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" Mahommet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a beautiful garden running with conduits of wine and milk and honey and water, and full of lovely women for the delectation of all its inmates. And sure enough the Saracens of those parts believed... "
The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines
by Farhad Daftary - 2007 - 772 pages
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 34

English periodicals - 1876 - 588 pages
...day. He tells of the mountain valley which the " Old Man fashioned after the description that Mahomet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a...Saracens of those parts believed that it was Paradise." None were allowed to enter save those whom the Old Man intended to be his " Hashishin." He selected...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 34

1876 - 594 pages
...day. He tells of the mountain valley which the " Old Man fashioned after the description that Mahomet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a...enough the Saracens of those parts believed that it wot Paradise." None were allowed to enter save those whom the Old Man intended to be his "Hashiahin."...
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MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 34

Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1876 - 626 pages
...of the mountain valley which the " Old Man fashioned after the description that Mahomet gave of hu Paradise, to wit, that it should be a beautiful garden...enough the Saracens of those parts believed that it was Para dise." None were allowed to enter яте those whom the Old Man intended to be his " Hashishin."...
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The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition : Including the ...

Marco Polo, Sir Henry Yule, Henri Cordier - Travel - 1993 - 788 pages
...it after the description that Mahommet gave of his Parsdise, to wit, that it should he a heautiful garden running with conduits of wine and milk and...inmates. And sure enough the Saracens of those parts helieved that it was Paradise ! Now no man was allowed to enter the Garden save those whom he intended...
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A Literary History of Persia, Volume 1

Edward Granville Browne - Persian literature - 1999 - 592 pages
...people believe that this was actually Paradise. So he fashioned it after the description that Mahomet gave of his Paradise — to wit, that it should be...enough, the Saracens of those parts believed that it a^s Paradise ! "Now no man was allowed to enter the garden save those whom he intended to be his Ashishin.'...
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The Dance of the Rose and the Nightingale

Nesta Ramazani - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 338 pages
...movements had their roots in the roo-hosy performances I had seen as a child. bummer tscapadcs [l\t should be a beautiful garden running with conduits...lovely women for the delectation of all its inmates. — Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo SUMMERS IN TEHRAN cracked our skin and parched our throats....
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The Matter of Araby in Medieval England

Dorothee Metlitzki - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 348 pages
...his followers the illusion of paradise. Marco Polo's knowledge clearly derived from Muslim sources : For the Old Man desired to make his people believe...lovely women for the delectation of all its inmates. ... So when the Old Man would have any Prince slain, he would say to such a youth: Go thou and slay...
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