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1 8 FIRST DISQOURSE. RES ANGUSTA
of the army of Transoxiana and Khurasan moved forward from
the centre, only half of Makan's army was engaged, while the
rest were riot fighting. Makan was slain, and Tasty when he had
ceased from taking and binding and slaying, turned to Iskafi
and said, "A carrier-pigeon must be sei}f in advance, to be
'followed later by a courier; but all the main features of the
battle must be summed up in one sentence, which shall indicate
all the circumstances,, yet shall not exceed what a pigeon can
carry, and shall adequately express our meaning."
Then Iskafi took s much paper as two fingers would cover
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and wrote : "As for Mdkdn, he hath become as his name \^Md
&z="He hath not been" in Arabia]. By this " ;//