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		This seems to be a general reference to the historical surveys of the individual sciences that follow.
		Paper came into use more widely at the time of the Barmecides, in the early ninth century.
		However, ascribing the official introduction of paper into government offices to the Barmecides may be part of the legend woven around them.
	www.muslimphilosophy.com /ik/Muqaddimah/Chapter5/Ch_5_30Footnote.htm (83 words)

	Discovering Dickens - A Community Reading Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		“Barmecide” is the “[p]atronymic of a family of princes ruling at Baghdad just before Haroun-al-Raschid, concerning one of whom the story is told in the Arabian Nights, that he put a succession of empty dishes before a beggar, pretending that they contained a sumptuous repast – a fiction which the beggar humorously accepted.
		A “Barmecide room” would be a room in which such figments of the imagination or illusory benefits are supposed to appear.
		It is interesting to note that the OED uses a passage in Dickens’ American Notes (1842) – “It is a Barmecide Feast; a pleasant field for the imagination to rove in” – to illustrate the use and meaning of the word Barmecide.
	dickens.stanford.edu /archive/tale/print_issue3_allus.html (484 words)

	BARMECIDES - Online Information article about BARMECIDES
		The expression "Barmecide Feast," to denote an imaginary banquet, is See also:
		humour by one of the Barmecides (see edition by L. Smithers, Lond., 1894, vol.
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAI_BAR/BARMECIDES.html (485 words)

	LAGUNA - LoveToKnow Article on LAGUNA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Eventually La Harpe was compelled to resign from the Mercure, which he had edited from 1770.
		On the stage he produced Les Barmecides (1778), Philoctete, Jeanne de Naples (1781), Les Brames (1783), Ccriolan (1784), Virginie (1786).
		In 1786 he began a course of literature at the newly-established Lycee.
	16.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LAGUNA.htm (992 words)

	Islamic History and Culture - History and the Abbasid Empire - The Book of Golden Meadows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yahya had served him as secretary before his accession to the throne, and this was the foundation of the magnificence of the family of the Barmecides, whose commencement and whose tragic fall we are about to narrate.
		The family of the Barmecides had originally been Zarathustrians in religion, but from the time of their embracing Islam they continued to be good Muslims.
		If any one blamed the Barmecides in his presence he would say: "Cease to blame them or fill the void." So great was the disaffection aroused by his treatment of them that he removed the seat of government from Bagdad to Rakkah, on the Euphrates.
	www.islamic-paths.org /Home/English/History/Abbasid/Golden_Meadows.htm (12600 words)

	HARUN AL-RASHID - LoveToKnow Article on HARUN AL-RASHID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rashid owed his succession to the throne to the prudence and sagacity of Yahya b.
		Khnlid the Barmecide, his secretary, whom on his accession he appointed his lieutenant and grand vizier (see BARMECIDES).
		In 803, however, Hrun became suspicious of the Barmecides, whom with only a single exception he caused to be executed.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARUN_AL_RASHID.htm (641 words)

	The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To this my brother at first objected, declaring that it was forbidden; but on the Barmecide insisting that it was out of the question that he should drink by himself, he consented to take a little.
		The Barmecide, however, pretended to fill their glasses so often, that my brother feigned that the wine had gone into his head, and struck the Barmecide such a blow on the head, that he fell to the ground.
		Indeed, he raised his hand to strike him a second time, when the Barmecide cried out that he was mad, upon which my brother controlled himself, and apologised and protested that it was all the fault of the wine he had drunk.
	www.inspirationalspeakers.us /books/Lang_Arabian/C15P1.shtml (898 words)

	brief history of the Abbasids - world history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For one, the caliphal court revived Persian ceremonials, and for another, the Abbasids initiated the recruitment of Turks to constitute permanent caliphal regiments.
		The Iranization of the court under al Mansur was initiated and carried on by a dynasty of administrators (wazirs or viziers) known as the Barmecides (Barmakids), who hailed from Balkh (Afghanistan) and were possibly originally Buddhists.
		Under his predecessor, Mahdi, the viziers had gained excessive power and Harun had the last of the Barmecides, Jafar, executed.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /a/abbasids.html (809 words)

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		So he sat down upon the throne of the Khalifate and laid the dagger in his lap, whereupon all [present] came up to kiss the earth before him and called down on him length of life and continuance [of glory and prosperity].
		Then came forward Jaafer the Barmecide and kissing the earth, said, "May the wide world of God be the treading of thy feet and may Paradise be thy dwelling-place and the fire the habitation of thine enemies!
		Meanwhile, Aboulhusn abode in the Khalifate, taking and giving, ordering and forbidding and giving effect to his word, till the end of the day, when he gave [those who were present] leave and permission [to withdraw], and the Amirs and officers of state departed to their occasions.
	knight.cis.temple.edu /~ingargio/old/cis67f03/code/tftaa10.html (7565 words)

	Cariadoc's Miscellany: Jokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some learned men were sitting talking of the fabulous generosity of famous men of old, and especially of that of the Barmecides.
		Sa'id, the Vizier of Mu'tamid, remarked that he believed all such tales were fictions invented by sycophants in the hope of gain.
		Abu'l-Aina asked why, in that case, no similar tales were invented about His Excellency the Vizier, from whom something was to be hoped and feared, whereas the Barmecides were dead and could do neither good nor harm to anyone.
	www.pbm.com /~lindahl/cariadoc/jokes.html (140 words)

	barmecides - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		Barmecides : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
		BARMECIDES : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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	MUSEUM SECURITY MAILINGLIST REPORTS
		The upper echelons of the Abbasid administration, particularly during the reign of Harun-ur-Rashid, were dominated by the Barmecides who were of Persian origin from the city of Balkh.
		Some three generations of Barmecides served the empire as bursars, tax collectors, provincial governors, military commanders, tutors and ministers.
		The father of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, the Sufi poet and dervish emigrated from Balkh and settled in Konya (modern-day Turkey).
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	Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For one, the caliphal court revived Persian ceremonials, and for another, the Abbasids initiated the recruitment of Turkic mamluks, soldier-slaves brought in from the steppes through Transoxiana to constitute permanent caliphal regiments.
		Al Andalus (Muslim Spain) had already separated under an Umayyad (756) and had extended its influence to the Maghreb (northwestern Africa).
		Under Harun's predecessor, Mahdi, the viziers had gained excessive power and Harun had the last of the Barmecides, Jafar, executed.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /b/baghdad.html (768 words)

	The Decline of the Khazar Empire
		According to al-Tabari, in AD 798,*[The date, however, is uncertain.] the Caliph ordered the Governor of Armenia to make the Khazar frontier even more secure by marrying a daughter of the Kagan.
		This governor was a member of the powerful family of the Barmecides (which, incidentally, reminds one of the prince of that eponymous family in the Arabian Nights who invited the beggar to a feast consisting of rich dish-covers with nothing beneath).
		The Barmecide agreed, and the Khazar Princess with her suite and dowry was duly dispatched to him in a luxurious cavalcade (see I, 10).
	www.biblebelievers.org.au /13trib03.htm (8430 words)

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		It is said that Jaafer the Barmecide was one night carousing with Er Reshid, when the latter said to him, 'O Jaafer, I hear that thou hast bought such and such a slave-girl.
		When Haroun er Reshid put Jaafer the Barmecide to death, he commanded that all who wept or made moan for him should be crucified; so the folk abstained from this.
		Accordingly, he came with his ode at the wonted time and finding Jaafer done to death, betook himself to the place where his body was hanging, and there made his camel kneel down and wept sore and mourned grievously.
	www.gutenberg.net /etext05/41001108a.txt (11439 words)

	Harun al-Rashid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rashid owed his succession to the throne to the prudence and sagacity of Yahya bin Khalid the Barmecide, his secretary, whom on his accession he appointed his lieutenant and grand vizier.
		In 803, however, Harun became suspicious of the Barmecides, whom with only a single exception he caused to be executed.
		Henceforward the chief power was exercised by Fadl bin Rabi, who had been chamberlain not only under Harun himself but under his predecessors, Mansur, Madhi and Hadi.
	www.nndb.com /people/849/000092573 (526 words)

	Tales from the Arabic, vols 1-3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		ll the fall of the Barmecides (A.D. 803), his sons Fezl and Jaafer acting only as his assistants or lieutenants.
		[FN#160] For a detailed account of the Barmecides and of their fall, see my Essay.
		He was, by the way, put to death by El Mamoun's general, in contravention of the express orders of that generous and humane prince, who wished his brother to be sent pri
	www.manybooks.net /pages/paynejohetext04tftaa10/197.html (212 words)

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		It is very good for journeying; make it with fish and that can be used for journeying too.
		Note: The Barmecides were a family of Persian viziers who served some of the early Umayyad Caliphs, in particular Haroun al-Rashid, and were famed for their generosity.
		When the yeast is foaming, add it, 1 c water, and 3 T oil to the flour and semolina, stirring it in, then kneading it smooth.
	wings.buffalo.edu /student-life/sa/muslim/umma/food/islamic_wo_veggies.txt (3791 words)

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		So he sat down upon the throne of the Caliphate and set the dagger[FN#38] on his lap, whereupon all present came up to kiss ground between his hands and called down on him length of life and continuance of weal.
		Then came forward Ja'afar the Barmecide and kissing the ground, said, "Be the wide world of Allah the treading of thy feet and may Paradise be thy dwelling-place and the Fire the home of thy foes!
		But an these be of the Jann may Allah deliver me in safety from their mischief!" As soon as he appeared, the slave-girls rose to him and carrying him up on to the daïs,[FN#41] brought him a great tray, bespread with the richest viands.
	www.ibiblio.org /gutenberg/etext02/b1001108.txt (9900 words)

	Arabian Nights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Now you shall be rewarded by a really good supper." Then he clapped his hands, and all the dishes were brought that they had tasted in imagination before and during the repast, slaves sang and played on various instruments.
		Twenty years passed by, and my brother was still living with the Barmecide, looking after his house, and managing his affairs.
		At the end of that time his generous benefactor died without heirs, so all his possessions went to the prince.
	www.xrules.com /library/arabian/14.htm (20736 words)

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		It is told that Haroun er Reshid, in the days before he became jealous of the Barmecides, sent once for one of his guards, Salih by name, and said to him, 'O Salih, go to Mensour
		So he carried him to his house, where he fell to bidding his family farewell, and the house was filled with a clamour of weeping and lamentation and calling on God for help.
		Then Salih said to him, 'I have bethought me that God may peradventure vouchsafe thee relief at the hands of the Barmecides.
	www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Payne/tnon/p04_tale038.htm (327 words)

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		Barmecides, Haroun er Reshid and the Woman of the, i.
		Relief, Story of the Prisoner and how God gave him, i.
		Rich Man who gave his Fair Daughter in Marriage to the Poor Old Man, The, i.
	www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Payne/tfta/p12_appen5.htm (1344 words)

	Repressive laws
		Religion has never been a unifying force capable of converting the entire Hindu Majority into a vote bank as was amply demonstrated by the results of the elections.
		We have been entertaining the poor of this country to a Barmecides' feast for nearly half a century an as the illusion is wearing thin, people will organise themselves against this enveloping insecurity and this is perceived as a threat to security of state.
		Gandhi did earlier, advised the states to have their own terrorist laws.
	www.pucl.org /from-archives/Law/repressive-laws.htm (2841 words)

	Barmecides - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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		They acquire nobility by being firmly rooted in their client relationship, and by their service to their particular dynasty, and by having a large number of ancestors who had been under the protection of (that dynasty).
		One knows that the Turkish clients of the 'Abbisids and, before them, the Barmecides, as well as the Bane Nawbakht, thus achieved "house" and nobility and created glory and importance for themselves by being firmly rooted in their relationship to the ('Abbisid) dynasty.
		Khilid had the greatest possible "house" and nobility.
	www.muslimphilosophy.com /ik/Muqaddimah/Chapter2/Ch_2_13.htm (680 words)

	1001 Nights Vol 04 by Burton, Richard - Chapter 18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is told that Harun al-Rashid, in the days before he became
		jealous of the Barmecides, sent once for one of his guards, Salih
		his kinsmen of the Barmecides, till he had collected from them a
	www.literaturepost.com /chapter/1499.html (1034 words)

	4000 Years of History
		Khalid and his son and grandsons became so powerful that no political action could take place without their consent.
		Incredible wealth poured into their hands, and it is from this family, known as the Barmecides because they were descended from a certain Barmak, that we derive the phrase "a Barmecidal feast."
		Under the Barmecides the position of Grand Vizier increased vastly in importance.
	www.publicaccounting.org /4000_years_of_history.htm (9268 words)

	My Information
		In science and culture, the glorious cities of Heart, Balkh and Ghazni produced, for centuries, men of learning second to none, buildings considered wonders of the world.
		Afghan luminaries included those who stood behind the throne of the Caliphs of Baghdad, the mighty Barmecides ; wrote the first books on algebra ; pioneered research in medicine, philosophy and astronomy.
		Jabir, the father of Western Chemistry, lived here-and wrote more than a hundred works on the subject.
	www.angelfire.com /ut/Aimal/afghanistan.html (573 words)

	Political Forum Posts Page 1 of 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		How many of these who so willingly submit to marginalization will be permitted even a sniff of coffee at the homes of those who have used them?
		The only thing more despicable than these Mohockian reprobates, are those who sell their souls for a seat at Barmecide's table.
		If you want to know what liberals really think about fls and women, just look at what they reduce them to.
	www.politicalforum.com /viewtopic.php?p=97120 (1643 words)

	The Arabian Nights
		They dressed the fairy stories up, and made the characters good Mahommedans, living in Bagdad or India.
		The events were often supposed to happen in the reign of the great Caliph, or ruler of the Faithful, Haroun al Raschid, who lived in Bagdad in 786-808 A.D. The vizir who accompanies the Caliph was also a real person of the great family of the Barmecides.
		He was put to death by the Caliph in a very cruel way, nobody ever knew why.
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