Alamut by Marco Polo
CHAPTER XXIII.
CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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First Voyage Around the World by Antonio Pigafetta
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Mashaf Reš (The Black Book)
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Shota Rustaveli – The story of Nuradin P’hridon when Tariel met...
574. I landed by night; I came ashore where gardens were seen. It seemed as if there were a city: we came near, on...
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“The Shahs of Old” by Ferdowsi
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Alana the beautiful and her sons
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Mongols’ Secret Story derives from an anonymous poem dating back to 1240, that is some years after Gengis Khan’s death and it...
Mongol’s Secret Story
Mongols’ Secret Story derives from an anonymous poem dating back to 1240, that is some years after Gengis Khan’s death and it...
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