfe,” in Dutch “ hoppen,” in Tartar “ kumalak,” in Hungarian
“ item , q'toie 1 in Esthonian and Finnish “ húmala,” in Swedish “ humle,” in Danish
homle,_ and in French “ houblon ” (A . D ec., and Prior), and mentioned by king Pepi? in a letter
o dotation, and by Adelard (Beckm.) ; H. lupulus is termed “ lupulus mas et fem in a” by Touriie-
o t mst. 535, and is known to grow wild throughout middle Europe (Pers., and A. D ec.). East-
mT Y te'"™ " } Lore’ttal, and Sibthorp, in hedges around Constantinople and in Asia
r te te ’ r fo Ciot-Bey, was introduced by Delile into Egypt; is known to grow wild
around Caucasus, throughout Siberia to the Aldan branch ofthe Lena and Lat. 62° (Gmel.) f and was
seen by 1 hunberg on the mountains of Southern Japan, indigenous and nowhere cultivated. Farther
lwowteer tdeow' n along the Atrek arón®s"a™,s", a®n'd° "aSl otnhge tRheo cMkyi ssMisosuipnptai ianns da Mt tisliseo ulrieia, db yw aNtuerttsa lol f; tahte0 Aart.k a4n9s° aosn;
ttre Tlh ang dynastety' , tfer oniits flow■er'''s™ h®a®vifon'g® ®“™tw “o hlaari-gtea nangd” tfwroom s mseaall proectaklss, ”c —ele(bCriabtoetd i nb my epmo.e tCsh iunn. diieir.
p. 443), would seem to be a species of Begonia. The “ hai-tang ” is further described by Cibot as of
a fine led, fragrant, bearing peach-coloured flowers, and perennial in the South and more flourishing
than at Pekin ; not noticed by medical writers, but for the last two centuries planted in the grounds
around the palace. B. grandis was seen in Japan by Kæmpfer pl. 20.
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Red river of Lake Winnipeg, by Say; is known to grow wild along the Ohio and its tributaries ; and
along our Atlantic streams, appeared to me wild on tributaries of the Delaware. The cultivated hop
was however brought from Europe by colonists.
“ 757 A. D .” (A lst, and Nicok), at Rome, Stephanus III. succeeded by his brother Paulus twenty-ninth archbishop. ’
“ 758 A. D .” (Pauth, 3t6), disturbances excited at Canton by the Arab and Persian traders ■ who after plundering the warehouses, retired by sea. ’
“ 759 A. D. ( = 1419th of Synmu,” art de verif.), Kooken succeeded by Fai-tai, great grandson of Tenmu, and now dairo of Japan.
“ 760 A. D .” (Jap. c. c. 96), “ a more elaborate money system ” established in Japan, “ consistin»
of gold, silver, ancl copper rafev” (attributed however to “ the emperor Sunnin”).
“ 762 A. D .” (Marcel), Bagdad, near ancient Babylon, founded by khalif El-Mansur for the new
seat of government. Also, Mansura on the west bank of the Indus for the seat of government of his prefect (Kaswini, and Gildem.).
“ The same year = 6th of the nengo zin-ki = cj-'clique jin-yn,” date of an inscription by Fousi-
wara-no Ye-mi-no, general in charge of the forts, placed by him before the gate of the city of Ta-ka-
sKelkaip, rn. opt. f2a1r 6f)r.o m the island of Ye. so. — A copy of the inscription is given in the San-kokf (tttransl
“ 763 A. D. = ‘kouang-te,’ ist year of Tai-tsoung II., of the T h ang” or Fifteenth d y n a sty -
(Chmese chron. table). He continued to favour Christianity (Inscript. Singanfu).
Mun“jaTrih tea bslaems, ea nydea Br e=n lbl.e).g inning of the Fourteenth manwantara” among the H indus — t(tGraha
In ascending the Nile, the “ barns of Joseph” (pyramids) described by Ficlelis as lookin» in the
“ distance like mount.rins.” On landing, he found near “ the group of three ” a lion and eiolit men
and women all lying dead ; “ the lion had slain them by its strength,” and they had slain the ifon with
tlieir spears and swords. Ficlelis afterwards sailed through the canal to the Red Sea, on his wav to
Palestine (T . W nght early trav. Palest.).
“ 765 A. D .” (ann. Jap., and art cle verif.), Fai-ta! deposed, and the government resumed by
Ko-ken, now under the name of Sio-tok as forty-eighth dairo of Japan.
worshi7p6. 6 01 767 A. D .” (N icok), a synod at Jerusalem. In favour of ima»g e-s^ymbols in Christian
One hundred and fifty-second generation. Sept. ist, 767, onward mostly beyond youth: the
JewLsh wnters, Ishak ben-Jaakub el Isfahan!: the Arab writers, Sibawaih, El-Khaleel, Ebn Seiyar
aEnld-K i hlueroagsnanoesetu, sY.oonus, El-Kisa-ee (Lane diet.) : Paulinus Aquileiensis : the Greek writers, Tarasius
i• nc,l uding tSe’i.’n’ dteia"n" ”t roops. of Telmahre, and Gildem.), the Byzantine territories invaded b»y Muslims,’
The same year” (1 . Wright), Mohammed ben Abdallah having revolted at Medina (Leps ) the
canaUead.ng from the Nile to the Red Sea blocked up by khalif El-Mansur (see Ramessu IE ),
bishop^ ""ft ^fo°L), at Rome, Paulus succeeded by Stephanus IV., thirtieth arch-
“ The same year” (A lst.), Pepin succeeded by his son Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne) as kin»
ot l-rance. Where his preceptor Alcuinus of England, became the “ restorer of learnin»” (Blair).
aa-i ssol1v ecl, ‘arón- dP t'h”e (Lmloanirk)s, abnyc !t hneu nBs yczoamntpinelel edem tpo emroarr rCy.onstantinus V I., the monasteries“ in the East
^ “ The same year ” (ann. Jap., and art de verif), Ko-ken or Sio-tok succeeded by Koonin or Kwonin,
grandson of Tent-sii, ancl now forty-ninth dairo of Japan.
(Tl, ^te'fo°ftf ‘tato" early times used in Japan, specimens of “ hiba ” {Thuyopsis dolabrata),* nedzuko
{Jhuyopsis laetevirens), “ wabyakudan (T huya" . . . . ) , “ larch tree” (L arix . . . . ) , “ inu»aya
{U p iyotax u s drupácea)," “ tsnga (Abies ihuga)," “ tohi (Abies alkokian a), shirabe (Abies VeiicHi)"
walnut tree (Juglans . . . . ) , “ sawa-kuruini (Pterocarya s o r b if a lia ) “ evergreen oak in two
* A bteyifida of Japan, as far as Y^eso. A spruce called by the Ainos “ sunk,” in Japan “ momi ”
{ le and Jap. c. c. 30) : known from early times, — and its wood enumerated by Siebold among the
kinds especially fit for shipbuilding and supplying masts.
Quercus deutataoi Japan, as iar as Yeso. Called by the Ainos “ gom uni” (Sieb.), in Japan
mKenatssh iw—a (S(Jieabp.. 4c1. ca.n) d; 1an7c0l) .its wood from eariy times used by the Ainos “ for oars and other instruE
' r i c a o£ Japan, as far as Yeso. A tall tree called by the Ainos “ tokben! ” or
- ftreonm It ransported Js®p"efct"imj®e ”n s(,S dfoebsc )r ibore d“ byyen Ljii n” n(æJaups. (cP. ecr. s3.)1.) ; and its wood used from early times,
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