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ANBAR , originally called FIRuz See also:SHAPUR, or PERISAPORA, a See also:town founded about A.D. 350 by Shapur (Sapor) II. See also:Sassanid, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Persia, on the See also:east See also:bank of the See also:Euphrates, just See also:south of the Nahr Isa, or Sakhlawieh See also:canal, the northernmost of the canals connecting that See also:river with the See also:Tigris, in See also:lat. 330 22' N., See also:long. 430 49' E. It was captured and destroyed by the See also:emperor See also:Julian in A.D. 363, but speedily rebuilt. It became a See also:refuge for the See also:Christian and Jewish colonies of that region, and there are said to have been 90,000 See also:Jews in the See also:place at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of its See also:capture by See also:Ali in 657. The See also:Arabs changed the name of the town to Anbar (" See also:granaries "). See also:Abu `l-`Abbas as-Saffah, the founder of the Abbasid See also:caliphate, made it his See also:capital, and such it remained until the See also:founding of See also:Bagdad in 762. It continued to be a place of much importance throughout the Abbasid See also:period. It is now entirely deserted. The site is occupied only by ruin mounds, as yet unexplored. Their See also:great extent indicates the former importance of the See also:city. (J. P.
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